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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Kla-tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Bert Vangilbergen, Tienen, BE;
Erik De Block, Tung Chung, CN;
Jimmy Vermeulen, Sint-Agathat-Berchem, BE;
KW Cheung, Tsing Yi, CN;
KC Leung, Kwai Chung, CN;
Bruno Accou, Linter, BE;
Carl Truyens, Rotselaar, BE;
Karel Van Gils, Blanden, BE;
KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for automatic pitch conversion for pick and place heads, comprising at least one auto pitch station for adjusting a pitch in a X-coordinate direction and/or adjusting a pitch in a Y-coordinate direction of pickers/grippers of a pick and place heads; a first actuator, operated by a motor gear assembly of the at least one auto pitch station, wherein the first actuator changes the pitch in the X-coordinate direction distance between rows of pickers/grippers of the respective pick and place head; and a second actuator operated by the same motor gear assembly, wherein the second actuator changes the pitch in the Y-coordinate direction between the pickers/grippers within a row of the respective pick and place head. A method for automatic pitch conversion of pick and place heads and a pick and place head and a pick and place device.