Semiconductor and Electronics Products/Services

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Semiconductor and Electronics Overview - Robotic Handlers, Specialty Systems, etc.

WaferFlex ^tm - Robotic Wafer Transfer, Inspection, Marking and Packaging Cell 

Atlas ^tm - Robotic Test Handlers, Thermal, Asynchronous, etc. (US Pat # 6,218,853)

DS ^tm - Gravity Fed, Benchtop Test Handlers (US Pat # 5,954,205 & 5,704,489)

Robotic Wafer Handling - Robotic Wafer Transfer, Cassette Loading, Inspection, etc.

 

Semiconductor and Electronics Overview

Semiconductor Wafer, Electronic Device and Consumer Electronic Manufacturing Systems and Test Process Automation Equipment:  We have been providing semiconductor automation systems for niche processes since our inception in 1996.  We develop/manufacture robotic equipment according to specific customer needs.  We offer several "off-the-shelf" semiconductor automation products such as the WAFERFLEX^tm semiconductor wafer processing systems, ATLAS^tm (US Pat # 6,218,853) environmentally controlled, robotic test handlers and the DS^tm (US Pat # 5,954,205 & 5,704,489) small bench top test handlers.  Our systems are designed to handle various types of semi / electronic products from bare silicon wafers, bare dies, packaged semiconductor chips, populated circuit boards and plug-in memory cards to final consumer electronic devices such as cell phones.  Systems include robotic assembly systems, custom automation and specialized machinery development, wafer transfer equipment, wafer packaging, wafer vision inspection for surface defects, wafer marking (bad dies), robotic pick-and-place test handlers, gravity fed test handlers, thermally capable test handlers, micro-assembly/nano-positioning systems and equipment.  

What's Different?  One small cell performs many tasks... 

WaferFlex^tm Video and Brochure 

The WaferFlex system is capable of performing a wide range of tasks within a given work cell.  The custom configuration show above was developed for one specific customer.  This WaferFlex version used a non-contact Bernoulli End Effecter to pickup ultra thin wafers from a cassette, transfer wafers to a vision inspection stage, inspect the wafers for surface defects, mark bad dies with ink, cure the ink with UV light, then transfer the wafers to a packing station and pack the wafers for shipment. 

Custom, Robotic Semiconductor Wafer Handling and Equipment Development

We develop custom, robotic semiconductor wafer handling and wafer transfer systems to meet each new customer's unique specifications as described below.  (Note:  For information on our standard wafer handling platform and for ultra-thin wafer processing, also see the WaferFlex^tm description provided above).

Semiconductor Wafer Handling Systems:   SSI develops custom systems for wafer handling, wafer inspection, wafer packaging, marking, etc.  

Robotic Wafer Handling Subsystems:  We integrate a wide variety of subsystems including:  Semiconductor wafer handling robotic arms (6-axis and scara wafer handling robots / class 1, class 10 and class 100 cleanroom pick and place robot arms), wafer grippers (standard wafer edge grippers, vacuum and non-contact Bernoulli Effect tools and custom designed wafer grippers), cassette loaders, bare reticle stockers, reticle carriers, lithography bays, prototypes, special machinery, custom and standard semiconductor automation equipment / machines and various robotic front-end and back-end semiconductor capitol equipment systems integration.

Wafer Handling and Carrier Handling Operations:  Our robot-based systems perform various operations such as transferring wafers between cassettes, carriers and magazines.  Systems perform robotic wafer cassette, wafer carrier, wafer magazine and smif pod handling, transferring, transporting, sorting, filling, loading / unloading, binning and storing. 

Wafer Vision Inspection and Marking:  Systems perform wafer inspection to detect scratches, bad dies and other defects.  Systems may identify visual defects, record bad die locations, perform mapping, mark bad dies using inkjet, dye or laser marking equipment, perform wafer identification and wafer tracking.  

Packaging:  Systems perform automatic wafer packaging involving inserts, packing materials and automated placement into wafer transport and wafer shipping containers. 

Wet Bench Automation and Diffusion Furnace Automation:  In select cases, we perform wet bench retrofitting, refurbishing and upgrading, wet bench and diffusion furnace automation and wet process equipment integration and semiconductor manufacturing process equipment system integration.   

Wafer Types:  Various types of wafers are handled including thin and ultra-thin wafers, photovoltaic solar cells (photocells), silicon (si) wafers, gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafers and other wafer materials,  150 mm, 200 mm, 300 mm wafers, hard disks (disk drive and disk drive components).

Test Handlers

ATLAS^tm Robotic Test Handlers

SSI Robotics offers a variety of flexible test handlers for use on circuit boards, plug-in cards, photonic packages, integrated circuits and other products. Our ATLAStm Robotic Handler (US Pat # 6,218,853) is highly flexible and adaptable, allowing application specific systems to be implemented quickly. We have interfaced with many test equipment providers such as Agilent (formerly Hewlett Packard) and Advantest. Our systems often include thermally controlled environments. We have robotic test handlers running 24/7 in North America, Europe and Asia. 

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Test Handler Applications

Tester Interfacing

ATLAS docked with HP95000.  Video Example

Custom Tester Application

Software Development

DS^tm Gravity Fed, Bench Top Test Handlers

In-Line Test Handlers

Temperature Testing

Packaging / Splicing / Connectorizing

Fiber Optic Application