Apparatus for carrying substrate by off-line vacuum suction and method for transporting substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10120215-B2
Application number	US-201515517660-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Jun 24, 2015
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide an apparatus for carrying a substrate by an off-line vacuum suction and a method for transporting a substrate. The apparatus includes a carrying frame provided with a clamper, a vacuum suction device and a detaching device arranged on the carrying frame, wherein the vacuum suction device is arranged to suck and fix a substrate and is connectable to and detachable from a vacuum pipeline and the detaching device is arranged to detach the vacuum suction device and the vacuum pipeline from each other while keeping the vacuum suction device to continuously suck the substrate to be transported. The apparatus and the method can improve fixing of the substrate and achieve off-line suction to the substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for carrying a substrate by an off-line vacuum suction, comprising a carrying frame provided with a clamper, a vacuum suction device and a detaching device arranged on the carrying frame, wherein the vacuum suction device is arranged to suck and fix the substrate and is connectable to and detachable from a vacuum pipeline, and the detaching device is arranged to detach the vacuum suction device and the vacuum pipeline from each other while keeping the vacuum suction device to continuously suck the substrate to be transported,
wherein the vacuum suction device comprises a suction holder fixed on a side of the carrying frame and comprising a plurality of pipes in communication with each other, and a plurality of vacuum suction heads in communication with the pipes are provided on the suction holder, the vacuum pipeline being communicated with the pipes, and
wherein the vacuum suction heads each comprise a sucking disc and a gas suction duct, and the gas suction duct has one end in communication with the sucking disc and the other end in communication with the pipes, and
wherein the sucking discs of the plurality of the suction heads have suction faces located in a same plane and each of the suction faces is arranged in the carrying frame.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the clampers are provided in the apparatus and arranged in pairs on both sides of the carrying frame, and the clampers on a side of the carrying frame away from the vacuum suction device are movable to open and close.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sucking disc is a semi-spherical sucking disc.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detaching device comprises a first joint arranged on the vacuum suction device and a second joint arranged on the vacuum pipeline and cooperating with the first joint, the first joint being provided with a cut-off valve.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the detaching device further comprises a gas cylinder connected to the second joint and the detaching device is arranged to switch between a connection state and a detaching state for the first joint and the second joint.

6. A method for transporting a substrate using the apparatus according to claim 1 , the method comprising steps of:
placing the substrate into a carrying frame and fixing the substrate by a clamper;
sucking and fixing the substrate by using a vacuum suction device;
detaching the vacuum suction device and a vacuum pipeline from each other by a detaching device while keeping the vacuum suction device to continuously suck the substrate to be transported.

7. An apparatus for carrying a substrate by an off-line vacuum suction, comprising a carrying frame provided with a clamper, a vacuum suction device and a detaching device arranged on the carrying frame, wherein the vacuum suction device is arranged to suck and fix the substrate and is connectable to and detachable from a vacuum pipeline, and the detaching device is arranged to detach the vacuum suction device and the vacuum pipeline from each other while keeping the vacuum suction device to continuously suck the substrate to be transported, wherein the vacuum suction device comprises a vacuum plate fixed on a side of the carrying frame, the vacuum plate having a hollow cavity and a suction plane located in the carrying frame, and wherein a plurality of suction holes in communication with the hollow cavity are arranged on the suction plane, the vacuum pipeline being communicated with the hollow cavity.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of suction holes are distributed uniformly on the suction plane.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the detaching device comprises a first joint arranged on the vacuum suction device and a second joint arranged on the vacuum pipeline and cooperating with the first joint, the first joint being provided with a cut-off valve.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the detaching device comprises a first joint arranged on the vacuum suction device and a second joint arranged on the vacuum pipeline and cooperating with the first joint, the first joint being provided with a cut-off valve.

11. An apparatus for carrying a substrate by an off-line vacuum suction, comprising a carrying frame provided with a clamper, a vacuum suction device and a detaching device arranged on the carrying frame, wherein the vacuum suction device is arranged to suck and fix the substrate and is connectable to and detachable from a vacuum pipeline, and the detaching device is arranged to detach the vacuum suction device and the vacuum pipeline from each other while keeping the vacuum suction device to continuously suck the substrate to be transported, wherein the detaching device comprises a first joint arranged on the vacuum suction device and a second joint arranged on the vacuum pipeline and cooperating with the first joint, the first joint being provided with a cut-off valve.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the detaching device further comprises a gas cylinder connected to the second joint and the detaching device is arranged to switch between a connection state and a detaching state for the first joint and the second joint.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Tech

Inventors

• Shi Xu
• Xu Zhilong
• Liu Jun
• Wang Xiaojun
• Li Dongqing
• Huang Shutong
• Chen Wei
• Zhang Lei

Classifications

• H10P72/3212

  the substrates to be conveyed not being semiconductor wafers or large planar substrates, e.g. chips or lead frames · CPC title

• H10P72/7608

  characterised by a plurality of separate clamping members, e.g. clamping fingers · CPC title

• H10P72/78 Primary

  using vacuum or suction, e.g. Bernoulli chucks · CPC title

• H10P72/70

  for supporting or gripping · CPC title

• H10P72/18

  characterised by being specially adapted for supporting a single substrate or by comprising a stack of such individual supports · CPC title