Semiconductor

Wafer Storage Guarding

To guard the point-of-operation access to a robotic semiconductor wafer pod stacking and storage system

Wafer Protrusion Detection

To detect when a wafer is protruding from a wafer cassette

Wafer Protrusion and Home Position Detection

To verify that no wafer protrudes from the outer limits of a cassette, and indicate that the robot is in home position.

Wafer Mapping with Bargraph Display

To map the presence of wafers in a cassette

Wafer Mapping in a Cassette

To detect semiconductor wafers that are improperly loaded into a cassette

Wafer Flatness Detection

To verify that the wafer is perpendicular to the sensing axis

Wafer Flat Finder with a PicoDot

To position semiconductor wafers by sensing the locator flat

Wafer Flat Finder with a High-Speed Sensor

To positioning semiconductor wafers by locating the flat

Wafer Detection on Robotic Arm

To detect a wafer on a robotic arm in a vacuum chamber

Wafer Detection

To reliably detect wafers of different colors

Wafer Center Detection

To determine the center of a wafer on a robotic arm

Wafer Cassette Detection under Water

To sense the presence of a wafer cassette on a conveyor submerged in water

Wafer Cassette Detection with a MINI-BEAM

To sense the presence of wafer cassettes on a conveyor

Stack Height and Adhesive Bead Detection

To verify that adhesive is being applied properly to trays of IP chips and to monitor the stack heights of completed trays of product

Loop Control of Bond Wire

To control the feedout of bond wire

Loop Control for Circuit Components

To control the speed of a reel of surface mount circuit components, using loop control

Lead Frame Registration Hole Detection

To detect the registration hole in a lead frame

Lead Frame Detection in a Cassette

To sense the presence of the lead frame in a cassette

Integrated Circuit Tube Detection

To detect the presence of an integrated circuit packaging tube

Integrated Circuit Print Detection with an R55F

To detect information printed on a small object

Integrated Circuit Print Detection with a D12

To detect print on an integrated circuit over a large area

Integrated Circuit Print Detection with a D11

To detect presence or absence of information printed on a small object

Integrated Circuit Orientation

To detect the correct orientation of an integrated circuit, before mounting the IC onto a circuit board

Integrated Circuit Lead Frame Detection with a MINI-BEAM

To detect the presence of an integrated circuit lead frame

Integrated Circuit Lead Frame Detection with a D10

To sense the presence of an IC lead frame

Integrated Circuit Detection in a Plastic Web

To detect missing surface-mount integrated circuits in a plastic tape reel

Hard Disk Detection

To detect whether shiny disks are properly seated

Empty Disk Rack Verification

To verify that all glass hard disks are removed from the holding rack after the disks are rinsed.

Door Monitoring in a Clean Environment

To provide door guarding in an environment cleaned with harsh chemicals, using a fiber optic interlocking switch

Counting Integrated Circuits

To detect the presence of integrated circuit chips in a confined space

Capacitor Orientation

To determine if a polarity-sensitive capacitor is properly oriented

Bond Wire Break Detection with a Single Fiber Optic

To monitor the presence or absence of bond wire

Bond Wire Break Detection with a Fiber Optic Pair

To detect when a bonding wire breaks

Guarding in ESD-Sensitive Environment

To safeguard a wafer cell in an environment sensitive to electrostatic discharge