Pattern Recognition System Program Advancement to Compensate Strip Expansion on 1-Map Strips

Abstract

Package singulation process is where the whole strip was sheared to produce individual units. Existing singulation program for 1-map strip have only six (6) pattern recognition system (PRS) points along the whole strip with 240 mm length. Considering the length of the strip, it is prone with misalignment especially when the unit pitching is small. Due to a big gap of PRS points, the compensation of unit pitch has a significant variable value due to strip expansion that results to misalignment when not monitored. PRS works to calculate and compensate the appropriate alignment of the strip including the unit pitching. Distance between adjacent PRS points divided by the number of cut lines it covers results to the unit pitch. The lesser accumulation of strip expansion, the more it compensates and align with the actual unit pitch. Modification of PRS Program to add PRS points along the strip in order to lessen the distance between adjacent PRS points were made and results were promising compared with the existing with only 6 PRS points. It has been found out that unit pitch varies by adding PRS points that will compensate the expansion of the whole strip.