Case Study: Leading Semiconductor Company achieves high-speed, high-precision integrated IC packaging with Advantech’s EtherCAT solution

Advantech's EtherCAT Solution for the Integrated IC Packaging Machine

Leading Semiconductor Company needed to consolidate multiple backend packaging, inspection and assembly processes into a single integrated IC packaging machine that could deliver nano-level precision, higher throughput, optical inspection and compact footprint while minimizing on-site setup and maintenance. Advantech provided an EtherCAT-based automation solution — including the PCI-1203 EtherCAT PCI master, AMAX-3285 8-axis motion slaves, ADAM-5000/ECAT remote I/O and the Advantech M.V.P. platform with SoftMotion API and vision products — to meet these stringent motion, I/O and integration requirements.

Advantech implemented synchronized multi-axis motion and high-speed distributed I/O so the system could control 31 axes (including 2 gantry axes) with the PCI-1203’s real-time EtherCAT performance (communication cycle times ≤500 µs for motion up to 32 axes and ≤200 µs for fast I/O). The AMAX-3285 enabled direct connection to pulse-type servo/step drives with high-speed compare trigger and position latch functions, while ADAM-5000/ECAT provided flexible remote I/O. The result was a compact, high-precision integrated machine that shortened production cycles, increased throughput and reduced manual inspection and maintenance effort — demonstrating Advantech’s high-speed, high-accuracy control capability.