Method and apparatus for adhesively securing ink jet pen components using thin film adhesives

The invention relates to ink jet printers and in particular to methods for assembling ink jet pen components of multi-color pens using thin film adhesives. The invention relates to a method for attaching microelectronic devices, circuit boards and the like to a surface, and is particularly suitable for attaching a plurality of a semiconductor chips to an ink jet pen body. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a sheet of a thin film adhesive material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface being releasably attached to a carrier web; (b) simultaneously making a plurality of cuts in the sheet of thin film adhesive material, the cuts extending from the first surface to an interface between the second surface and the carrier web without significantly extending into the carrier web to provide one or more cut portions of adhesive film; (c) removing each cut portion of adhesive film from the carrier web; (d) engaging the second surface of each of the cut portions with predetermined locations on a receiving surface; and (e) providing one or more semiconductor chips in a desirably aligned configuration with respect to the predetermined locations and contacting each semiconductor chip with first surface of each of the cut portions. Use of the method and apparatus of the invention provides significant improvement in the application of adhesive films to surfaces in electronic component assembly.