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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Smart Wave Technologies, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Scott Arthur McMullen, Toronto, CA;
Peter Zosimadis, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
SMART WAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/351 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); H05K 3/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/42 (2006.01); H05K 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/0052 (2013.01); B23K 26/351 (2015.10); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); H05K 1/0269 (2013.01); H05K 1/0292 (2013.01); H05K 3/0097 (2013.01); B23K 2101/42 (2018.08); H05K 3/26 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09936 (2013.01); H05K 2203/081 (2013.01); H05K 2203/108 (2013.01); H05K 2203/171 (2013.01); H05K 2203/175 (2013.01); H05K 2203/178 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing a PCBa panel to individualize the PCBa's on the PCBa panel and depanel the PCBa panel in substantially one step is described. The PCBa panel initially comprises a number of PCBa's having components and traces common to a number of different product SKUs. During processing, the PCBa panel is loaded into a machine containing a first and second laser. The first laser severs extra traces on each PCBa to individualize the PCBa's for specific SKUs and the second laser cuts the links between each PCBa, thereby depaneling the PCBa panel.