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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1993
Charles Schein, Skokie, IL (US);
Probot Incorporated, Branford, CT (US);
Abstract
The circuit board repair and rework apparatus comprises: a camera; a device for positioning a circuit board in a predetermined location beneath the camera; a computer including a CPU and memory; electrical circuitry coupled between the camera and the computer for digitizing the camera image and supplying the digitized representation of the camera image to the computer; a visual display coupled to the computer; the memory storing 'GERBER' data related to a plot or layout of the circuit board positioned beneath the camera; electro mechanical structure coupled to the computer for positioning the camera at a desired position over the circuit board; electro mechanical structure for focusing the camera on the circuit board; and, input devices and circuitry to the computer for controlling the position of the camera and for causing an overlay on the visual display between a plot of the digitized camera image of the circuit board and the plot of the circuit board obtained from the 'GERBER' data.