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Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999

Filed:

Dec. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

David J Michael, Newton, MA (US);

Juha Koljonen, Needham, MA (US);

Sanjay Nichani, Framingham, MA (US);

Peter Roberts, Dedham, MA (US);

Assignee:

Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382149 ; 382181 ;
Abstract

Inspection of solder paste on a printed circuit board using a before printing image (pre-image) to normalize an after printing image (post-image) of the printed circuit board. Existing lighting and optics used for alignment of the screen printing stencil to the printed circuit board are used for the solder paste inspection. A stencil in the screen printing process is also inspected using a before printing image (pre) to normalize an after printing image (post) of the stencil.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Michael, David. (1999). Method and apparatus for in-line solder paste inspection (U.S. Patent No. 5912984). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5912984

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