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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pao Meng Lee, Melaka, MY;
Assignee:
ASTI Holdings Limited, , SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device lead inspection apparatus and method are provided for capturing images of the semiconductor edges and leads along two optical axes which have different directions in a plane perpendicular to the semiconductor device edge. One image is a direct backlit image of the device. A second image taken along a direction corresponding to a second optical axis is reflected into a direction corresponding to the first optical axis. By forming two images it is possible to locate the leads of the semiconductor device in three dimensions.