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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Yoshihiro Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Nagao, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Nagao, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit inspecting apparatus inspecting a terminal provided on a mount surface of a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a light emitter, a photographing unit and an inspector. The light emitter emits a linear light obliquely to the mount surface. The photographing unit photographs the mount surface to which the light is emitted to output a photograph signal. The inspector inspects the terminal in accordance with the photograph signal. The photographing unit has N (N is a positive integer) photographing elements. The photograph signal is outputted respectively only from M (M is a positive integer smaller than the N) photographing elements of the N photographing elements.