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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Ramiro Castellanos-nolasco, Richardson, TX (US);
Sanjeev Mathur, Irving, TX (US);
John Mark Thornell, Plano, TX (US);
Thomas Casey Carrington, Plano, TX (US);
Hak Chuah Sim, Garland, TX (US);
Clyde Maxwell Guest, Plano, TX (US);
Charles Kenneth Harris, Dallas, TX (US);
Ramiro Castellanos-Nolasco, Richardson, TX (US);
Sanjeev Mathur, Irving, TX (US);
John Mark Thornell, Plano, TX (US);
Thomas Casey Carrington, Plano, TX (US);
Hak Chuah Sim, Garland, TX (US);
Clyde Maxwell Guest, Plano, TX (US);
Charles Kenneth Harris, Dallas, TX (US);
August Technology Corp., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for inspecting components is provided. The system includes an axial lighting system that illuminates the component with axial lighting to allow one or more features of the component to be located, such as by causing protruding features to be brighter than the background and recessed features to be darker than the background. An off-axis lighting system illuminates the component with off-axis lighting in the absence of the axial lighting to allow the component to be inspected to locate one or more features, such as a bump contact.