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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Mitchell G. Ferrill, Little Meadows, PA (US);
Curtis Grosskopf, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Matthew S. Kelly, Oakville, CA;
Thomas H. Lewis, Apex, NC (US);
Wen Wei Low, Singapore, SG;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
For a printed circuit board assembly ('PCBA') selected electronic components are highlighted on a graphic representation of the PCBA on a display of a computer system. The components are selected responsive to temperature and time limits of the selected components. Ones of the highlighted components are associated to respective temperature sensors on the PCBA. Responsive to where the one or more additional ones of the highlighted components are located on the PCBA relative to the at least one of the respective temperature sensors, one or more additional ones of the highlighted components are associated with at least one of the respective temperature sensors. The computer system receives data for respective signals indicating temperatures encountered by the respective temperature sensors when the PCBA is heated in a manufacturing process. The computer system shows whether any of the time and temperature limits were exceeded during the manufacturing process.