Automatic visual measurement of surface-mount device placement

Author

Capson, David W. ; Tsang, Randy M C

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Volume

6

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

52

Abstract

An experimental system for automatic visual measurement of surface-mount device placement on printed circuit boards has been developed. Infrared illumination is used to aid in segmentation of component lead and solder pad images from the background. Best fit lines through centroids of the lead and soldering pad images are calculated from which the displacement and angular orientation of the component relative to the pads is computed. Measurements are derived from a combination of slope and mean centroids from opposite sides of a device to reduce the effects of sensor resolution, missing pads, or missing leads. Since leads and pads are viewed simultaneously, the accuracy of the system is not dependent on precise positioning of the board within the inspection station. The system accuracy has been tested with 50 commercially manufactured printed circuit boards containing 500 samples of J-leaded plastic leaded chip carriers and small-outline integrated circuits of various sizes. The positions of the components were measured manually and are compared with measurements determined by the system

Keywords

automatic testing; computerised picture processing; displacement measurement; inspection; printed circuit testing; surface mount technology; J-leaded plastic leaded chip carriers; PC testing; angular orientation; automatic testing; automatic visual measurement; computerised picture processing; displacement measurement; inspection station; printed circuit boards; segmentation; small-outline integrated circuits; surface-mount device placement; Circuit testing; Image segmentation; Infrared imaging; Integrated circuit measurements; Lead; Lighting; Position measurement; Printed circuits; Semiconductor device measurement; Surface fitting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1042-296X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/70.88116

Filename

88116