Parallel raster image processor for PCB manufacturing

Author

Martín, J.L. ; Aranguren, G. ; Ezquerra, J. ; Ibañez, P. ; Lasure, R. ; Van Campenhout, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Autom., Univ. of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Sep 1994

Firstpage

1184

Abstract

The printed circuit board (PCB) is the base most commonly used for building electronic circuits. The design of the PCB is usually done by means of an adequate CAD program. The files generated by CAD programs can have different formats to describe printed circuit boards, but all formats essentially consist of the traces and the soldering pads that make up a PCB. The present paper describes a raster image processing system based on a parallel architecture aimed at the conversion of CAD files for making printed circuits using the “direct imaging” technique, by means of a multiple laser beam plotter

Keywords

CAD/CAM; circuit layout CAD; engineering graphics; image processing; printed circuit design; printed circuit manufacture; CAD program; PCB manufacturing; direct imaging technique; electronic circuits; multiple laser beam plotter; parallel architecture; parallel raster image processor; Buildings; Design automation; Electronic circuits; Image converters; Image processing; Laser beams; Manufacturing processes; Parallel architectures; Printed circuits; Soldering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1994. IECON '94., 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1328-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1994.397960

Filename

397960