Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray inspection system and method
- Patent Title (中): X射线检查系统及方法
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Application No.: US12302869Application Date: 2007-05-22
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Publication No.: US08705693B2Publication Date: 2014-04-22
- Inventor: Roger Hadland
- Applicant: Roger Hadland
- Applicant Address: GB Tring
- Assignee: X-Tek Systems Limited
- Current Assignee: X-Tek Systems Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Tring
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Priority: GB0610577.9 20060527
- International Application: PCT/GB2007/001896 WO 20070522
- International Announcement: WO2007/138264 WO 20071206
- Main IPC: G01B15/06
- IPC: G01B15/06

Abstract:
The invention provides an automatic system and method using x-ray inspection to image arrays of electrical interconnections on electronic devices. The electron beam of a rotating anode X-ray tube is deflected relative to the anode to cause emission of x-rays from different regions of the anode at different times. The x-ray tube is located at an inspection station for the electronic devices and disposed to irradiate a first part of the array of interconnections with x-rays emitted from a first region of the anode and to irradiate a further part of the array of interconnections with x-rays emitted from another region of the anode. X-rays emerging from the array of interconnections are detected and used to image part at least of the array in order to automatically register interconnection integrity failures and/or detect a performance trend in the formation of the connections. Typically, the arrays of electrical interconnections are established between a ball grid array on the underside of an electronics package and an array of blobs of solder paste on a printed circuit board.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090268869A1 X-Ray Inspection System and Method Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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