摘要:
A method and apparatus for inspecting a solder joint by an X-ray fluoroscopic image in which an X-ray is irradiated on an object to be inspected located by a specimen stage and having a lead of an electronic part soldered to a substrate to detect an X-ray fluoroscopic image signal, a position of a lead in a tip direction is obtained by a distribution of projection with said X-ray fluoroscopic image signal projected in a lead row direction, a position of a lead in a row direction is obtained by a distribution of projection with said X-ray fluoroscopic image projected in a lead tip direction to extract a position of a solder joint as an object to be inspected, and said X-ray fluoroscopic image is evaluated every solder joint in accordance with the postion information to effect a defect detection.
摘要:
In a method and apparatus for detecting the edge of a fine pattern formed on a specimen such as a fine circuit pattern formed on a semiconductor element or the like, there is prepared a predetermined model waveform based on theoretical secondary electron emission from the edge portion. Secondary electrons emitted from successive scanning points across the pattern edge portion through the irradiation of a scanning electron beam thereonto are detected to produce an actual signal waveform reflecting the secondary electron emission from the pattern edge portion. The actual signal waveform is compared with the model waveform, and one of the scanning points at which the highest coincidence exists between both the actual and model waveforms, is determined as a position of the pattern edge.
摘要:
An analog-digital converter comprises a comparator to which signals to be converted are applied, and a threshold circuit coupled with the comparator in order to control the threshold level of the comparator, so that the signals applied to the comparator are converted into binary signals based upon a predetermined threshold level. The threshold level corresponding to the output of the threshold circuit is compensated in accordance with the variations in the levels of the signals applied to the comparator. The threshold level of the comparator is changed to a compensated level when the result, calculated from the average level of the signals approximately corresponding to a predetermined area in a field of the object and that of the signals approximately corresponding to plural areas which are in the vicinity of the predetermined area, is different from that of the preceding frame.