US6017133A
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Device for recognizing the position of the terminals of components
Assignee: ASMPT GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1995-12-19
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Granted: 2000-01-25
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Expires: 2015-12-19
Abstract
Abstract The device for recognizing the position of the terminals (A) of components (BE) whose optical unwanted structures proceed in two principal directions (X, Y) has an image transducer (BW) equipped with an objective (O); and at least one segmented ring light illumination (RB; RB1, RB2) whose rays (S; S1, S2) are incident onto the surface of the components (BE) from all sides upon exclusion of angular segments (WS) around the principal directions (X, Y). By suppressing the light directions incident perpendicular and parallel to the unwanted structures, the terminals (A) are presented with clearly higher contrast than the other structures of the components (BE). The device is particularly utilized in components vision systems of automatic equipping units. It enables a reliably recognition of the position of the spherical terminals even given flip chips, bare chips and ball grid arrays and, thus, an exact optoelectronic centering of these components.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans Horst Grasmuller
- 👤 Gunther Wittmann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:02
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N21/00; G01N21/84; G01N21/88; G01N21/8806; H; H05; H05K; H05K13/00; H05K13/08; H05K13/081; H05K13/0813; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S362/00; Y10S362/80
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component; the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the components; and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an angular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
156 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component; the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the components; and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an angular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The device according to claim 1, the excluded angular segments of the ring light illumination lie in an angular range deviating -15° through +15° from the principal directions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The device according to claim 1, the excluded angular segments of the ring light illumination lie in an angular range deviating approximately ±10° from the principal directions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the rays of the segmented ring light illumination are directed onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of 45 to 90° relative to an optical axis of the objective.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
The device according to claim 4, wherein the segmented ring light illumination, comprises: light-emitting diodes that, upon exclusion of the angular segments, are arranged by sectors on a circle or polygon coaxial with the optical axis of the objective; and a segmented ring light illumination having an annular or polygonal mirror arranged coaxially with the optical axis of the objective that steers rays emitted by the light-emitting diodes obliquely onto the surface of the components.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the rays of the segmented ring light illumination are directed onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of 55 to 65° relative to an optical axis of the objective.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
75 words
The device according to claim 6, wherein the segmented ring light illumination, comprises: light-emitting diodes that, upon exclusion of the angular segments, are arranged by sectors on a circle or polygon coaxial with the optical axis of the objective; and a segmented ring light illumination having an annular or polygonal mirror arranged coaxially with the optical axis of the objective that steers rays emitted by the light-emitting diodes obliquely onto the surface of the components.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the rays of the segmented ring light illumination are directed onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of approximately 60° relative to an optical axis of the objective.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
75 words
The device according to claim 6, wherein the segmented ring light illumination comprises: light-emitting diodes that, upon exclusion of the angular segments, are arranged by sectors on a circle or polygon coaxial with the optical axis of the objective; and a segmented ring light illumination having an annular or polygonal mirror arranged coaxially with the optical axis of the objective that steers rays emitted by the light-emitting diodes obliquely onto the surface of the components.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a second segmented ring light illumination that is separately activatable, the second segmented ring light illumination having rays incident onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of 15 to 45° relative to the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
197 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component: the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the components: and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an angular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components, a second segmented ring light illumination that is separately activatable, the second segmented ring light illumination having rays incident onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of 25 to 35° relative to the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
197 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component: the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the components: and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an angular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components, a second segmented ring light illumination that is separately activatable, the second segmented ring light illumination having rays incident onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of 25 to 35° relative to the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
The device according to claim 11, wherein the second segmented ring light illumination has light-emitting diodes that, upon exclusion of the angular segments, are arranged by sectors on a circle or polygon coaxial with the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
197 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component: the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the components: and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an angular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components, a second segmented ring light illumination that is separately activatable, the second segmented ring light illumination having rays are incident onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of approximately 30° relative to the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
197 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component: the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the components: and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an angular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components, a second segmented ring light illumination that is separately activatable, the second segmented ring light illumination having rays are incident onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of approximately 30° relative to the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
The device according to claim 10, wherein the second segmented ring light illumination has light-emitting diodes that, upon exclusion of the angular segments, are arranged by sectors on a circle or polygon coaxial with the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
230 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component: the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the component: and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an ancular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components, a second segmented ring light illumination that is separately activatable, the second segmented ring light illumination having rays incident onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of 15 to 45° relative to the optical axis of the objective: the second segmented ring light illumination having light-emitting diodes that, upon exclusion of the angular segments, are arranged by sectors on a circle or polygon coaxial with the optical axis of the objective.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
230 words
A device for recognizing a position of terminals of components, comprising: the components having optically disturbing surface structures at terminal sides thereof that proceed in two principal directions residing perpendicular to one another that proceed parallel to lateral edges of a component: the components being placeable in an active region of the device: an image transducer having an objective and at least one segmented ring light illumination: the objective having an optical axis that proceeds at least approximately through a center of the ring light illumination: the objective and the ring light illumination arranged above a location provided for the component: and the respective component being placeable relative to the ring light illumination at least approximately centrally in an ancular position wherein rays of the ring light illumination upon exclusion of angular segments lying in a region of the principal directions, are directed obliquely onto the surface of the components from all sides of the components, a second segmented ring light illumination that is separately activatable, the second segmented ring light illumination having rays incident onto the surface of the components at an illumination angle of 15 to 45° relative to the optical axis of the objective: the second segmented ring light illumination having light-emitting diodes that, upon exclusion of the angular segments, are arranged by sectors on a circle or polygon coaxial with the optical axis of the objective.
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