Patent · US Expired

Automatic circuit board tester

US4240750A · kind A · utility

34Cited by
3References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1978
Grant dateDec 23, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 2, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/309
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic printed circuit board tester in which a laser beam is directed onto and scanned around solder pads and foil regions of a printed circuit board, and errors in structure are determined by detecting patterns of scattered light and comparing these patterns with similarly obtained ones from a properly constructed board.

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