Patent · US Expired

Method of visualizing minute particles

US5495337A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1994
Grant dateFeb 27, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2014

Classification

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

Abstract

The visualization method includes generating a relatively wide beam of light directed onto an object to be inspected and determining the center of intensity of the wide beam of light reflected from the object for facilitating geometric dimensional calculations of a large number of such objects, such as solder deposits on the surface of a printed circuit board, in a very short period of time and in a very accurate manner.

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