Automated solder inspection method by means of X-ray oblique computed tomography

Atsushi Teramoto, Takayuki Murakoshi, Masatoshi Tsuzaka, Hiroshi Fujita

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Abstract

High-density LSI packages such as ball grid array (BGA) are being utilised in the car electronics and communications infrastructure products. These products require a high-speed and reliable inspection technique for their solder joints. In this paper, we propose an automated X-ray inspection technique for BGA mounted substrate based on oblique computed tomography (OCT). Automated inspection consists of OCT capturing, position adjustment, bump extraction, character extraction and judgment. We proposed five characteristic features related to the bump shape. Moreover, by combining the characteristic features using artificial neural network, the condition of a solder bump was determined. In the experiments, we evaluate these techniques using actual BGA-mounted substrate. As a result, the correct rate of judgment reached 99.7%, which shows the clearly indicates that our method may be useful in the practice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2007 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2007 Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
PagesV433-V436
ISBN (Print)1424414377, 9781424414376
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event14th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2007 - San Antonio, TX, United States
Duration: 16-09-200719-09-2007

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
Volume5
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Other

Other14th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio, TX
Period16-09-0719-09-07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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