Process for encoding printed circuit boards

Details Process for encoding printed circuit boards Process for encoding printed circuit boards

1995-04-19

1996-10-15

Karlsen, Ernest F.

Electricity: measuring and testing

Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components

Of individual circuit component or element

324501, 356237, G01R 3102, G01N 2100

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055657893

ABSTRACT:
For automatic population of printed circuit boards, automatic populating machines frequently need to be able to detect different population variants. This invention describes a simple and reliable process for identifying printed circuit boards to clearly distinguish between population variants within a production run comprising several population processes. According to this invention, a printed circuit board features termination nests for at least one encoding component, and with an encoding aperture being provided in these termination nest areas that can be closed by the aforementioned encoding component. Thus two population variants can be encoded, that is, a first variant where the printed circuit board will be part-populated without such an encoding component in its first population run, and a second variant where the printed circuit board will be part-populated with this encoding component in its first population run.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3238455 (1966-03-01), Jankowski
patent: 4405233 (1983-09-01), Grau
Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 10, No. 160 (P-465), [2216], 7 Jun. 1986 & JP-A-61-014549 (Fujitsu) 22 Jan. 1986.

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