Carriers for printed circuit board marking
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsPetri Hellberg, Jukka Tiilikainen, Juha Penttinen
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Abstract
The invention relates to preparations, a component tape and a component tape reel for marking printed circuit boards with respective unique identification codes. Carriers with respective unique identification codes printed thereon are packaged and provided in such way that the carriers can be mounted on respective circuit boards by an automated component mounting process. Thus, the invention enables a surface mount placement system to pick the carriers for placement on respective circuit boards, thereby marking the circuit boards with respective unique identification codes in a fully automated manner.
Claims18
A method of making preparations for marking printed circuit boards with respective unique identification codes, including the steps of:
- printing unique identification codes on respective carriers;
- and
- packaging the carriers in such way that the carriers are retrievable by an automated component mounting process for mounting the carriers on respective printed circuit boards.
A method of making preparations for marking printed circuit boards with respective unique identification codes, including the steps of:
- printing unique, optically readable identification codes on respective carriers;
- and
- packaging the carriers on a SMD (Surface Mounted Device) component tape for subsequent retrieval and mounting on respective printed circuit boards.
An SMD (Surface Mounted Device) component tape with carriers for mounting on respective printed circuit boards, wherein each carrier is marked with an identification code which is unique for that carrier.
An SMD (Surface Mounted Device) component reel with a component carrier tape, which tape includes carriers for mounting on respective printed circuit boards, wherein each carrier is marked with an identification codes which is unique for that carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.