Component sheet and method of singulating
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsWan Mohd Misuari Suleiman, Nageswararau Krishnan
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Abstract
A sheet of electronic components includes a plurality of electronic components. A plurality of connecting members mechanically connects the electronic components together. A first fiducial marker is located at a first predetermined location on the sheet and a second fiducial marker is located at a second predetermined location on the sheet.
Claims20
A sheet of electronic components, the sheet comprising:
- a plurality of electronic components;
- a plurality of connecting members that mechanically connect the electronic components together;
- a first fiducial marker located at a first predetermined location on the sheet;
- and
- a second fiducial marker located at a second predetermined location on the sheet.
The sheet of claim I, wherein the sheet includes:
- a first corner with a first fiducial marker located proximate the first corner;
- a second corner with a second fiducial marker located proximate the second corner;
- a third corner with a third fiducial marker located proximate the third corner;
- and
- a fourth corner with a fourth fiducial marker located proximate the fourth corner.
A device for singulating components from a sheet of components, the device comprising:
- a singulating device for singulating individual components from the sheet of components;
- an imaging system for imaging a plurality of fiducial markers located at predetermined locations on the sheet;
- a processing component for determining the alignment of the sheet in response to imaging the plurality of fiducial markers;
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- an aligning component for moving at least one of the singulating device and the sheet of components to achieve a predetermined orientation in response to determining the alignment of the sheet.
A method of aligning a sheet of components with a singulating device, the method comprising:
- imaging a first fiducial marker located at a predetermined location on the sheet of components;
- imaging a second fiducial marker located at a predetermined location on the sheet of components;
- determining the orientation of the sheet of components in response to imaging the first fiducial marker and imaging the second fiducial marker;
- and
- aligning at least one of the sheet of components and the singulating device in response to determining the orientation of the sheet of components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.