Inspection apparatus for semiconductor packages

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus, comprising:

• oblique imaging means which images a package surface of a semiconductor package from an oblique direction at a prescribed angle of elevation;
• plan view imaging means which images a plan view image of the package surface of the semiconductor package;
• oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the oblique imaging means;
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• plan view imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the plan view imaging means,
• whereby terminals of the semiconductor package are inspected based on image data of the oblique imaging means and the plan view imaging means,
• the semiconductor package inspection apparatus being characterized in that polarization characteristics of the oblique imaging illumination means and plan view imaging illumination means are different from each other, and the semiconductor package inspection apparatus further comprises:
• first polarizing filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the oblique imaging means, and which passes light from the oblique imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the plan view imaging illumination means;
• second polarizing filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the plan view imaging means, and which passes light from the plan view imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the oblique imaging illumination means;
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• control means which simultaneously turns on the oblique imaging and plan view imaging illumination means, and inspects terminals of the semiconductor package based on image data of the oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus, comprising:

• oblique imaging means which images a package surface of a semiconductor package from an oblique direction at a prescribed angle of elevation;
• plan view imaging means which images a plan view image of the package surface of the semiconductor package;
• oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the oblique imaging means;
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• plan view imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the plan view imaging means,
• whereby terminals of the semiconductor package are inspected based on image data of the oblique imaging means and the plan view imaging means,
• the semiconductor package inspection apparatus being characterized in that the oblique imaging means comprises a first oblique imaging means which is positioned on one side of the semiconductor package, and a second oblique imaging means which is positioned on the opposite side of the semiconductor package from this first oblique imaging means, and these first and second oblique imaging means are positioned by shifting the optical axis of each imaging means so that a different area of the semiconductor package is imaged by each;
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• the oblique imaging illumination means comprises a first oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the first oblique imaging means, and a second oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the second oblique imaging means, and the respective emission spectrum characteristics of these first and second oblique imaging illumination means and the plan view imaging illumination means are different from each other, and
• the inspection apparatus further comprises:
• first filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the first oblique imaging means, and which passes light from the first oblique imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the plan view imaging illumination means and the second oblique imaging illumination means;
• second filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the second oblique imaging means, and which passes light from the second oblique imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the first oblique imaging illumination means and the plan view imaging illumination means;
• third filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the plan view imaging means, and which passes light from the plan view imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the first and second oblique imaging illumination means;
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• control means which simultaneously turns on the first and second oblique imaging illumination means and the plan view imaging illumination means, and inspects the terminals of the semiconductor package based on image data of the first and second oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus, comprising:

• oblique imaging means which images a package surface of a semiconductor package from an oblique direction at a prescribed angle of elevation;
• plan view imaging means which images a plan view image of the package surface of the semiconductor package;
• oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the oblique imaging means;
• and
• plan view imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the plan view imaging means,
• whereby terminals of the semiconductor package are inspected based on image data of these oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means;
• the inspection apparatus being characterized in that the oblique imaging means comprises a first oblique imaging means which is positioned on one side of the semiconductor package, and a second oblique imaging means which is positioned on the opposite side of the semiconductor package from this first oblique imaging means, and these first and second oblique imaging means are positioned by shifting the optical axis of each imaging means so that a different area of the semiconductor package is imaged by each;
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• the oblique imaging illumination means comprises a first oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the first oblique imaging means, and a second oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the second oblique imaging means, and the respective polarization characteristics of these first and second oblique imaging illumination means are varied, and
• the inspection apparatus further comprises a first polarizing filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the first oblique imaging means, and which passes light from the first oblique imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the second oblique imaging illumination means;
• second polarizing filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the second oblique imaging means, and which passes light from the second oblique imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the first oblique imaging illumination means;
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• control means which turns on the first and second oblique imaging illumination means at the same time, controls each of the illumination means so that these first and second oblique imaging illumination means and the plan view imaging illumination means are on alternately, and inspects terminals of the semiconductor package based on image data of the first and second oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus, comprising:

• oblique imaging means which images a package surface of semiconductor package from an oblique direction at a prescribed angle of elevation;
• plan view imaging means which images a plan view image of the package surface of the semiconductor package;
• oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the oblique imaging means;
• plan view imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the plan view imaging means,
• whereby terminals of the semiconductor package are inspected based on image data of these oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means,
• the inspection apparatus being characterized in that the oblique imaging means comprises a first oblique imaging means which is positioned on one side of the semiconductor package, and a second oblique imaging means which is positioned on the same side of the semiconductor package as this first oblique imaging means, and the optical axis of each imaging means is set so that these first and second oblique imaging means each image a different area of the semiconductor package;
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• the oblique imaging illumination means comprises a first oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the first oblique imaging means, and a second oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the second oblique imaging means, and the respective emission spectrum characteristics of these first and second oblique imaging illumination means and the plan view imaging illumination means are varied;
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• it is further characterized in that it comprises:
• a dichroic beam splitter which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the first and second oblique imaging means, and which splits incident light so as to guide the light of the first oblique imaging illumination means to the first oblique imaging means, and to guide the light of the second oblique imaging illumination means to the second oblique imaging means;
• filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the plan view imaging means, and which passes light from the plan view imaging illumination means, and blocks light from the first and second oblique imaging illumination means;
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• control means which simultaneously turns on the first an second oblique imaging illumination means and the plan view imaging illumination means, and inspects terminals of the semiconductor package based on image data of the first and second oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus, comprising:

• oblique imaging means which images a package surface of a semiconductor package from an oblique direction at a prescribed angle of elevation;
• plan view imaging means which images a plan view image of the package surface of the semiconductor package;
• oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the oblique imaging means;
• and
• plan view imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the plan view imaging means,
• whereby terminals of the semiconductor package are inspected based on image data of these oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means;
• the inspection apparatus being characterized in that the oblique imaging means comprises a first oblique imaging means which is positioned on one side of the semiconductor package, and a second oblique imaging means which is positioned on the same side of the semiconductor packages as this first oblique imaging means, and the optical axis of each imaging means is set so that these first and second oblique imaging means each image a different area of the semiconductor package;
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• the oblique imaging illumination means comprises a first oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the first oblique imaging means, and a second oblique imaging illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the second oblique imaging means, and the respective polarization characteristics of these first and second oblique imaging illumination means are varied, and
• the inspection apparatus further comprises a polarized beam splitter which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the first and second oblique imaging means, and which splits incident light so as to guide the light from the first oblique imaging illumination means to the first oblique imaging means, and to guide the light from the second oblique imaging illumination means to the second oblique imaging means;
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• control means which simultaneously turns on the first and second oblique imaging illumination means, controls each of the illumination means so that these first and second oblique imaging illumination means and the plan view imaging illumination means are on alternately, and inspects terminals of the semiconductor package based on image data of the first and second oblique imaging means and plan view imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus, comprising:

• first imaging means which images a package surface of a semiconductor package from a first direction;
• second imaging device which images the package surface of a the semiconductor package from a second direction that differs from the first direction;
• first illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the first imaging means;
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• second illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the second imaging means,
• whereby the semiconductor package is inspected using these first and second image data,
• the inspection apparatus being characterized in that emission wavelength characteristics of the first and second illumination means are different from each other, and
• the inspection apparatus further comprises:
• first filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the first imaging means, and which passes light from the first illumination means, and blocks light from the second illumination means;
• second filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the second imaging means, and which passes light from the second illumination means, and blocks light from the first illumination means;
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• control means which simultaneously turns on the first an second illumination means, and inspects the semiconductor package based on image data of the first and second imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus, comprising:

• first imaging means which images a package surface of a semiconductor package from a first direction;
• second imaging device which images the package surface of the semiconductor package from a second direction that differs from the first direction;
• first illumination means which illuminates the package surface for imaging by the first imaging means;
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• second illumination means surface illuminates the package surface for imaging by the second imaging means,
• whereby the semiconductor package is inspected using these first and second image data,
• the inspection apparatus being characterized in that polarization characteristics of the first and second illumination means are different from each other, and
• the inspection apparatus further comprises:
• first polarizing filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the first imaging means, and which passes light from the first illumination means, and blocks light from the second illumination means;
• second polarizing filter means which is provided on the optical path from the semiconductor package to the second imaging means, and which passes light from the second illumination means, and blocks light from the first illumination means;
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• control means which simultaneously turns on the first and second illumination means, and inspects the semiconductor package based on image data of the first, and second imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus having an imaging device for imaging an area including an upper surface of a semiconductor package which is provided with a plurality of metal terminals, for inspecting markings indicated onto the upper surface of the semiconductor package as well as the semiconductor package and the metal terminals based on image data from the imaging device, comprising:

• illumination means which illuminates the area including the upper surface of the semiconductor package using linearly polarized light with a prescribed direction of polarization;
• a polarized beam splitter which is provided above the semiconductor package, and which splits into respectively different directions linearly polarized light with a direction of polarization coinciding with linearly polarized light from the illumination means and linearly polarized light with a direction of polarization being orthogonal to linearly polarized light from the illumination means, within the illuminated light from the illumination means reflected by the semiconductor package;
• first imaging means which is provided on one of the optical paths split by the polarized beam splitter, and on which is incident the linearly polarized light with a direction of polarization coinciding with the linearly polarized light from the illumination means;
• second imaging means which is provided on the other optical path split by the polarized beam splitter, and on which is incident the linearly polarized light with a direction of polarization being orthogonal to the linearly polarized lights from the illumination means;
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• control means which inspects the semiconductor package and metal terminals based on image date from the first imagine means, and inspects markings indicated on the upper surface of the semiconductor package based on image data from the second imaging means.

A semiconductor package inspection apparatus having an imaging device for imaging a semiconductor package which is provided with a plurality of metal terminals and is placed on an inspection table, for inspecting the metal terminals based on image data from the imaging device,

• the inspection apparatus being characterized in that surface of the inspection table which serves as a background to the metal terminals within a field of view region of the imaging device, exhibits diffuse reflection or absorption reflection properties, and
• the inspection apparatus further comprises:
• illumination means which emits a linearly polarized light with a prescribed direction of polarization to illuminate the field of view region of the imaging device;
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• polarizing filter means which is provided between the imaging device and the semiconductor package, and which only passes polarized light with a direction of polarization being orthogonal to the linearly polarized light from the illumination means.