Method for manufacturing a high-frequency assembly
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsWillibald Konrath, Haiko Schmelcher
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Abstract
In the manufacture of a high-frequency assembly, a plurality of components, at least one (12) of which is frequency-specific, are placed with respect to each other using a placing apparatus and are interconnected. In a specimen of the frequency-specific component (12, 30) a feature (23, 24) which encodes the frequency is looked for. The specimen is built in if the feature (23, 24; 26) is found in the specimen and is judged to be correct; otherwise the specimen is rejected.
Claims19
A method of manufacturing a high-frequency assembly including a plurality of components, at least one of which is frequency-specific, using an automatic assembly apparatus, the method comprising:
- placing a plurality of components on a high-frequency assembly using a placing apparatus of an automatic assembly apparatus;
- identifying a frequency-encoding feature on a frequency-specific component prior to gripping the frequency-specific component with the placing apparatus, the frequency-encoding feature indicating an operating frequency of the frequency-specific component;
- accepting the frequency-specific component for connection to the high-frequency assembly if the frequency-encoding feature indicates that the frequency-specific component is a correct component for the assembly;
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- rejecting the frequency-specific component for connection to the high-frequency assembly if the frequency-encoding feature indicates that the frequency-specific component is not the correct component for the assembly.
A manufacturing apparatus for the automatic manufacture of a high-frequency assembly comprising:
- a placing apparatus to place one or more components on a high-frequency assembly, wherein at least one of the components comprises a frequency-specific component;
- a sensor to detect a frequency-encoded feature associated with the frequency-specific component that indicates an operating frequency of the frequency-specific component;
- a controller operatively connected to the sensor and configured to:
- receive a signal from the sensor responsive to the detection of the frequency-encoded feature;
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- control the placing apparatus to place the frequency-specific component on the assembly, or to reject the frequency-specific component based on the received signal prior to the component being taken up by the placing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.