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US 9,462,680 B2Granted
Printed circuit board
AssigneeRobert Bosch (Australia) Pty Ltd
InventorTony Rocco
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Abstract
A printed circuit board including a substrate of electrically insulating material and a pattern of electrically conducting paths formed on at least one side of the substrate. One or more electronic components mounted to the substrate in connection with the electrically conductive paths. At least one of the components including a base solder connection between a base surface and a facing conducting surface of the component. The base solder connection is substantially obscured from view from the side of the substrate to which the component is attached and an opening is provided extending through the substrate beneath the base surface of the component so that the base solder connection is visible through the opening.
Claims18
A printed circuit board, comprising:
- a substrate of electrically insulating material and a pattern of electrically conductive paths formed on at least one side of the substrate;
- a plurality of electronic components mounted to the substrate in connection with the electrically conductive paths;
- and
- at least one electronic component including a base solder connection between a base surface of the component and a facing conducting surface of the substrate;
- wherein the base solder connection is substantially obscured from view from the side of the substrate to which the electronic component is attached, and wherein an inspection opening, which is plated with metal, extends through the substrate beneath the base surface of the electronic component and the base solder connection extends into the opening in connection with the metal plating, so that the base solder connection is visible through the opening for inspection of the base solder connection.
2 more elements
A substrate for a printed circuit board arrangement, comprising:
- a substrate of electrically insulating material and a pattern of electrically conductive paths formed on at least one side of the substrate;
- wherein the printed circuit board arrangement includes:
- a plurality of electronic components for mounting to the substrate in connection with the electrically conductive paths;
- and
- at least one electronic component including a base solder connection between a base surface of the component and a facing conducting surface of the substrate;
- wherein the base solder connection is substantially obscured from view from the side of the substrate to which the electronic component is to be attached, and wherein an inspection opening, which is plated with metal, extends through the substrate beneath the base surface of the component and the base solder connection extends into the opening in connection with the metal plating, so that the base solder connection is visible through the opening for inspection of the base solder connection.
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A method of inspecting a printed circuit board, the method comprising:
- orienting the printed circuit board so that an automatic optical inspection device can view into an inspection opening, which is plated with metal, through the substrate of the printed circuit board to inspect a solder connection made between the base surface of an electronic component and a facing conducting surface of the substrate, and inspecting the solder connection;
- wherein the printed circuit board includes:
- the substrate, the substrate being of electrically insulating material and having a pattern of electrically conductive paths formed on at least one side of the substrate;
- a plurality of electronic components mounted to the substrate in connection with the electrically conductive paths;
- and
- the electronic component including a base solder connection between the base surface of the component and the facing conducting surface of the substrate;
- wherein the base solder connection is substantially obscured from view from the side of the substrate to which the electronic component is attached, and wherein the inspection opening extends through the substrate beneath the base surface of the component and the base solder connection extends into the opening in connection with the metal plating, so that the base solder connection is visible through the opening for inspection of the base solder connection.
4 more elements
A printed circuit board, comprising:
- a substrate of electrically insulating material and a pattern of electrically conductive paths formed on at least one side of the substrate;
- a plurality of electronic components mounted to the substrate in connection with the electrically conductive paths;
- at least one electronic component including a base solder connection between a base surface of the component and a facing conducting surface of the substrate, wherein the base solder connection is substantially obscured from view from the side of the substrate to which the electronic component is attached;
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- an inspection means for inspecting the base solder connection, wherein the inspection means includes an inspection opening plated with metal and extending through the substrate beneath the base surface of the electronic component and the base solder connection extends into the opening in connection with the metal plating, so that the base solder connection is visible for inspection through the opening.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.