US 11,751,372 B2
Electrical verification of electronic components
Bobbi Ferm, Sollentuna (SE); and Olle Betzen, Jarfalla (SE)
Assigned to Mycronic AB, Taby (SE)
Appl. No. 17/419,916
Filed by Mycronic AB, Taby (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051220
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152074, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19153748 (EP), filed on Jan. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087085 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 13/08 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01); G01R 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/082 (2018.08) [G01R 27/02 (2013.01); H05K 13/0404 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component mounting machine comprising:
a picking tool for picking electronic components from a source of electronic components and placing them onto a workpiece,
a verification unit for measuring an electrical property of an electronic component picked and held by the picking tool; wherein
the verification unit comprises a board, a plurality of test electrodes arranged on a surface of said board and a system for measuring an output signal from the test electrodes upon contact between a picked electronic component and at least two of said test electrodes;
and wherein at least one test electrode is arranged on a flexible portion of the board that is configured to flex upon engagement between a picked electronic component and said at least two test electrodes.