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Vision system catches die bonds that aren't up to spec

 

 
ESEC die bonders at IBM in Burlington, Vt., now sport MVS-8100 vision systems from Cognex Corp. to catch die/lead frame mounting problems. A bird's eye view of an MVS-8100 image from IBM reveals what die bonds look like to a vision system. Human inspectors armed with microscopes used to check the die bonds coming out of IBM's Burlington, Vt., facility. Trouble was, it was practical to scrutinize only a few of the 32 lead frames in every die-bonding machine cartridge to see if

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