Patents Assigned to Mycronic AB
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Publication number: 20220171289Abstract: A method for processing print data defining a pattern to be printed comprises obtaining (S10) of vector print data for the pattern to be printed. The vector print data is divided (S12) into vector print data of scan strips, wherein each scan strip is associated with a scan velocity. A skew transformation of the vector print data is performed (S14) in each scan strip. The skew transformation is performed in a direction opposite to respective scan velocity and with a magnitude proportional to a magnitude of the scan velocity. A method for printing a pattern, a device for processing print data and a printing device according to the same principles are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Mycronic ABInventor: Fredric IHREN
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Publication number: 20220087085Abstract: The present invention provides a component mounting machine (1) comprising a picking tool (2) for picking electronic components (3) from a source (4) of electronic components and placing them onto a workpiece (5), a verification unit (6) for measuring an electrical property of an electronic component (3) picked and held by the picking tool (2). The verification unit (6) comprises a board (7), a plurality of test electrodes (8) arranged on a surface (9) of said board (7) and a system (10) for measuring an output signal from the test electrodes (8) upon contact between a picked electronic component (3) and at least two of said test electrodes (8). Further, at least one test electrode (8) is arranged on a flexible portion (11) of the board (7) that is configured to flex upon engagement between a picked electronic component (3) and said at least two test electrodes (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Mycronic ABInventors: Bobbi FERM, Olle BETZEN
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Publication number: 20220078957Abstract: A holder arrangement for releasably holding a plurality of component feeders, configured to feed a component tape towards a picking position of a component mounting machine, is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a first mechanical interface configured to releasably attach the plurality of component feeders to the holder arrangement, and a second mechanical interface configured to releasably attach the holder arrangement to a component tape magazine configured to be loaded into the component mounting machine, such that the component feeders are positioned to guide the component tape to the picking position. Furthermore, a method for handling at least one component feeder, is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Mycronic ABInventor: Johan BERGSTROM
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Publication number: 20220055834Abstract: The present invention provides a storage unit for Surface Mount Technology (SMT) supplies, comprising a plurality of stacks having vertically stacked storage locations for SMT supplies, a terminal for inserting and receiving SMT supplies to and from said storage unit, a first collector arm for transporting SMT supplies between storage locations and said terminal, said collector arm being moveably arranged along said stacks so as to enable engagement with the vertically stacked storage locations of a stack. Further, the plurality of stacks are arranged in at least one cluster of two or more stacks in each cluster, wherein each stack of said at least one cluster is moveably arranged in relation to said collector arm so as to allow engagement of said collector arm with different stacks of the cluster upon movement of said two or more stacks in the cluster, thereby allowing said collector arm to engage storage locations of different stacks in said at least one cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Mycronic ABInventors: Peer MIETUSCH, Goran FRANK, Nils JACOBSSON
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Publication number: 20220040776Abstract: A method for controlling an ejector is disclosed, wherein the ejector comprises an actuator arrangement configured to eject a droplet of viscous medium onto a substrate, and wherein the droplet forms part of a sequence of a plurality of droplets. The method comprises obtaining a control parameter for controlling the operation of the actuator arrangement, and operating the actuator arrangement, using the control parameter, in order to eject the droplet. The obtained control parameter is based on at least one of: a time period between the droplet and a previous droplet in the sequence, a difference in target size of the droplet and a size of the previous droplet in the sequence, and the droplets position in the sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Mycronic ABInventors: Gustaf MARTENSSON, Pontus FORSBERG
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Publication number: 20220046837Abstract: A method of feeding a component tape towards a picking position of a component mounting machine is disclosed. The feeding is performed by means of a feeding mechanism configured to engage the component tape at an engaging position and to disengage the component tape at a disengaging position. The method comprises engaging the component tape at the engaging position, moving, by means of the feeding mechanism, the component tape from the engaging position to the disengaging position, disengaging the component tape at the disengaging position, and returning the feeding mechanism from the disengaging position to the engaging position and wherein the feeding mechanism moves the component tape in a linear motion between the engaging position and the disengaging position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Mycronic ABInventors: Nils JACOBSSON, Peter SUNDSTROM, Bobbi FERM
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Publication number: 20220039305Abstract: A method, a system and an archive server for determining an illumination setting for capturing an image of a component, belonging to a specific package type, in a pick- and-place machine are provided. The method comprises capturing a first image of a first component of the specific package type while the first component is illuminated by a first illumination component, and capturing a second image of the first component while the first component is illuminated by a second illumination component, the second illumination component being different from the first illumination component. An illumination setting may then be determined by creating a plurality of generated images based on the first and second image of the first component, and selecting the generated image that fulfils a predetermined quality measure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Mycronic ABInventor: Roger JONASSON
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Publication number: 20210397066Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches a method of reducing the impact of cross-talk between transducers that drive an acousto-optic modulator. The method includes operating the transducers, which are mechanically coupled to an acousto-optic modulator medium, with different frequencies applied to adjoining transducers and producing a time-varying phase relationship between carriers on spatially adjoining modulation channels emanating from the adjoining transducers, with a frequency separation between carriers on the adjoining channels of 400 KHz to 20 MHz. The disclosed technology also includes operating 5 to 32 modulators, which are mechanically coupled to the acousto-optic modulator crystal, and varying the different frequencies applied to the modulators in a sawtooth pattern, varying the different frequencies over a range and then repeating variation over the range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Mycronic ABInventor: Anders SVENSSON
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Patent number: 11191199Abstract: A system and method for surface mount assembly of PCB's, using an automated pick-and-place machine into which component tapes on reels are fed, uses component tape reels each of which has been pre-threaded into its appropriate tape guide and been stored as a reel/tape guide packet in an automated SMD storage tower, from which appropriate packets are retrieved for coupling to the pick-and-place machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventor: Nils Jacobsson
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Patent number: 11187962Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches a method of reducing the impact of cross-talk between transducers that drive an acousto-optic modulator. The method includes operating the transducers, which are mechanically coupled to an acousto-optic modulator medium, with different frequencies applied to adjoining transducers and producing a time-varying phase relationship between carriers on spatially adjoining modulation channels emanating from the adjoining transducers, with a frequency separation between carriers on the adjoining channels of 400 KHz to 20 MHz. The disclosed technology also includes operating 5 to 32 modulators, which are mechanically coupled to the acousto-optic modulator crystal, and varying the different frequencies applied to the modulators in a sawtooth pattern, varying the different frequencies over a range and then repeating variation over the range.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventor: Anders Svensson
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Patent number: 11178801Abstract: A method, a system and an archive server for determining an illumination setting for capturing an image of a component, belonging to a specific package type, in a pick-and-place machine are provided. The method comprises capturing a first image of a first component of the specific package type while the first component is illuminated by a first illumination component, and capturing a second image of the first component while the first component is illuminated by a second illumination component, the second illumination component being different from the first illumination component. An illumination setting may then be determined by creating a plurality of generated images based on the first and second image of the first component, and selecting the generated image that fulfils a predetermined quality measure.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventor: Roger Jonasson
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Publication number: 20210352808Abstract: A method of applying viscous media on a substrate is disclosed. In the method, the substrate is provided, which is arranged for mounting of electronic components thereon. Further, flux is provided on a deposit of solder paste, which deposit is arranged at a predetermined position on the substrate. The flux is provided by a non-contact dispensing process, such as jetting. By providing flux on the deposit prior to reflow, the risk of quality related issues, such as e.g. graping, advantageously is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: MYCRONIC ABInventor: Johan BERGSTRÖM
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Publication number: 20210339472Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to high utilization of donor material in a writing process using Laser-Induced Forward Transfer. Specifically, the technology relates to reusing, or recycling, unused donor material by recoating target substrates with donor material after a writing process is performed with the target substrate. Further, the technology relates to target substrates including a pattern of discrete separated dots to be individually ejected from the target substrate using LIFT.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Mycronic ABInventors: Torbjorn SANDSTROM, Gustaf MARTENSSON, Mats ROSLING
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Patent number: 11076490Abstract: A method of applying viscous media on a substrate is disclosed. In the method, the substrate is provided, which is arranged for mounting of electronic components thereon. Further, flux is provided on a deposit of solder paste, which deposit is arranged at a predetermined position on the substrate. The flux is provided by a non-contact dispensing process, such as jetting. By providing flux on the deposit prior to reflow, the risk of quality related issues, such as e.g. graping, advantageously is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: MYCRONIC ABInventor: Johan Bergström
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Patent number: 11065868Abstract: A jetting device configured to jet one or more droplets of a viscous medium through a nozzle may include an acoustic transducer configured to emit an acoustic signal that transfers acoustic waves into at least a portion of the viscous medium located in a viscous medium conduit a viscous medium conduit configured to direct a flow of the viscous medium to an outlet of the nozzle. The acoustic signal may be an ultrasonic signal. The acoustic signal may adjust one or more rheological properties of the viscous medium, based on acoustic actuation. The acoustic transducer may be implemented by an actuator of the device that is configured to move through an eject chamber to cause viscous medium to be jetted through the outlet of the nozzle as one or more droplets.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventors: Gustaf Martensson, Jesper Sallander
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Patent number: 11040531Abstract: A jetting device configured to jet one or more droplets of a viscous medium through the outlet of a nozzle includes an energy output device. The energy output device is configured to direct a quantum of energy into at least a portion of the volume of the viscous medium jetted through the outlet to control a breaking of the droplet from the nozzle. The energy output device may include an acoustic transducer or a piezoelectric material or a laser emitter or a heater.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventors: Gustaf Martensson, Jesper Sallander
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Patent number: 10996540Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to developing an acousto-optic device (AOD) using an alpha-barium borate (?BBO) crystal. An AOD using ?BBO enables high-resolution microlithographic patterning. The AOD includes a slab of ?BBO coupled to an RF transducer that drives an acoustic wave through the crystal structure. A laser source emits a beam of light that is incident on the crystal surface. The propagated acoustic wave acts as a diffraction grating that diffracts the incident wave. Using an ?BBO crystal allows for high resolution of light in the ultraviolet and visible spectra. The low speed of acoustic wave propagation through the crystal allows for more laser spots to be imaged than AODs made using other types of crystals.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventor: Nur Ismail
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Patent number: 10974273Abstract: An ejector for jetting a viscous medium onto a substrate is disclosed. The ejector comprises a jetting chamber adapted to accommodate the viscous medium, a nozzle communicatively connected to the chamber, and an impacting device adapted to impact a volume of the viscous medium in the chamber such that viscous medium is jetted through the nozzle towards the substrate. The ejector may further comprise a rotating mechanism adapted to rotate the impacting device around a length axis of the impacting device such that shearing is induced in the viscous medium to be jetted. A corresponding system and method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventor: Johan Bergstrom
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Patent number: 10956857Abstract: A method and a system for changing operator display data on a display unit/electronic label located on a carrier in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system performing the steps of providing a carrier in the form of a bin or trolley configured to carry a plurality of bin load units, wherein said carrier comprises a display unit/electronic label; receiving or retrieving input data related to said carrier and an ongoing or upcoming SMT job; presenting display data on said display unit/electronic label based on said received input data; and scanning at least one barcode associated with or arranged on said carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventor: Nils Jacobsson
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Patent number: 10933436Abstract: A method for jetting a viscous medium onto a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing viscous medium to a jetting chamber of an ejector, operating an impacting device to impact a volume of the viscous medium in the chamber such that viscous medium is jetted through a nozzle, connected to the chamber, towards the substrate, and monitoring a displacement of the impacting device during impact. An ejector and a system comprising such an ejector and a control unit is also disclosed. The monitoring of the displacement allows for the operation of the impacting device to be controlled accordingly, thereby providing for an improved control of the jetting process.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Mycronic ABInventor: Daniel Brevemark