JP6878985B2 - Component mounting device, component mounting method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a component mounting device, a component mounting method, and a program.

Substrate mounting of electronic components is performed by the following procedure.

First, cream solder is printed on a land of conductors formed on a substrate using a solder printing device, and the state of the solder is inspected by a solder printing inspection device. If the inspection determines that the solder condition is okay, the component mounting device is used to mount the component at a designated position on the board. Then, the substrate is carried into the reflow furnace. In the reflow furnace, the substrate is heated to melt the solder, and then the substrate is cooled to solidify the solder to join the substrate and the components. Finally, the visual inspection device inspects the joint state between the board and the component, and if it is judged that there is no problem, the mounting is completed.

Here, one of the defects in the solder printing process is called a weapon. This is a phenomenon in which protrusions such as weapons are formed on the upper surface of the solder. If the parts are mounted as they are with the horns generated, the protruding parts will fall and protrude out of the land, and when the solder is melted and solidified and the parts are joined to the board, a bridge or a solder ball will be used. There is a high possibility that defects such as these will occur.

Therefore, in the visual inspection by the solder printing inspection device, when a protrusion whose height from the substrate, land, or the upper surface of the solder is equal to or higher than a threshold value set separately is detected, a warning is given as a solder printing defect.

However, if all the protrusions that may become defective after solder solidification are detected by the inspection, the number of detections increases and the number of times the equipment is stopped also increases, which may reduce productivity.

To solve this problem, Patent Document 1 discloses a method of correcting the mounting position / height of a component by using one or more of the solder position, average height, maximum height, volume, and three-dimensional shape. ing.

For example, if the amount of solder printed on the two lands that join both ends of the chip component is different, the mounting position is shifted toward the land with the larger solder volume when the component is mounted. This correction reduces the possibility of defects such as the tombstone phenomenon that occurs when parts are attracted to one land when solder melts, and the inclination of parts.

Further, when the amount of printed solder is large in both of the two lands, the height when mounting the parts is increased. This correction prevents the overprinted solder from being pushed too far out of the land by the mounted components. As a result, the possibility of defects such as bridges after solder solidification is reduced.

As described above, it is considered that the amount of solder squeezed out due to the solder printing state is reduced by the technique shown in Patent Document 1.

Japanese Patent No. 4372719

However, Patent Document 1 does not describe a mounting position correction method when a protrusion called a weapon is generated after solder printing. Therefore, even if the technique described in Patent Document 1 is used, it is considered that the reduction in the amount of the solder protruding after mounting the component due to the protrusion is limited.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a component mounting device, a component mounting method, and a program for suppressing solder protrusion after mounting of components due to solder protrusions printed on a substrate. is there.

In order to achieve the above object, the component mounting device of the present invention includes a component mounting means for mounting the component electrode surface in contact with a predetermined position on the solder printed on the land on the substrate surface, and the solder. When it is determined that the solder has a detection means for detecting the position and shape and a protrusion that causes a defect after the solder solidifies, the component is corrected by correcting the predetermined position so that the electrode surface of the part crushes the apex of the protrusion. It is provided with a control means for instructing the component mounting means for mounting the solder.

In order to achieve the above object, in the component mounting method of the present invention, the electrode surface of the component is contacted and mounted at a predetermined position on the solder printed on the land on the surface of the substrate, and the position and shape of the solder are set. When it is detected and it is determined that the solder has protrusions that cause defects after solidification, the component is mounted by correcting the predetermined position so that the electrode surface of the component crushes the apex of the protrusion.

In order to achieve the above object, the program of the present invention mounts the electrode surface of the component in contact with a predetermined position on the solder printed on the land on the surface of the substrate, and detects the position and shape of the solder. When it is determined that the solder has protrusions that cause defects after solidification, it is instructed to correct the predetermined position so that the electrode surface of the component crushes the apex of the protrusion and mount the component. Let the computer do it.

According to the present invention, the component mounting device, the component mounting method, and the program can prevent defects after joining the components due to protrusions of cream solder such as solder printed on the substrate.

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[First Embodiment]
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the first embodiment.

The component mounting device 100 of the present embodiment includes a component mounting means 101, a detecting means 102, and a control means 103. The component mounting means 101 mounts the component with the electrode surface of the component in contact with a predetermined position on the solder printed on the land on the surface of the substrate. The detecting means 102 detects the position and shape of the solder. When the control means 103 determines that the solder has protrusions that cause defects after solidification, the control means 103 corrects the predetermined position so that the electrode surface of the component crushes the apex of the protrusion. Then, the control means 103 instructs the component mounting means 101 on which the component is mounted.

By doing so, it is possible to prevent the solder protrusions from collapsing due to the mounting of the parts, the tips of the solder protrusions protruding from a predetermined range on the board, and the solder adhering to other parts. .. In particular, when the conductor pattern is arranged outside the predetermined range, it is possible to prevent solder bridging.
[Second Embodiment]
Next, the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.
[Description of configuration]
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the second embodiment.

The component mounting device 200 of the present embodiment is composed of the component mounting means 201, the detecting means 202, and the control means 203.

The component mounting means 201 is an automatic mounting machine that automatically mounts components on cream solder printed on a conductor land on the surface of a printed circuit board at a position set in advance on the substrate.

Here, mounting is an operation of placing the component at a predetermined position and height on the substrate so that the electrode surface of the component is in contact with the cream solder printed on the land.

The detecting means 202 detects the shape of the cream solder printed on the surface of the substrate before mounting the component on the substrate. For example, it is conceivable to use a solder printing inspection device. As shown in Patent Document 1, the detection means 202 irradiates the printed solder with light for three-dimensional measurement, performs an image based on the irradiated light, and performs three-dimensional measurement of the solder. It may be.

The control means 203 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), controls the hardware of the component mounting device 200, and performs software processing. Further, the control means 203 includes a storage means 204 which is a storage means for information including a storage element.
[Explanation of operation]
Next, a description of the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8.

When joining parts to a substrate, solder is printed on a land provided on the surface of the substrate by solder printing. In this printing, a metal plate called a metal mask, which has an opening corresponding to the position and size of the land, is used, the substrate and the metal mask are aligned and brought into contact with each other, and the opening is filled with creamy solder. After that, a method of separating the substrate and the metal mask is generally used.

The component mounting device 200 of the present embodiment operates from measuring the substrate after printing the solder to mounting the components on the substrate.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the component 1010 mounted on the substrate. The component 1010 has a shape called a SOP (Small Outline Package) and has a gull-wing-shaped electrode 1011. Then, the tip portion 1012 of the electrode 1011 is joined to the land of the substrate by soldering.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a substrate 1020 on which components are mounted and a land 1021 provided on the surface of the substrate 1020.

The substrate 1020 is a plate material of a dielectric material such as glass epoxy, Teflon (registered trademark), and ceramic. The substrate 1020 is provided with a conductor land such as a land 1021 made of a conductor foil on the surface thereof. The land 1021 is designed to be larger than the size of the tip portion of the electrode of the component, that is, the tip portion 1012 of the component 1010 of FIG.

First, the position and shape of the land of the substrate 1020 represented by the relative position with respect to the substrate, which is stored by the storage means, will be described.

FIG. 5 shows the position of the land on the surface of the substrate 1020 with respect to the coordinate origin determined by the orthogonal coordinate system of the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis. In FIG. 5, the lower left of the surface of the substrate 1020 is the coordinate origin, but another place on the substrate may be the coordinate origin.

The center position of the land 1031 is stored as coordinates (XL1, YL1,0), and the center position of the land 1032 is stored as coordinates (XL2, YL2,0) in the storage means 204. Similarly, for other lands, the center position is stored in the storage means 204.

Further, assuming that the shapes of the lands shown in FIG. 5 are the same, the lands are stored in the storage means 204 with the length in the X direction as dXL and the length in the Y direction as dYL.

Further, (XB, YB, 0) is stored in the storage means 204 as the component mounting position. This component mounting position is a position for mounting a predetermined reference position on the component in accordance with a predetermined position (XB, YB, 0) on the surface of the substrate 1020. The component mounting position defined on the surface of the substrate is often set at a position where the center of the bottom surface of the component should be aligned. In the example of FIG. 5, the reference position predetermined for the component is the center of the bottom surface of the component, and the component mounting position defined on the surface of the substrate 1020 is the center of eight lands on the surface of the substrate.

The above is the description of the position and shape of the land.

Next, the information on the position and shape of the component stored by the storage means will be described.

FIG. 6 shows the positions of electrodes and the like with respect to the coordinate origin determined on the bottom surface of the component 1010 in a Cartesian coordinate system of the X'axis and the Y'axis. In FIG. 6, the coordinate origin is set at the position shown in the figure on the bottom surface of the component, but the coordinate origin may be set at another position on the bottom surface of the component.

The component 1010 includes electrodes, and in the example of FIG. 6, it includes eight electrodes of the same shape. Two of the electrodes are shown as electrodes 1041 and 1042 as examples. The electrodes have a gull wing shape. The portion of the electrode to be joined to the land of the substrate is a range in which the length in the X'direction is surrounded by dX'P and the length in the Y'direction is surrounded by dY'P. Hereinafter, the bottom surface of the electrode in the range surrounded by dX'P and dY'P is referred to as an electrode surface. The values of dX'P and dY'P are stored in the storage means 204.

Further, the center position of the electrode surface of the electrode 1041 (hereinafter referred to as the electrode center position) is stored in the storage means 204 as (X'P1, Y'P1) and the electrode center position of the electrode 1042 is stored as (X'P2, Y'P2). Has been done. Similarly, for the other electrodes, the electrode center position is stored in the storage means 204.

Further, (X'P, Y'P) is set on the bottom surface of the component as a predetermined reference position for mounting on the component. In FIG. 6, the position of (X'P, Y'P) is shown in the top view, but the position defined on the bottom surface of the component is seen through in the top view. Then, in the example of FIG. 6, the reference position predetermined for the component is set to the center of the bottom surface of the component as is generally performed.

The information on the position and shape of the component is the center position of the electrode of the component, the length of the electrode surface in the X'direction and the Y'direction, and the reference position defined on the bottom surface of the component to match the position defined on the substrate surface at the time of mounting. including.

It should be noted that the reference position (X'P, Y'P) of the component 1010 is aligned with the mounting position (XB, YB) of the board 1020, and when the component 1010 is mounted, the component 1010 is represented by the coordinates of the board 1020. To do.

For example, the electrode centers (X'P1, Y'P1) of the electrode 1041 in FIG. 6 are represented by the following equations in terms of coordinates on the substrate.

(X'P1 + (XB-X'P), Y'P1 + (YB-Y'P)) ... (1)
The above is the description of the information on the position and shape of the parts.

Next, information on the position and shape of the solder printed on the surface of the substrate will be described.

FIG. 7 schematically shows an example of land 1021 of the substrate 1020 after solder printing. In FIG. 7, land 1031 and land 1032 are shown as two of the lands 1021 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

The substrate 1020 has lands 1131 and lands 1132 on its surface. Solder 1101 and solder 1102 are printed on the upper parts of the land 1131 and the land 1132, respectively. Actually, the corners of the solder 1101 and the solder 1102 are not at right angles as shown in FIG. 7, but are curved in both the top view and the cross-sectional view.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which a protrusion 1111, which is also called a weapon, is generated on the upper part of the solder 1101. Here, it is assumed that the protrusion 1111 has an elliptical cone shape.

The substrate 1020 shown in FIG. 7 is put into the detection means 202.

The detecting means 202 acquires solder information including the solder 1101 and the solder 1102 for each solder printed on each land. The solder information is three-dimensional and includes the position of the solder relative to the board, including the height from the board surface.
The information of each solder is represented by the relative position with respect to the substrate, which is the same as the coordinate system of the land position and shape information.

The above is the description of the information on the position and shape of the solder.

Next, a method will be described in which the control means 203 determines that the protrusions called horns on the printed circuit board are protrusions requiring countermeasures that may cause defects due to the solder bridge.

The board on which the solder is printed is put into the detecting means 202, and the detecting means 202 detects the above-mentioned third information.

The detection means transmits the third information to the control means 203.

In the following description, FIG. 8 will be referred to for illustration of the same substrate example as in FIG.

The control means 203 extracts the solder at a position higher than the threshold value of the solder height from the substrate surface, which is determined in advance, from the third information received from the detection means 202 as candidates for protrusions.

Then, the position of the substrate surface of the candidate protrusion and the height of the apex from the substrate surface are stored in the storage means 204.

Here, the threshold value may be the height of the flat portion of the upper surface of the solder (HF in FIG. 8). However, since the upper surface of the solder has gentle irregularities, a value higher than the height of the flat portion of the upper surface of the solder may be used as the threshold value.

In this embodiment, all the information on the position and shape of the solder detected by the detection means 202 is transmitted to the control means. However, the detection means 202 extracts the protrusion candidates, transmits the position of the protrusion candidate substrate surface and the height of the apex from the substrate surface to the control means 203, and the control means 203 receives the protrusions from the detection means 202. The information of the candidate may be stored in the storage means 204.

Next, the control means 203 calculates the difference between the position of the apex and the above-mentioned threshold value for each of the protrusion candidates stored in the storage means 204, and obtains the height of the protrusion candidates. In FIG. 8, when the threshold value is set to the height (HF) of the flat portion of the upper surface of the solder, the height of the protrusion candidates is HT.

Then, the control means 203 sets the length of the region exceeding the threshold value of the protrusion candidate in the X direction as dXT and the length in the Y direction as dYT. Further, in the control means 203, the central position of the dXT is XT and the central position of the dYT is YT.

Among the candidates for protrusions higher than the threshold value, the control means 203 again sets the position of (XT, YT) outside the electrode surface when the component is mounted as a candidate for protrusion. FIG. 9 shows a case where there are candidates for protrusions on the outside of the electrode surface when the component is mounted.

FIG. 9 shows a state in which the component mounting means 201 is in the process of mounting the component, and the electrodes 1041 and 1042 are moving downward in the figure in the direction of the arrow. Even if the electrode surface of the electrode 1041 moves downward as it is, the apex of the protrusion 1111 is not crushed, and the protrusion 1111 may fall in the positive direction of X.

For this reason, the control means 203 again selects protrusion candidates whose (XT, YT) positions are outside the electrode surface when the component is mounted, among the protrusion candidates that exceed the threshold value. And.

Next, the control means 203 determines whether or not the protrusion candidate may become defective after mounting the component.

In FIG. 8, when the protrusion 1111 on the land 1031 collapses in the X direction and reaches the adjacent land 1032, a solder bridge is formed between the land 1031 and the land 1032.

The position of the apex of the solder on the substrate in the X direction when the protrusion 1111 is tilted in the positive direction of X is expressed by the following equation.

XT + HT + (dXT / 2) ・ ・ ・ (2)
Since the center position of the land 1032 is (XL1, YL1) as shown in FIG. 5, the X coordinate of the end portion in the negative direction of X can be expressed by the following equation.

XL2- (dXL / 2) ・ ・ ・ (3)
Therefore, the condition that the protrusion 1111 is tilted in the positive direction of X and a solder bridge is generated between the land 1031 and the land 1032 is a case where the following equation is satisfied.

XT + HT + (dXT / 2)> XL2- (dXL / 2) ... (4)
The protrusions satisfying the equation (4) are stored in the storage means 204 as the protrusions requiring countermeasures 1112.

Here, the distance dc may be set in advance as a condition for determining the occurrence of a solder bridge between the land 1031 and the land 1032, and the following equation may be used.

XT + HT + (dXT / 2)> XL2- (dXL / 2) + dc ... (5)
When the judgment condition of the formula (5) is used, the possibility of being judged as a defect due to the solder bridge is higher than when the judgment condition of the formula (4) is used. In other words, if the defect is improved based on the determination condition of the equation (5) rather than the determination condition of the equation (4), the defect is reduced.

The control means 203 determines whether or not there is a possibility that a solder bridge can be formed for all the protrusion candidates based on the determination conditions of the equation (4) or the equation (5). Then, the position of the protrusion on the substrate, that is, the protrusion requiring countermeasures 1112, which may form a solder bridge, and the height from the surface of the substrate are stored in the storage means 204.

Next, a method will be described in which the control means 203 corrects the mounting position of the component for the protrusion requiring countermeasure 1112, which may form a solder bridge, so that the solder bridge does not occur.

In order to prevent the tips of the protrusions from coming into contact with other lands due to the solder protrusions falling over, the parts may be mounted so as to crush the protrusions.

Therefore, the apex of the protrusion is made to coincide with the center position of the electrode. The method will be described below.

The land 1031 in which the protrusion 1111 shown in FIG. 8 is present is joined to the electrode 1041 of the component shown in FIG.

The electrode center position of the electrode 1041 is (X'P1, Y'P1).

When the component 1010 is mounted by aligning the reference position (X'P, Y'P) of the component 1010 with the mounting position (XB, YB) of the board 1020, (X'P1, Y'P1) is the coordinate system on the board. Then, it is expressed by the following equation. Let the coordinates on this board be (XP1, XP2).

(X'P1 + (XB-X'P), Y'P1 + (YB-Y'P)) = (XP1, XP2)
... (6)
The position of the protrusion 1111 shown in FIG. 8 on the substrate is (XT, YT).

In order to make the electrode centers (XP1, YP1) coincide with the protrusions 1111, the positions of the parts may be corrected and mounted by the following (ΔX, ΔY).

(ΔX, ΔY) = (XT-XP1, YT-YP1) ... (7)
The component mounting position (XB', YB') on the board after correction is expressed by the following equation.

(XB', YB') = (XB + ΔX, YB + ΔY) ... (8)
It should be noted that, instead of correcting the component mounting position on the board based on the equation (8), the reference position (X'P1, Y'P) for mounting determined on the component is corrected based on the following equation. It may be installed.

(X'P, Y'P) = (XP-ΔX, YP-ΔY) ... (9)
The above is the description of the method of matching the apex of the protrusion with the electrode center position.

When the control means 203 obtains the corrected component mounting position as described above, the control means 203 instructs the component mounting means 201 to mount the component at the corrected component mounting position.

FIG. 10 shows how the components are mounted at the corrected component mounting positions.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which the component to be mounted at the position of FIG. 9 is being mounted at the corrected mounting position, and the electrodes 1041 and 1042 are located at the lower part of the figure in the direction of the arrow. I'm moving. The center of the electrode surface of the electrode 1041 coincides with the apex of the protrusion 1111 and the apex of the protrusion 1111 is crushed by the electrode surface 1041.

In this way, the component mounting device 200 corrects the mounting position of the component and mounts the component so that the apex of the protrusion and the electrode center position of the electrode of the component match. As a result, since the parts are mounted so as to crush the protrusions, the solder protrusions do not fall and the tips of the protrusions do not come into contact with other lands, and the occurrence of solder bridges is prevented.

If another countermeasure-requiring protrusion exists in the land not shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the component mounting device 200 once mounts the component with the correction value calculated for the countermeasure-requiring protrusion 1112. Separate the parts from the 1020. Then, the component mounting device 200 may mount the component again using the correction values calculated for the protrusions requiring countermeasures other than the protrusions requiring countermeasures 1112.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be extended or modified as follows.

In the second embodiment, an example in which the component is mounted on the cream solder is shown, but the present invention can also be applied when the component is mounted on the silver paste and the conductive adhesive. is there.

In the second embodiment, the component mounting position is corrected so that the tip of the solder protrusion and the electrode center position of the corrected component match. However, the mounting position of the component may be corrected so that the tip of the solder protrusion fits on the electrode surface.

Further, when the component mounting means 201 heats the substrate and the solder melts after the component is mounted, self-alignment occurs in which the component moves to the center of the land due to the surface tension of the solder. Therefore, the correction value for mounting the components in the second embodiment may be set within the range in which the self-alignment works. By doing so, it is possible to make excessive corrections for parts for which self-alignment is difficult to work, and to avoid the possibility of defects after solder solidification.

Further, in addition to the first height from the surface of the substrate on which the component is mounted, a second height is set. Here, the second height is larger than the first height, and by making the protrusion requiring countermeasures lower than the second height, the value is set so that the equation (4) or the equation (5) is not satisfied.

Then, the component mounting means 201 has a second component mounting position (XB', YB') obtained in the second embodiment for the protrusion requiring countermeasures that satisfies the equation (4) or (5). Once the part is lowered to the height. Next, the component mounting means 201 raises the component, moves the component to the component mounting position (XB, YB) before correction, and descends to the first height to mount the component.

In this way, the component mounting device can prevent defects caused by protrusions while suppressing solder squeeze out due to mounting, and can mount the component at the correct mounting position regardless of self-alignment.

Further, another modification of the second embodiment is shown. As shown in FIG. 11, even if a component is mounted without correction and the protrusion 1111 having the height HT1 of the electrode 1041 is crushed, a part of the protrusion 1111 may not be crushed and the protrusion of the height HT2 may remain. If so, you can do the following: That is, the control means 203 calculates the value of the height HT2 of the protrusion expected to remain, and the control means 203 corrects the mounting position and determines whether to crush the protrusion 1111 based on the value of the HT2. You may.

The present invention is also applicable when the information processing program that realizes the functions of the embodiment is directly or remotely supplied to the system or device.

100 Parts mounting device 101 Parts mounting means 102 Detection means 103 Control means 200 Parts mounting device 201 Parts mounting means 202 Detection means 203 Control means 204 Storage means 1010 Parts 1011 Electrode 1012 Tip part 1020 Board 1021 Land 1031 Land 1032 Land 1041 Electrode 1042 Electrode 1101 Solder 1102 Solder 1111 Projection 1112 Countermeasures required Projection 1131 Land 1132 Land

Claims (9)

A component mounting means for mounting the electrode surface of the component in contact with a predetermined position on the solder printed on the land on the board surface, and
A detection means for detecting the position and shape of the solder, and
When it is determined that the solder has protrusions that cause defects after solidification, the predetermined position is corrected so that the electrode surface of the component crushes the apex of the protrusion, and the component mounting means for mounting the component is instructed. A component mounting device including a control means. The component mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the correction is to make the position of the apex of the protrusion in the horizontal direction of the substrate surface coincide with the center position of the electrode surface in the horizontal direction of the substrate surface. The component mounting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the determination uses information on the positions and shapes of the electrode surface and the protrusions. The electrode surface of the component is placed in contact with the predetermined position on the solder printed on the land on the board surface, and mounted.
Detecting the position and shape of the solder,
When it is determined that the solder has protrusions that cause defects after solidification, the component mounting is characterized in that the predetermined position is corrected so that the electrode surface of the component crushes the apex of the protrusion and the component is mounted. Method. The component mounting method according to claim 4, wherein the correction is to make the position of the apex of the protrusion in the horizontal direction of the substrate surface coincide with the center position of the electrode surface in the horizontal direction of the substrate surface. The component mounting method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the determination uses information on the positions and shapes of the electrode surface and the protrusions. The electrode surface of the component is placed in contact with the predetermined position on the solder printed on the land on the board surface, and mounted.
Detecting the position and shape of the solder,
A program that causes a computer to mount the component by correcting the predetermined position so that the electrode surface of the component crushes the apex of the protrusion when it is determined that the solder has a protrusion that causes a defect after solidification. .. The program according to claim 7, wherein the correction is to make the position of the apex of the protrusion in the horizontal direction of the substrate surface coincide with the center position of the electrode surface in the horizontal direction of the substrate surface.
The program according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the determination uses information on the positions and shapes of the electrode surface and the protrusions.

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