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- the invention is related to electronic air-wound coil components and handling these components in circuit board manufacture, and more specifically to methods and apparatus for handling these components in a pick-and-place machine and adjusting the coils subsequent to attachment to a circuit board, for tuning the coils and/or circuits in which they are interconnected.
- Coils are commonly used as inductor elements in electronic circuits.
- the coils consist of wire bent to form a series of spaced loops.
- air-wound coils are often surface mounted on circuit boards.
- Circuit boards are commonly produced by forming wiring that extends on the surface and through holes in a sheet of fiberglass.
- the wiring includes pads for attaching components to the board.
- Solder paste is deposited on the pads and then terminals of the components are positioned on the solder paste. Then the assembly is heated sufficient to melt particles of metal in the solder paste to form solder alloy connections between the pads and the component terminals.
- a pick-and-place machine is used to place the components onto the wiring substrate.
- Wiring substrates and components are fed into the machine and a head picks-up the components and places them at component sites on the board.
- the solder paste is deposited on pads at the component site before the board is fed into the machine.
- the head includes either a vacuum probe or a mechanical gripper to pick-up, position, and release the components at the sites.
- the position of a coil is not nearly as critical as the positioning of other common components on the circuit board substrate and grippers can place such coil components onto circuit boards without the need for a vision system. Since the surface of uncoated air-wound coils has openings, common vacuum probes can not be used to pick-up the coil components. Thus, mechanical grippers are typically used for placing air-wound coils. However, it is well known to coat the coils of an air-wound coil with a layer of epoxy to allow the coils to be handled using a vacuum probe. In some applications the coils can not be covered with epoxy because the spacing between the loops must be adjusted for tuning the coil and/or circuit of the circuit board. In such a case, uncoated coils are placed on the circuit board using a gripping head.
- vacuum probe pick-up has generally displaced gripping as a method of picking-up components.
- the only components on a circuit board that requires a gripper head is an air-wound coil that requires post attachment tuning.
- the head must be changed from a vacuum probe head to a gripper head, the component placed, and then the gripper head is replaced with a vacuum head for placing other components.
- a surface of material is provided on the top surface of the coil, and the surface or material thereof is adapted so that it will not interfere with bending the coil to adjust the spacing between loops after the coil is attached to the circuit board.
- the surface is inherently removed during heating for reflow soldering the components to the circuit board or during washing of the assembled circuit board with a solvent to remove flux residue after the reflow heating.
- the surface is mechanically connected to the coil so that it can easily and reliably be disconnected. Alternately, the surface can be cut, broken, stretched between the loops without damaging the coil so that the loop spacing can be adjusted.
- FIG. 1 shows an air-wound coil-type passive inductor with terminals extending tangentially from each end of the coil.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a component of the invention with a pick-up surface connected to a coil for picking up the component using a vacuum probe and the surface is adapted for adjusting the loop spacing of the coil without otherwise damaging the coil.
- FIG. 3 shows the component of FIG. 2 with terminals placed on solder paste on connection pads of a wiring board
- FIG. 4 presents an end view of the component of FIG. 2 connected to the circuit board after reflow soldering.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a component with a flat top surface for pick-up by a less flexible tip of a vacuum probe.
- FIG. 6 shows a component in which a surface is mechanically clipped to the coil.
- FIG. 7 presents a side view of the surface of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 8 presents a side view of the component of FIG. 6 prior to attachment.
- FIG. 9 illustrates a component attached to a circuit board substrate on which melted material of the surface does not interfere with bending the loops to tune the coil.
- FIG. 10 illustrate a component in which sections of the surface have been cut to allow bending the loops to tune the coil.
- FIG. 11 shows a component in which a section of the surface is broken out for bending the loops to tune the coil.
- FIGS. 12 and 13 illustrate a component in which a cap section of the surface can be removed after the component is attached to a circuit board.
- FIG. 14 illustrates a component with residue of the surface material after the surface has been otherwise washed off.
- a prior art air-wound coil-type passive inductor 100 includes a wire 101 bent to form a series of loops as shown which define coil 102 .
- the ends of the wire extend tangentially from each end of the coil to form terminals 103 and 104 .
- component 110 of the invention includes a pickup surface 115 connected to coil 112 similar to the prior art coil 102 of FIG. 1.
- the surface allows the component to be picked up and placed using a vacuum probe (not shown) of a pick-and-place machine (not shown).
- the surface is adapted for adjusting the loop spacing of the coil without otherwise damaging the coil after the component is attached to a circuit board substrate.
- a wire 111 is bent to form the coil and the ends of the coil form terminals 113 and 114 which are attached to pads of the circuit board as described below.
- the surface may be inherently removed during heating for reflow soldering the components to the circuit board.
- the surface may be formed by a sheet of soldering flux which becomes liquid during reflow temperatures and then evaporates leaving a neutral or water soluble residue.
- the surface may be a material that is soluble in a solvent (e.g. water) after being heated for solder reflow so that it is removed while washing the flux residue form the assembled circuit board after the reflow heating.
- the surface may be connected to the coil by a glue that is removed by heating or washing so that the surface is also removed.
- the surface may be mechanically connected to the coil so that it can easily and reliably be disconnected.
- an extension of the surface may extend under the coils to hold the surface in place and then the surface could be removed without damaging the coil by elastically bending the surface extension or coil and pulling the surface off the coil.
- the surface can be cut, broken, and/or stretched between the loops without damaging the coil so that the loop spacing can be adjusted.
- the heating and washing of the circuit board changes the properties of the material of the surface so that it can more easily be removed after processing.
- connection material 131 e.g. eutectic Pb/Sn solder paste or conductive adhesive
- the component includes a wire 121 bent to form a series of loops that define coil 122 .
- Surface 125 allows the component to be placed on the circuit board using a vacuum probe, but is adapted to allow the spacing of the loops to be adjusted after the connection material 131 is cured.
- Wiring board 130 includes a dielectric layer 139 (e.g. fiberglass) on which a wiring layer is formed (e.g. by photolithography).
- the wiring layer includes pads 133 and 135 for attaching component terminals and wires 136 and 137 extending between the pads.
- a layer 140 of solder resist covers the circuit board except for the pads to prevent the connection material from spreading from the pads and shorting the wires on the board surface.
- component 151 is connected to circuit board 152 to form assembly 150 .
- Terminals 153 and 154 are connected to pads 155 and 156 by solder alloy 157 and 158 respectively.
- Pads 155 and 166 are connected to wires 160 and 161 respectively.
- the wires extend to other pads of connectors or other components (not shown).
- the pick-up surface 162 of component 151 has a conformal shape similar to the top surfaces shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The conformal surface can be removed, cut, broken, stretched or otherwise altered to allow adjusting the spacing between loops of the coil.
- a component 170 has a flat top surface 171 for pick-up by a less flexible tip (not shown) of a vacuum probe.
- component 180 includes surface 181 which is mechanically clipped to the coil.
- FIG. 7 shows a lateral view of surface 181
- FIG. 8 illustrates a lateral view of component 180 prior to attachment.
- component 191 is attached to circuit board substrate 192 .
- a residue 193 of melted material is all that remains of the pick-up surface after reflow heating. The melted material will not significantly interfere with bending the loops to change the spacing between the loops to tune the coil.
- component 201 is attached to wiring substrate 202 . After the attachment, sections 203 and 204 of surface 205 have been cut to allow bending the loops to tune the coil.
- component 211 is attached to printed circuit card 212 to form assembly 210 .
- Section 213 of pick-up surface 214 is broken out to allow bending the loops to tune the coil.
- component 221 includes a surface with a cap portion 222 and cap holding portions 223 and 224 .
- Bridging portions 225 and 226 extend between the holding portions and cap portion to keep the cap portion in place.
- FIG. 13 after component 221 is attached to substrate 228 to form circuit board assembly 228 , bridging sections 225 and 226 are broken or cut as shown.
- component 241 is connected to wiring card 242 to form assembly 240 . After washing the circuit board only an insignificant quantity of residue 243 of the material of the pick-up surface remains.
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- The invention is related to electronic air-wound coil components and handling these components in circuit board manufacture, and more specifically to methods and apparatus for handling these components in a pick-and-place machine and adjusting the coils subsequent to attachment to a circuit board, for tuning the coils and/or circuits in which they are interconnected.
- Coils are commonly used as inductor elements in electronic circuits. The coils consist of wire bent to form a series of spaced loops. In high frequency applications, such as radio frequency broadcasting, cable television, cellular phones and other communications technology, air-wound coils are often surface mounted on circuit boards.
- Circuit boards are commonly produced by forming wiring that extends on the surface and through holes in a sheet of fiberglass. The wiring includes pads for attaching components to the board. Solder paste is deposited on the pads and then terminals of the components are positioned on the solder paste. Then the assembly is heated sufficient to melt particles of metal in the solder paste to form solder alloy connections between the pads and the component terminals.
- A pick-and-place machine is used to place the components onto the wiring substrate. Wiring substrates and components are fed into the machine and a head picks-up the components and places them at component sites on the board. Typically the solder paste is deposited on pads at the component site before the board is fed into the machine. The head includes either a vacuum probe or a mechanical gripper to pick-up, position, and release the components at the sites.
- Generally, the position of a coil is not nearly as critical as the positioning of other common components on the circuit board substrate and grippers can place such coil components onto circuit boards without the need for a vision system. Since the surface of uncoated air-wound coils has openings, common vacuum probes can not be used to pick-up the coil components. Thus, mechanical grippers are typically used for placing air-wound coils. However, it is well known to coat the coils of an air-wound coil with a layer of epoxy to allow the coils to be handled using a vacuum probe. In some applications the coils can not be covered with epoxy because the spacing between the loops must be adjusted for tuning the coil and/or circuit of the circuit board. In such a case, uncoated coils are placed on the circuit board using a gripping head.
- It is an object of the invention to provide methods and apparatus for utilizing vacuum probes for pick-up and placement of air-wound coils that may require post attachment tuning.
- As the speed at which pick-an-place machines operate increases, and the price of vision systems is reduced, vacuum probe pick-up has generally displaced gripping as a method of picking-up components. Typically, the only components on a circuit board that requires a gripper head is an air-wound coil that requires post attachment tuning. For this one component, the head must be changed from a vacuum probe head to a gripper head, the component placed, and then the gripper head is replaced with a vacuum head for placing other components.
- In the invention, a surface of material is provided on the top surface of the coil, and the surface or material thereof is adapted so that it will not interfere with bending the coil to adjust the spacing between loops after the coil is attached to the circuit board. In one particularly preferable embodiment, the surface is inherently removed during heating for reflow soldering the components to the circuit board or during washing of the assembled circuit board with a solvent to remove flux residue after the reflow heating. In another particularly preferred embodiment, the surface is mechanically connected to the coil so that it can easily and reliably be disconnected. Alternately, the surface can be cut, broken, stretched between the loops without damaging the coil so that the loop spacing can be adjusted.
- Other alternatives and advantages of applicant's inventions will be disclosed or become obvious to those skilled in the art by studying the detailed description below with reference to the following drawings which illustrate the elements of the appended claims of the inventions.
- FIG. 1 shows an air-wound coil-type passive inductor with terminals extending tangentially from each end of the coil.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a component of the invention with a pick-up surface connected to a coil for picking up the component using a vacuum probe and the surface is adapted for adjusting the loop spacing of the coil without otherwise damaging the coil.
- FIG. 3 shows the component of FIG. 2 with terminals placed on solder paste on connection pads of a wiring board;
- FIG. 4 presents an end view of the component of FIG. 2 connected to the circuit board after reflow soldering.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a component with a flat top surface for pick-up by a less flexible tip of a vacuum probe.
- FIG. 6 shows a component in which a surface is mechanically clipped to the coil.
- FIG. 7 presents a side view of the surface of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 8 presents a side view of the component of FIG. 6 prior to attachment.
- FIG. 9 illustrates a component attached to a circuit board substrate on which melted material of the surface does not interfere with bending the loops to tune the coil.
- FIG. 10 illustrate a component in which sections of the surface have been cut to allow bending the loops to tune the coil.
- FIG. 11 shows a component in which a section of the surface is broken out for bending the loops to tune the coil.
- FIGS. 12 and 13 illustrate a component in which a cap section of the surface can be removed after the component is attached to a circuit board.
- FIG. 14 illustrates a component with residue of the surface material after the surface has been otherwise washed off.
- In FIG. 1 a prior art air-wound coil-type
passive inductor 100 includes awire 101 bent to form a series of loops as shown which definecoil 102. The ends of the wire extend tangentially from each end of the coil to formterminals - In FIG. 2,
component 110 of the invention includes apickup surface 115 connected tocoil 112 similar to theprior art coil 102 of FIG. 1. The surface allows the component to be picked up and placed using a vacuum probe (not shown) of a pick-and-place machine (not shown). The surface is adapted for adjusting the loop spacing of the coil without otherwise damaging the coil after the component is attached to a circuit board substrate. Awire 111 is bent to form the coil and the ends of thecoil form terminals - As described below, the surface may be inherently removed during heating for reflow soldering the components to the circuit board. For example, the surface may be formed by a sheet of soldering flux which becomes liquid during reflow temperatures and then evaporates leaving a neutral or water soluble residue. The surface may be a material that is soluble in a solvent (e.g. water) after being heated for solder reflow so that it is removed while washing the flux residue form the assembled circuit board after the reflow heating. Similarly, the surface may be connected to the coil by a glue that is removed by heating or washing so that the surface is also removed. alternatively, the surface may be mechanically connected to the coil so that it can easily and reliably be disconnected. For example, an extension of the surface may extend under the coils to hold the surface in place and then the surface could be removed without damaging the coil by elastically bending the surface extension or coil and pulling the surface off the coil. Alternately, the surface can be cut, broken, and/or stretched between the loops without damaging the coil so that the loop spacing can be adjusted. Preferably, the heating and washing of the circuit board changes the properties of the material of the surface so that it can more easily be removed after processing.
- In FIG. 3, a component similar to that shown in FIG. 2, is placed on a circuit board.
Terminal 123 rests on connection material 131 (e.g. eutectic Pb/Sn solder paste or conductive adhesive) onconnection pad 133 of awiring board 130. - The component includes a
wire 121 bent to form a series of loops that definecoil 122.Surface 125 allows the component to be placed on the circuit board using a vacuum probe, but is adapted to allow the spacing of the loops to be adjusted after theconnection material 131 is cured. -
Wiring board 130 includes a dielectric layer 139 (e.g. fiberglass) on which a wiring layer is formed (e.g. by photolithography). The wiring layer includespads wires 136 and 137 extending between the pads. Alayer 140 of solder resist covers the circuit board except for the pads to prevent the connection material from spreading from the pads and shorting the wires on the board surface. - In FIG. 4,
component 151 is connected tocircuit board 152 to formassembly 150.Terminals pads solder alloy Pads 155 and 166 are connected towires surface 162 ofcomponent 151 has a conformal shape similar to the top surfaces shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The conformal surface can be removed, cut, broken, stretched or otherwise altered to allow adjusting the spacing between loops of the coil. - In FIG. 5 a
component 170 has a flattop surface 171 for pick-up by a less flexible tip (not shown) of a vacuum probe. - In FIG. 6
component 180 includessurface 181 which is mechanically clipped to the coil. FIG. 7 shows a lateral view ofsurface 181, and FIG. 8 illustrates a lateral view ofcomponent 180 prior to attachment. - In FIG. 9,
component 191 is attached tocircuit board substrate 192. Aresidue 193 of melted material is all that remains of the pick-up surface after reflow heating. The melted material will not significantly interfere with bending the loops to change the spacing between the loops to tune the coil. - In FIG. 10,
component 201 is attached towiring substrate 202. After the attachment,sections surface 205 have been cut to allow bending the loops to tune the coil. - In FIG. 11, component211 is attached to printed circuit card 212 to form assembly 210.
Section 213 of pick-upsurface 214 is broken out to allow bending the loops to tune the coil. - In FIG. 12 component221 includes a surface with a
cap portion 222 and cap holdingportions portions sections - In FIG. 14
component 241 is connected towiring card 242 to formassembly 240. After washing the circuit board only an insignificant quantity of residue 243 of the material of the pick-up surface remains. - The invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments including the best mode for carrying out the invention, and with sufficient detail that those of ordinary skill in the art can make and use the invention. Those skilled in the art may modify these embodiments or provide other embodiments within the spirit of the invention, and thus, the description does not limit the present invention to the disclosed embodiments. The invention is limited only by the following appended claims.
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