Patent ID: 11906578
Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A multispectral inspection (MSI) device for inspecting an associated electronic item including a printed circuit board (PCB), the MSI device comprising:
an electronic power supply configured to electrically power the associated electronic item in accordance with one or more test vectors;
an optical imaging scanner configured to scan the associated electronic item, wherein the optical imaging scanner has a lateral spatial image resolution of 100 micron or finer;
a functional imaging scanner configured to scan the associated electronic item, wherein the functional imaging scanner has a lateral spatial image resolution of 100 micron or finer; and
an electronic processor programmed to:
control the optical imaging scanner to acquire an optical image of the associated electronic item;
control the functional imaging scanner and the electronic power supply to acquire one or more functional images of the associated electronic item powered in accord with respective one or more test vectors using the electronic power supply;
analyze the optical image to identify areas of significance of the associated electronic item, wherein the analysis of the optical image to identify the areas of significance includes analyzing the optical image to identify electronic components mounted on the PCB; and
label the identified electronic components with part identifiers using one or more of the optical image and the one or more functional images;
wherein at least one of:
(i) the analysis of the optical image to identify electronic components mounted on the PCB includes identifying dimensions of the identified electronic components and locations of the identified electronic components on the PCB, wherein the electronic components are labeled with part identifiers based at least in part on the dimensions of the identified electronic components, and/or
(ii) the analysis of the optical image to identify electronic components mounted on the PCB further includes identifying numbers of pins of the identified electronic components, wherein the electronic components are labeled with part identifiers based at least in part on the numbers of pins of the identified electronic components.