Patent ID: 6547122
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B23K,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
A method for mounting components on a main abutted circuit board comprising:providing the main abutted circuit board, a front aid of the main abutted circuit board having front side of N first circuit boards and rear sides of N second circuit boards, N being a positive integer, all of the first and second circuit boards being contiguous with each other and lying in a same plane; consulting only one bill of materials (BOM) for gathering a first number of components that will mounted on the front side of each of the N first circuit boards and a second number of components that will be mounted on the rear side of each of the N second circuit boards; consulting only one artwork for placing the first number of components on the front side of each of the N first circuit boards and for placing the second number of components on the rear side of each of the N second circuit boards; disposing the main abutted circuit board in only one component mounter to mount the first number of components on the front side of each first circuit board and the second number of components on the rear side of each second circuit board; turning over the main abutted circuit board, a rear slide of the main abutted circuit board having rear sides of N first circuit boards and front sides of N second circuit boards; consulting the BOM for gathering the second number of components that will be mounted on the rear side of each of the N first circuit boards and the first number of components that will be mounted an the front aide of each of the N second circuit boards; consulting the artwork for placing the second number: of components on the rear side of each of the N first circuit boards and for placing the first number of components on the front side of each of the N second circuit boards; disposing the main abutted circuit board in the component mounter to mount the second number of components on the rear side of each first circuit board and the first number of components on the front side of each second circuit board; cutting the main abutted circuit board such that each of the N first circuit boards and the N second circuit boards is cut into individual circuit boards, wherein each of the first circuit boards and each of the second circuit boards is identical, and 2N identical circuit boards are produced.