Circuit feature casting for manufacture observation is disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method includes applying a molding material to a feature of a circuit to substantially cover the feature with the molding material. The method also includes curing the molding material. Further, the method includes separating the molding material from the feature to reveal a cast of the feature of the circuit.

A manufacturing method of an electronic device is provided. The manufacturing method of the electronic device includes following steps: providing a substrate; bonding at least one electronic component to the substrate, wherein the at least one electronic component is mainly driven by a reverse bias in an operating mode; applying a forward bias to the at least one electronic component, and determining whether the at least one electronic component is normal or failed; and transporting the substrate configured with the at least one electronic component determined to be normal to a next production site or repairing the at least one electronic component determined to be failed.

The present disclosure discloses a PCB processing method and a PCB. The method includes: respectively carrying out laminating processing on a plurality of PCB daughter boards constituting a PCB, and drilling and electroplating the top-most PCB daughter board to form a via hole; and laminating the plurality of PCB daughter boards together to form the PCB, and drilling and electroplating the formed PCB to form a through hole for mounting a connector, wherein a blind hole for mounting a connector is formed by the via hole, and a depth of the blind hole is greater than or equal to the length of a signal pin of the connector. By virtue of the technical scheme of the present disclosure, a space between wafers of the lower layer of PCBs may be doubled, and the space for layout between wafers may be doubled.

A method of detecting defects of a photomask includes measuring registration errors of the photomask, correcting the measured registration errors using a registration control process with a laser beam, extracting deformation data of the photomask deformed by the registration control process, reflecting the extracted deformation data in defect detection parameters to obtain compensated defect detection parameters, and detecting defects of the photomask using the compensated defect detection parameters.

A reprint apparatus may include: a defect checking unit configured to check a defective portion in a solder resist layer of a circuit board; a material filling unit positioned above the circuit board to fill the defective portion with a filling material; and a curing unit configured to cure the material filled in the defective portion. The defect checking unit may be configured to calculate a volume of the defective portion, and the material filling unit may be configured to calculate a discharge amount of the filling material based on the calculated volume of the defective portion, and then discharge the filling material by the discharge amount.

A printed circuit board includes a body and a belly pad seated within with the body. The belly pad is electrically separated into a first pad and a second pad. The first pad and the second pad are arranged to be electrically connected to one another by an interconnect electrically connecting the belly pad to a conductive plane of an electrical component, thereby allowing continuity testing across an interface between the first pad and the interconnect. Methods of testing continuity in electrical assemblies are also disclosed.

A manufacturing method of an electronic device is provided. The manufacturing method of the electronic device includes following steps: providing a substrate; bonding an electronic component to the substrate, wherein the electronic component is mainly driven by a reverse bias in an operating mode, and the electronic component is electrically connected in series with another electronic component; applying a forward bias to the electronic component, and determining whether the electronic component is normal or failed based on a light emitted by the another electronic component or thermal characteristics of the electronic component; and transporting the substrate configured with the electronic component determined to be normal to a next production site or repairing the electronic component determined to be failed.

Systems and methods for detecting an incorrectly attached heat sink component on an electronic device. The system includes one or more temperature sensors secured to the electronic device and a controller unit comprising one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media, the computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform a method for detecting incorrectly attached heat sink components. The method includes receiving temperature data, calculating a thermal ramp rate, comparing the thermal ramp rate to a predetermined threshold ramp rate, and transmitting a fault signal when the calculated thermal ramp rate exceeds the predetermined threshold ramp rate.

A component mounting device includes a mounting head that mounts a component at a mounting position on a substrate, an imaging unit capable of imaging the mounting position from a plurality of fields of view, imaging directions of which are different from each other, and a controller that selects a success or failure determination field of view used for success or failure determination of whether or not the component has been mounted at the mounting position from the plurality of fields of view according to a state of a shield around the mounting position.

Embodiments of the invention include flexible circuit board interconnections and methods regarding the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of connecting a plurality of flexible circuit boards together comprising the steps applying a solder composition between an upper surface of a first flexible circuit board and a lower surface of a second flexible circuit board; holding the upper surface of the first flexible circuit board and the lower surface of the second flexible circuit board together; and reflowing the solder composition with a heat source to bond the first flexible circuit board and the second flexible circuit board together to form a flexible circuit board strip having a length longer than either of the first flexible circuit board or second flexible circuit board separately. In an embodiment the invention includes a circuit board clamp for holding flexible circuit boards together, the clamp including a u-shaped fastener; a spring tension arm connected to the u-shaped fastener; and an attachment mechanism connected to the spring tension arm. Other embodiments are also included herein.