Apparatus for viewing printed circuit boards having specular non-planar topography

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PATENT NO 4735497
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06510053

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An isotropic light source produces uniform illumination of a generally planar objects to be visually inspected by a microscope such as a P.C. board having an irregular specular surface. Detrimental dark spots which are normally produced are eliminated by providing a skewed beamsplitter between the microscope and the viewed surface, which beamsplitter redirects light directly at the object along or near the optical viewing axis. The isotropic light source is a light integrating cavity in a first embodiment and a pair of fluorescent lamps in a second embodiment.

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AOI INDUSTRIES INC300 POTASH HILL ROAD TYNGSBORO MA 01879

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Elterman, Paul B Cambridge, MA 5 120

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