METAL MASK DATA OUTPUT DEVICE AND OUTPUT METHOD

• Main Authors: KOJIMA MITSUMASA, HIRANO SHIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.06.2016
• Subjects: CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; LINING MACHINES; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PRINTING; PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTINGSURFACES; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology capable of reducing manufacturing costs of a metal mask.SOLUTION: A metal mask data output device 14 comprises: an opening data holding part 22; an acquisition part 28; and an output part 30. The opening data holding part 22 holds information regarding components and a plurality of opening shapes which is opening shapes of the respective mask openings to be provided in the metal mask for the components, and according to attributes regarding a printed circuit board on which the components should be mounted by associating them with each other. The acquisition part 28 acquires design data on a specified printed circuit board which is a printed circuit board specified by a user and presence/absence of mounting of minute chip components, etc. on the specified board from a board design information holding part 18. The output part 30 selects an opening shape of a mask opening to be provided in the metal mask for the components to be mounted on the specified printed circuit board according to the presence/absence of mounting of the minute chip components, etc. on the specified printed circuit board, and outputs the metal mask data based on the selected opening shape.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】メタルマスクの製造コストを低減できる技術を提供する。【解決手段】メタルマスクデータ出力装置１４は、開口データ保持部２２と、取得部２８と、出力部３０と、を備える。開口データ保持部２２は、部品に関する情報と、部品に対応してメタルマスクに設けられる各マスク開口の開口形状であって、部品が実装されるべきプリント回路基板に関する属性に応じた複数の開口形状とを対応付けて保持する。取得部２８は、ユーザにより指定されたプリント回路基板である指定プリント回路基板の設計データと指定基板への微小チップ部品等の搭載有無とを基板設計情報保持部１８から取得する。出力部３０は、指定プリント回路基板への微小チップ部品等の搭載有無に応じて、指定プリント回路基板に実装される部品に対応してメタルマスクに設けられるマスク開口の開口形状を選択し、選択した開口形状に基づくメタルマスクデータを出力する。【選択図】図２