Electron Beam Technology is still being perused.  The company I worked at
before coming to Bryce was Image Graphics and they dealt in Electron Beam
Technology, and one of the designs they were working on was as Electron Beam
capable of testing PWB.
Not sure if they are still doing this or have tossed it aside.  Will make
some inquires and see what I can find out.

Randy



----- Original Message -----
From: Earl Moon <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TN] Flying Probe Techniques


> As board shops no longer, I hope, use "golden boards," they went to net
list
> extraction from Gerber data. All the information, dumb or otherwise
without
> ODB++, is there to program both flying probe testers (also used in
> preliminary ICT) so some measure of defect finding can be accomplished.
>
> I worked on a flying probe thing way back in - Jeez, I forgot now but even
> tried goint to electron beams instead of probes. Wonder whatever happened
to
> that scheme? Also, did some of the first net list extraction from Gerber
> back in, Jeez - oh yes - 1987 at Ahmdal. Ain't I wonderful, or not.
>
> How time flies, eh?
>
> MoonMan
>
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