For surface mount technology, the occurrence of void defects inside solder balls during the ball grid array (BGA) reflow is an important problem. In this paper, we design a simple automated system for void detection. First, it can analyze the X-ray images obtained from arbitrary rotating angles and it is robust against occluded balls caused by some interference. Second, we apply the new method, which is to average multiple outputs of local contrast enhancement over different block sizes, for treating poor contrast images in order to reduce some false voids while the accuracy of void location and void area is reasonably preserved. These conclusions were confirmed by our experiments.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.