	US 7,599,757 B2
	System and methods for automatic generation of component data
Bini Elhanan, Nes Ziona (Israel); Tovi Yadin, Maskeret Batya (Israel); Michael Parker, Peterborough (United Kingdom); Henry Jurgens, Aurora (Canada); Nadav Pilnick, D.n. Gan Raveh (Israel); Mikko Puranen, Turku (Finland); and Tero Laakso, Turku (Finland)
Assigned to Valor Computerized Systems Ltd., Yavne (Israel)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/425,830.
Application 11/425830 is a continuation of application No. 10/596693, previously published as PCT/IL2006/000479, filed on Apr. 20, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0250201 A1, Oct. 25, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 700—121 [29/739; 29/740]

28 Claims

1. A method of manufacturing an electronic circuit comprising:

employing a pick & place machine-specific component placement sequence, pick & place machine-specific component data for governing the operation of at least one specific pick & place machine in a manufacturing line and operating instructions in computer-readable language for said at least one specific pick & place machine to auto-generate generic component parameters for components used in manufacturing said electronic circuit on said at least one specific pick & place machine; and

employing said generic component parameters to auto-generate a pick & place machine-specific component placement sequence and pick & place machine-specific component data for governing the operation of at least one other specific pick & place machine in a manufacturing line and operating instructions in computer-readable language for said at least one other specific pick & place machine.