Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Manufacturers produce more than a trillion electronic components every year. Many of these products, like chips and circuit boards, are small and complex, with extremely little tolerance for error.
Columbia engineers demonstrated a new imaging method "Micro Phase Shifting" (MPS) that produces unprecedented accuracy in its 3D images.
As electronic components continue to miniaturize, a technology like MPS that can capture 3D shapes with high precision will become increasingly important to printed circuit board manufacturing.
Omron, a leading company in the industrial automation and machine vision market, licensed the MPS technology from Columbia and developed an inspection system that launched in 2020. The product is now used by several leading automotive and consumer electronics manufacturers.
Manufacturers produce more than a trillion electronic components every year. Many of these products, like chips and circuit boards, are small and complex, with extremely little tolerance for error.
Columbia engineers demonstrated a new imaging method "Micro Phase Shifting" (MPS) that produces unprecedented accuracy in its 3D images.
As electronic components continue to miniaturize, a technology like MPS that can capture 3D shapes with high precision will become increasingly important to printed circuit board manufacturing.
Omron, a leading company in the industrial automation and machine vision market, licensed the MPS technology from Columbia and developed an inspection system that launched in 2020. The product is now used by several leading automotive and consumer electronics manufacturers.
