International Business Machines Corporation

John James Pessarchick

Kishor V Desai

Gregg J Armezzani

Jeffrey S Perkins

A method for fabricating a chip carrier and attaching the chip carrier to a printed circuit board is disclosed. A plated through hole (PTH) is formed through a chip carrier substrate. The PTH has surface lands on opposite surfaces of the substrate. Next, at least one of the surfaces of the substrate is covered with a dielectric material. The dielectric material at least partially fills the PTH. A solder ball is attached to the surface land on the opposite side as the dielectric material. Then, a printed circuit board is positioned relative to the chip carrier such that the solder ball contacts a surface land of the printed circuit board. Then, the solder is reflowed. Because the solder is reflowed while the dielectric material at least partially fills the PTH, the dielectric material within the PTH prevents the solder from flowing entirely through the PTH. This prevents contamination of the opposite surface of the chip carrier.

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Binghampton, NY, United States of America

John James Pessarchick