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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2021
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Steven Richard Ethridge, Austin, TX (US);
Ching-Huei Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Bhyrav M. Mutnury, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Back drilling vias of a PCB, including: identifying a particular diameter of a particular via of multiple vias of the PCB; back drilling of the particular via with a first drill bit having a first diameter, the first diameter a first percentage greater than the particular diameter of the particular via; determining whether the first diameter of the first drill bit is a threshold percentage greater than the particular diameter of the particular via; determining that the first diameter of the first drill bit is less than the threshold percentage greater than the particular diameter of the particular via, and in response: back drilling of the particular via with a second drill bit having a second diameter, the second diameter a second percentage greater than the particular diameter of the particular via, the second diameter greater than the first diameter.