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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Brewer, Berlin, DE;
Kurt R Grebe, Beacon, NY (US);
Raymond R Horton, Dover Plains, NY (US);
Linda C Matthew, Peekskill, NY (US);
Ismail C Noyan, Peekskill, NY (US);
Michael J Palmer, Walden, NY (US);
Sampath Purushothaman, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David L Rath, Stormville, NY (US);
Assignee:
IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
205118 ; 205183 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises the use of a copper/nickel containing alloy composition or application of a protective nickel alloy coating to copper current-carrying leads to prevent electrolytic migration between tape automated bonding (TAB) package leads.