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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1991
Joseph G Ameen, Apalachin, NY (US);
Joseph Funari, Vestal, NY (US);
John A Goldfuss, Jr, Port Crane, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of forming electrical connections between a flexible film carrier and an electronic device (e.g., semiconductor chip). The method comprises the steps of aligning the film carrier relative to the device having a plurality of solder mounds located on an upper surface thereof. The film carrier is engaged such that bridging portions of conductive leads thereof physically contact these solder mounds. Hot gas is passed through a screen member to heat the bridging portions of the leads to cause these leads to in turn heat the solder mounds to cause the mounds to become molten, whereafter these leads and mounds are cooled to form the desired solder bonds. The resulting structure may form part of an electronic package, this package also described herein.