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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996

Filed:

Jun. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

William M Williams, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Barbara Vasquez, Chandler, AZ (US);

Marlene J Begay, Chandler, AZ (US);

Patrick Thompson, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437209 ; 437211 ; 437214 ; 437217 ; 437218 ;
Abstract

A system and method for aligning a semiconductor device (10) to a fixture (11) is provided. A first physical alignment feature (12) on the semiconductor device (10) and a second physical alignment (24) on the fixture (11) mate to align and hold the semiconductor device (10) in place. In one embodiment the physical alignment features (12) and (24) are produced using standard photolithography techniques, resulting in precise alignment features. In another embodiment the physical alignment features (12) and (24) are designed and placed to control the direction the thermal expansion of the semiconductor device (10) relative to the fixture (11).


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