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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1996
Charles H Crockett, Jr, Austin, TX (US);
Steven A Duncan, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen A Dunn, Georgetown, TX (US);
David W Malone, Austin, TX (US);
Michael G McMaster, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of reworking a printed circuit board having a surface including areas needing to be reworked including the steps of covering the surface with a dielectric leaving uncovered at least the areas of the surface to be reworked, and selectively providing corrective circuitry on the dielectric interconnected to the uncovered areas of the surface needing to be reworked. In addition, a printed circuit board having a surface including reworked areas including a dielectric covering the surface leaving uncovered at least the reworked areas, and corrective circuitry on the dielectric interconnected to the uncovered reworked areas.