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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:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glen N Biggs, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
John Di Santis, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Paul F Findeis, Glenham, NY (US);
Karen P McLaughlin, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Phillip W Palmatier, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Victor M Vitek, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05C / ; C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427282 ; 427304 ; 427305 ; 4274301 ; 4274432 ; 118406 ; 118428 ; 118503 ; 118505 ; 118 50 ; 2042 / ; 2042 / ; 205122 ; 205125 ; 205136 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for its use for plating pin grid array packaging modules, with a fixture capable of simultaneously holding a plurality of said pin grid array modules such that three-dimensional bottom surface metallurgy (BSM) is sealingly protected during plating of top surface metallurgy (TSM).