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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:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L Chartrand, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Wai-Mon Ma, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Roger A Stinemire, Kingston, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29853 ; 2940207 ; 2940208 ; 29837 ; 29840 ; 29841 ; 29843 ; 29847 ; 29850 ; 174263 ; 174267 ; 2281801 ; 228264 ; 361774 ; 439 83 ;
Abstract
In aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of modifying a circuit board having at least one Ball Grid Array (BGA). The method includes removing the via portion of the BGA pad from the circuit board to sever the connection between the via and the circuit, attaching the pad connector to the circuit board, and connecting the pad connector to the circuit of the circuit board.