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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Laertis Economikos, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Robert Hannon, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Charles Joseph Hendricks, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Richard Philip Surprenant, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21912163 ; 21912164 ; 21912177 ;
Abstract
A laser tool for securing or removing a component from a semiconductor substrate includes a light-transmissive bonding tip having an opening to accommodate a central portion of the component inner and outer walls of the tip being coated with a light reflective material, a portion of the end of the tip being coated with a light absorptive material, so that peripheral areas of the component are locally heated by the tip to mount or remove the component.