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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:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald D Baldwin, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; B23K / ; B23P / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29593 ; 29741 ; 29744 ; 29840 ; 228-62 ; 22818021 ; 228212 ; 324754 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) device is mounted onto a printed circuit board (PCB) by inducing a magnetic field of a selected strength at the surface of the PCB to temporarily hold the IC device onto the PCB. The IC device is provided with magnetic material which is attracted by the magnetic field. The magnetic field is maintained while the IC device and PCB are tested, and then subsequently during soldering when the IC device is permanently bonded to the PCB.