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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alexander H Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
Assignee:
Kinetrix, Inc., Bedford, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438612 ; 438613 ;
Abstract
A ball grid array package for integrated circuit chips that is designed to facilitate testing. The balls are planarized with high precision to make electrical contact more accurate for testing. Contact, even on fine pitched arrays, can be readily made. A machine for planarizing the solder balls is disclosed. Also, a contact array, as well as a method of making the contact array are disclosed.