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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald K Bartley, Rochester, MN (US);
Peter A Franklin, Marlboro, NY (US);
Carmine J Mele, Gardiner, NY (US);
Arthur G Merryman, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
John R Pennacchia, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kurt A Smith, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas A Wassick, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Thomas A Wayson, Owego, NY (US);
Roy Yu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257529 ; 257530 ; 257536 ;
Abstract
A process for partially repairing defective Multi-Chip Module (MCM) Thin-Film (TF) wiring nets. The process comprises the steps of locating a short circuit between any two nets of the MCM, identifying a site to cut in one of the two nets, and deleting an internal portion of one of the two nets at the identified site.