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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Chiu, Richardson, TX (US);
Tom Quoc Lao, The Colony, TX (US);
Harry Michael Siegel, Hurst, TX (US);
Michael J Hundt, Double Oak, TX (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257700 ; 257698 ; 361720 ; 361736 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing a wrap-around interconnect substrate (60) comprising a substrate (42) having semi-circular vias (62) having openings (64) created by separating through cylindrical vias (62) that were positioned along cutting lines (46a, 46b) that formed part of an integrated circuit substrate strip (40) prior to separation, is disclosed.