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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. 22, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tien-Jen Cheng, Bedford, NY (US);
Ajay P. Giri, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Ashwani K. Malhotra, Newburgh, NY (US);
John R. Pennacchia, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Eric D. Perfecto, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Roy Yu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/500 ; B32B 1/520 ; C25D 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/500 ; B32B 1/520 ; C25D 5/10 ;
Abstract
A process for producing a terminal metal pad structure electrically interconnecting a package and other components. More particularly, the invention encompasses a process for producing a plurality of corrosion-resistant terminal metal pads. Each pad includes a base pad containing copper which is encapsulated within a series of successively electroplated metal encapsulating films to produce a corrosion-resistant terminal metal pad.