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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Iris A. Artaki, Furlong, PA (US);
Nagesh Ramamoorthy Basavanhally, Trenton, NJ (US);
Scott Allen Bergman, Groveport, OH (US);
George Michael Wenger, Somerset, NJ (US);
Walter J. Picot, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Marsha M. Regn, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Girard Sidone, Hamilton Township, NJ (US);
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A printed wiring board assembly is formed by mounting an insert having a pocket containing one or more standoffs in the cavity of a pallet. The pallet and the insert are both coupled to the bottom of a printed wiring board. A device having tinned leads and a tinned casing is positioned in the pocket of the insert above the standoffs. A solder preform is positioned in the pocket of insert, beneath the casing of the device. The assembly is placed in a soldering oven and heated to a at least a reflow temperature of the solder preform, whereby the device casing is joined to the insert and the device leads are coupled to solder pads on the printed wiring board.