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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger Anthony Fratti, Shillington, PA (US);
John Wayne Bowen, Warminster, PA (US);
Dwight David Daugherty, Ephrata, PA (US);
Xiaohong Jiang, New Providence, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Optoelectronics Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/232 ; H01R 1/236 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/232 ; H01R 1/236 ;
Abstract
An apparatus which aligns a ball grid array (BGA) device over a substrate. The apparatus preferably includes a cup-shaped member for cupping and holding the solder balls of the BGA device, and an elongate member attached to the cup-shaped member. The cup-shaped member is attached between the BGA device and the substrate at two or more different positions so that the solder balls of the BGA device become aligned over the terminals of the substrate by operation of gravity.