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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:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert K. Lowry, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Americas Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
A decapsulation apparatus has a laser that removes plastic encapsulant from a device Chamber is sealed. Exhaust port removes debris and fumes. The device is positioned and scanned using an X,Y table A hinged end rotates the device to an acute angle of incidence with respect to a laser Endpoint detector senses the exposed integrated circuit and moves or shuts down the laser