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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 7/00 ; B65D 7/302 ; B65D 8/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 7/00 ; B65D 7/302 ; B65D 8/500 ;
Abstract
A boat is formed with layers comprising substantially aligned holes for safely accommodating land grid array semiconductor packages during assembly. The boat includes a bottom layer with an array of through-holes having a substantially square cross-sectional shape with rounded corners, a middle layer with an array of through-holes having a substantially octagonal cross-sectional shape and a top layer having an array of through-holes having a substantially square cross-sectional shape with notched sides and vertical tabs extending upwardly from the sidewalls of each notched side. The layers may be attached by spot welding or other means.