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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Claudius Feger, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Teresita Ordonez Graham, Irvington, NY (US);
Kurt Rudolph Grebe, Beacon, NY (US);
Alphonso Philip Lanzetta, Marlboro, NY (US);
John Joseph Liutkus, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Linda Carolyn Matthew, Peekskill, NY (US);
Michael Jon Palmer, Walden, NY (US);
Nelson Russell Tanner, Harpursville, NY (US);
Ho-Ming Tong, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Charles Haile Wilson, Beckley, WV (US);
Helen Li Yeh, Katonah, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A flex or TAB product suitable for chip carrier applications wherein the flex reliability problems caused by copper dendrite growth and lead bending during power and thermal cycling are reduced by application of special coatings to lead areas of the flex tape.