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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:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith K. Sturcken, Nokesville, VA (US);
George Clemen, Manassas Park, VA (US);
Sheila J. Konecke, Leesburg, VA (US);
Saint Nazario-Camacho, Culpepper, VA (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/144 ;
Abstract
A method of converting ball grid array (BGA) modules to column grid array (CGA) modules comprises steps of heating a BGA module, brushing the BGA module to remove the balls, and attaching columns to the module to create a CGA module. A method of converting a first CGA module to a second CGA module comprises steps of heating the first CGA module, brushing the first CGA module to remove the columns, and attaching columns to the module to create the second CGA module.