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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2001
Patrick Anthony Coico, Fishkill, NY (US);
James H. Covell, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Benjamin V. Fasano, New Windsor, NY (US);
Lewis S. Goldman, Bedford, NY (US);
Ronald L. Hering, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Sundar M. Kamath, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Charles Marston, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Frank Louis Pompeo, Redding, CT (US);
Karl J. Puttlitz, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Jeffrey Allen Zitz, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit module, a land grid array module, and a method for forming the module, include a substrate, which mounts one or more chips or discrete electronic components, and a cap for covering the substrate, and including at least one protrusion coupled to the cap for limiting the amount of flexing of the substrate during actuation. The at least one protrusion can be either rigidly fixed to the cap or adjustably inserted through the cap.