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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:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Glen E. Leinbach, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Glen E. Leinbach, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L023/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly and method for detecting defective and open solder joints of an area array packages attached to a printed circuit assembly is presented. The assembly employs offset pad layout on either or both of the printed circuit assembly or the area array package allowing improved solder joint defect detection.