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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:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Srinivasa N. Reddy, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Mukta G. Farooq, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Kevin M. Prettyman, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Inventors:
Srinivasa N. Reddy, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Mukta G. Farooq, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Kevin M. Prettyman, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/06 (2006.01); H01L 23/10 (2006.01); H01L 23/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multilayer ceramic substrate in which an outer metal pad is anchored to the substrate by a single metal-filled via in the first ceramic layer adjacent to the metal pad. In turn, this single metal-filled via is anchored to the substrate by a larger, single metal-filled via in the next ceramic layer adjacent to the first ceramic layer. Preferably, the metal-filled vias and metal pad are 100 volume percent metal.