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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:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2004
Applicant:
Kenneth George Hodson, Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth George Hodson, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Assembly methods and semiconductor device assemblies are disclosed in which corresponding IC sockets and PCB projections are used for alignment and bond formation between IC and PCB components of a completed assembly, for example, a BGA. Embodiments of the invention further provide the capability of disassembly and reassembly.