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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Gaetan L. Mathieu, Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Stuart W. Wenzel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gaetan L. Mathieu, Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Stuart W. Wenzel, San Francisco, CA (US);
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating and using an interconnection element that includes a first element material adapted to be coupled to a substrate and a second element material comprising a material having a transformable property such that upon transformation, a shape of the interconnection is deformed. An example is a material that has a transformable property such that a volume of the first and/or second element material may undergo a thermal transformation from one volume to a different volume (such as a smaller volume) resulting in the deformation of the interconnection element.