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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Greg E. Howard, Dallas, TX (US);
Leland S. Swanson, McKinney, TX (US);
Greg E. Howard, Dallas, TX (US);
Leland S. Swanson, McKinney, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of packaging ball grid arrays includes providing a substrate having a plurality of holes formed therein. Each hole is associated with a respective one of a plurality of contact pads formed on a first surface of the substrate. The method further includes disposing a plurality of balls within respective ones of the plurality of holes such that at least a portion of each ball projects outwardly from the first surface, and applying a force to each of the balls from above the first surface to couple the balls to the substrate.