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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Robert K. Lowry, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Inventor:
Robert K. Lowry, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); B23K 26/08 (2006.01); B23K 26/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); H01L 39/24 (2006.01); B44C 1/22 (2006.01); C03C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A decapsulation apparatushas a laserthat removes plastic encapsulant from a deviceChamberis sealed. Exhaust portremoves debris and fumes. The deviceis positioned and scanned using an X,Y table 2. A hinged endrotates the device to an acute angle of incidence with respect to a laser. Endpoint detectorsenses the exposed integrated circuit and moves or shuts down the laser