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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Robert K. Lowry, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Inventor:
Robert K. Lowry, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Americans Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A decapsulation apparatushas a laserthat removes plastic encapsulant from a device. Chamberis sealed. Exhaust portremoves debris and fumes. The deviceis positioned and scanned using an X, Y table. A hinged endrotates the device to an acute angle of incidence with respect to a laserEndpoint detectorsenses the exposed integrated circuit and moves or shuts down the laser