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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2000
Gaetan L. Mathieu, Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Stuart W. Wenzel, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Gaetan L. Mathieu, Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Stuart W. Wenzel, Pleasanton, CA (US);
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
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 modified. 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).