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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Paul J. Brown, Wakefield, CA;
Alex L. Chan, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Paul J. Brown, Wakefield, CA;
Alex L. Chan, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a brace for use with an integrated circuit (IC), and to an IC package with a brace, having a main body portion and a fastening portion for mechanically fastening the main body portion to the IC, by for example clipping or sliding attachment. Other exemplary embodiments relate to a method of stabilizing an IC during an operation carried out on the IC, such as a soldering operation, involving for example steps of attaching a brace to the IC, performing the operation on the IC, and/or removing the brace after performing the operation.