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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Terence B. Hook, Jericho, VT (US);
Melanie J. Sherony, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Christopher M. Schnabel, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for packaging a functional chip, methods for annealing a functional chip, and chip assemblies. A functional chip and an annealing chip are located inside a package. The functional chip includes an integrated circuit. The annealing chip includes an annealing element source comprised of an annealing element or a light source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation. The integrated circuit of the functional chip receives the annealing element, electromagnetic radiation, or both from the annealing chip in order to perform an annealing procedure that extends the useful lifetime of the packaged integrated circuit.