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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Daniel James Buschel, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Michael J Fisher, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
James Edward Tersigni, Highland, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a top plate sized to cover components for a PCB in a solder operation to attach the components to a top surface of the PCB. The apparatus may include heat shielding devices and/or heat attracting devices. Each heat shielding device reduces heat transfer to a component to be soldered to the PCB and is positioned in the top plate to decrease heat to the component corresponding to the heat shielding device. Each heat attracting device increases heat transfer to a component to be soldered to the PCB and each heat attracting device is positioned in the top plate to increase heat to the component under the heat attracting device. The top plate is coupled to the heat shielding and/or heat attracting devices and includes a recess for each component configured with a heat shielding device or a heat attracting device.