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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Stephen P. Ayotte, Bristol, VT (US);

Eric G. Liniger, Sandy Hook, CT (US);

Travis S. Longenbach, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2006.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/20 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2013.01); G01M 5/0075 (2013.01); G01N 3/20 (2013.01); G01N 2033/0078 (2013.01); G01N 2033/0081 (2013.01); G01N 2033/0095 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0222 (2013.01); G01R 31/2896 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for predicting the electrical functionality of a semiconductor package, the method includes performing a first stiffness test for a first semiconductor package, receiving failure data for the first semiconductor package, the failure data includes results of an electrical test performed after the first semiconductor package is assembled on a printed circuit board, generating a database comprising results of the first stiffness test as a function of the failure data for the first semiconductor package, performing a second stiffness test for a second semiconductor package, identifying a unique result from the results of the first stiffness test in the database, the unique result aligns with a result of the second stiffness test, and predicting a failure data for the second semiconductor package based on the failure data for the first semiconductor package which corresponds to the unique result of the first stiffness test identified in the database.


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