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Ball grid array tool

US6539618B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 2000
Grant dateApr 1, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53274
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tool for removing ball grid array (BGA) packaged integrated circuit or multi-chip modules from printed circuit boards is comprised of a two-tined fork with a heated wire stretched between the tips of the tines and a thin sheet of material filling the area between the tines.

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