Abstract: A nozzle is provided for the reworking of printed circuit boards with CBGA and CCGA solder containing chips comprising a housing having an internal hot gas chamber and configured to hold at the lower end of the nozzle a chip to be attached to the printed circuit board. The nozzle is provided with a support member and resilient means on the lower surface thereof which resilient means contacts the upper surface of the chip when the chip is placed in the nozzle. When a vacuum is applied to the nozzle the chip is held against the resilient means and compresses the resilient means so that the lower portion of the solder array is below the lower end of the nozzle. When the nozzle is then placed against a printed circuit board, the resilient means provides a pressure force against the chip and the printed circuit board which enables rework of the printed circuit board even though the printed circuit board may be warped.

Abstract: A method for establishing electrical communication between a first and second object, comprising the steps of 1) obtaining a first object in electrical communication with at least one BLM, each at least one BLM in contact with a high melting point solder ball coated with a low melting point solder, the low melting point solder contacting each solder ball over at least the portion of the solder ball not in contact with the BLM; 2) interacting a second object having at least one attachment point, each at least one attachment point corresponding to at least one solder ball on the first object where electrical communication is desirable, each solder ball and corresponding attachment point are proximally situated such that each solder ball is capable of forming an electrical communication with the corresponding attachment point; and 3) reflowing the first object and the second object while the first object and the second object are interacted, such that the first object and the second object are in electrical comm

Abstract: A method of forming a solder ball structure comprising the steps of 1) obtaining a first object having at least one high melting point solder ball, each solder ball having a corresponding BLM containing a low melting point solder, each solder ball having an outer surface, top and bottom, each BLM having a top and bottom, the bottom of each solder ball in contact with the top of the corresponding BLM over a portion of the outer surface, the bottom of each BLM in electrical communication with the first object; 2) obtaining a template having a first surface; 3) applying a disjoint area of low melting point solder paste to the first surface of the template; 4) interacting the top of each solder ball and the solder paste; and 5) reflowing each solder ball and disjoint area of solder paste while each solder ball and disjoint area of solder paste are interacted.

Abstract: A solder ball structure having a first object and least one solder ball, each solder ball having an outer surface, top and a bottom and comprising a non-eutectic admixture of solder. The solder ball structure also having at least one BLM, each BLM having a top and a bottom and the top of each BLM in contact with the bottom of one of the at least one solder ball, each BLM containing a solder having a melting point sufficiently lower than the melting point of the corresponding solder ball such that each BLM can reflow without a significant portion of the corresponding solder ball reflowing, the bottom of each at least one BLM in electrical communication with the first object.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a new structure and a method for repairing semiconductor substrates, and more particularly, the invention encompasses a structure and a method for repairing Printed Circuit Boards or other electronic substrates by providing electrical lines on the defective board. On a substrate that has an open or an electrical discontinuity, after the discontinuity has been established, a portion of the electrical line across from the electrical discontinuity are exposed and one or more trenches or grooves are made between the two or more exposed portions of the electrical line. The two exposed portions of the exposed electrical line is then joined by either an electrical wire that is routed through the trench or using a standard deposition process one or more metals or material are deposited in the open trench to provide or restore electrical continuity and the excess deposition material is removed.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a new structure and a method for repairing semiconductor substrates, and more particularly, the invention encompasses a structure and a method for repairing Printed Circuit Boards or other electronic substrates by providing electrical lines on the defective board. On a substrate that has an open or an electrical discontinuity, after the discontinuity has been established, a portion of the electrical line across from the electrical discontinuity are exposed and one or more trenches or grooves are made between the two or more exposed portions of the electrical line. The two exposed portions of the exposed electrical line is then joined by either an electrical wire that is routed through the trench or using a standard deposition process one or more metals or material are deposited in the open trench to provide or restore electrical continuity and the excess deposition material is removed.