Carol S Gregg

US Patent:

20090306811, Dec 10, 2009

Filed:

May 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/471077

Inventors:

Carol E. Gregg - Mesquite TX, US

Assignee:

Raytheon Company - Waltham MA

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

700159

Abstract:

In certain embodiments, a system for cleaning ball grid arrays is provided. The system may include a platform upon which an integrated circuit is mounted. The integrated circuit may have a plurality of terminals arranged in a ball grid array pattern on a surface of the integrated circuit. The system also includes a machining bit and a computer system. The computer system may store the ball grid array pattern and a topographic map of the surface of the integrated circuit and control the machining bit such that the machining bit removes excess material from the plurality of terminals based at least in part upon the ball grid array pattern and the topographical map.