Patent ID: 7276397
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: H01L,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit package separator method for separating integrated circuit packages from a board having a plurality of integrated circuits, comprising: providing a base having a plurality of pins extending upwardly therefrom; providing a support over the base, the support having a plurality of holes extending therethrough, the pins extending through the plurality of holes in the support and upwardly beyond an upper surface of the support; configuring the support and the base such that the plurality of pins extend into holes in the board when the board is placed over the upper surface of the support; vertically displacing the support off the pins using a pair of pneumatic actuators such that individual actuators of the pair lift respective opposing ends of the support substantially simultaneously and in unison; providing each actuator of the pair with release valves to equilibrate a back-pressure to ambient during lifting of the support; and separating the integrated circuit packages from one another when the board is over the upper surface of the support.