Patent ID: 6061889
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B23P,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for removing a heatspreader from an integrated circuit package (ICP), said device comprising:a base piece comprised of a base material, wherein said base piece includes a surface into which a base cavity is formed, wherein the base cavity is adapted to receive and engage said heatspreader, and wherein a depth of said base cavity is approximately equal to a thickness of said heatspreader whereby said package to which said heatspreader is affixed is exterior to said base cavity when said heatspreader is engaged in said base cavity;a top piece comprised of a top material, wherein a body portion of said top piece includes a surface into which a top cavity is formed, wherein the top cavity is adapted to receive and engage said package, said top piece further including an elongated member extending away from said body portion, wherein said elongated member is suitable for manipulating said body portion to apply a torquing force to said package when said package is engaged in said top cavity; andwherein, said base cavity of said base piece and said top cavity of said top piece are adapted to form a enclosure suitable for retaining said ICP and said heatspreader when said surface of said base piece is aligned and in contact with said surface of said top piece, with said heatspreader being engaged by said base cavity and said ICP being engaged by said top cavity such that said top piece is suitable for applying a torquing force to said heatspreader while said base piece retains said ICP.