Patent ID: 8671560

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) operating a device comprising a plurality of bond balls and an integrated circuit coupled to a circuit board, wherein the plurality of bond balls are coupled to the circuit board, wherein a plurality of logic gates is disposed in the integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit comprises a reflow control circuit, and wherein the device is operated such that the plurality of logic gates has a power dissipation that maintains a temperature of the device such that the plurality of bond balls remain solid; (b) after (a) increasing a power dissipation of the plurality of logic gates such that a temperature of the integrated circuit is increased thereby melting the plurality of bond balls, wherein the increasing the power dissipation is performed by the reflow control circuit; (c) reducing the temperature of the device such that the plurality of bond balls solidify; and (d) after (c) operating the device with the plurality of bond balls being solid.