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The report comprises two booklets – the front-end narrative and the financial statements.
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Soshi Jigiko was an air shugenja of the Scorpion Clan and an expert weaponsmith. She went to Water Hammer City, being hosted by the local ambassador Bayushi Gozen. Jigiko wished to meet Haru, the renowned smith and founder of the city, hoping for the chance to work at least once on the legendary anvil of the heavenly forge Haru created. [1]
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She had no idea what she accomplished until she was congratulated on the arena's public address system.
"When they said I had a triple-double, I was like, 'Who, me?'" Nolan said. "I'm glad no one had told me I was close — I might have started missing shots just to get enough rebounds."
Kara Braxton added 18 points in her WNBA debut, while Ayana Walker added 14 after only scoring 18 points in the 2004 season. Walker was starting in place of Swin Cash, who started the season on the injured list while recovering from a knee injury.
"I knew that we would need a lot of offense from that position," Walker said. "I just went out and had a great game."
Braxton, the seventh pick in last month's draft, played 14 minutes off the bench just four months after giving birth.
"We told everyone that Kara Braxton is going to be a phenomenal player," Shock coach Bill Laimbeer said. "She's a monster out there."
Braxton also impressed her opponents.
"She's a powerhouse," Nykesha Sales said. "I think she's going to be a great addition for Detroit."
Connecticut's Taj McWilliams-Franklin led all scorers with 25 points, while Lindsay Whalen added 12 and Asjha Jones had 11.
"It wasn't an awful game, but we weren't very efficient offensively," Connecticut coach Mike Thibault said. "We were sloppy. I'm disappointed."
Detroit led 41-34 at halftime, but the Sun pulled to 45-44 with 17:07 to play.
The Shock answered with a 13-1 run that included three-point plays by Nolan and Walker, as well as a three-pointer by Niele Ivey.
Connecticut got as close as 67-60, but another three-point play by Nolan started a 5-0 run that put the game away.
"She didn't shoot the ball well at all today, but she went and did other things," Thibault said of Nolan. "She got steals, she got deflections, she got rebounds and assists."
Notes: Several members of the Detroit Pistons attended the game, including Tayshaun Prince and Chauncey Billups. ... Two of the previous three triple-doubles, those by Lisa Leslie (2004) and Sheryl Swoopes (1999), were against the Shock. The third was by Margo Dydek in 2001. ... The teams have won the last two Eastern Conference titles — Detroit in 2003 and Connecticut last year.
Leslie, Holdsclaw spur Sparks past Storm
SEATTLE — Lisa Leslie, new running mate Chamique Holdsclaw and the Los Angeles Sparks put a damper on the Seattle Storm's championship celebration.
Leslie scored 23 points and Holdsclaw added 16 points and 14 rebounds in her first game with Los Angeles, and the Sparks beat Seattle 68-50 on Saturday.
Before the game, Seattle was presented with its 2004 WNBA Championship rings and raised the first professional championship banner in the city since 1979. (Related item: Box score)
But Los Angeles held the Storm to just 23.7% shooting, their worst output in team history. Their previous low was 24.1% against Phoenix in 2001.
Seattle's Lauren Jackson saw her streak of 84 consecutive games scoring in double figures end. Jackson had eight points, and made just 3-of-15 shots. Betty Lennox led Seattle with 14 points on 5-of-18 shooting.
Seattle started much as it ended last season when it beat Connecticut in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. The Storm jumped to a 14-2 lead and led 19-6 with 8:51 left in the first half as Los Angeles made just four of its first 17 shots.
From there, Seattle became a purely perimeter team on offense and a struggling Sparks offense found its shot.
Holdsclaw, acquired from Washington in the offseason, scored her first points with 6:40 left in the half, and the Sparks closed the half on a 21-8 run to take a 29-27 lead. Seattle shot just 4-of-19 the final 11 minutes of the half.
Los Angeles continued to pull away early in the second half, outscoring Seattle 24-12 over the first 10 minutes. Los Angeles built the lead to 18 as Seattle missed 14 straight shots at one point.
Tamecka Dixon added 12 points and Nikki Teasley had 11 for the Sparks, who suited up just eight players. Mwadi Mabika is on the injured list, and Laura Macchi and Rafaella Masciadri have not yet arrived from Italy.
Seattle attempted a team-record 32 three-pointers, making just six and was outscored 42-14 in the paint. Jackson was 2-of-13 on three-pointers, after shooting 45% last year.
Comets streak past Silver Stars
SAN ANTONIO — Sheryl Swoopes scored 26 points to lead the Houston Comets to a 78-70 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Saturday night in the WNBA season-opener for both teams. (Related item: Box score)
Swoopes, the league MVP in 2000 and '02, shot 9-for-16 from the field, including two three-pointers, and 6-for-7 from the line.
Marie Ferdinand led San Antonio with 24 points. She missed a three-point try that would have cut Houston's lead to three points with 16 seconds remaining.
Houston led by as many as 19 points in the second half before the Silver Stars closed within five with less than a minute remaining on a three-pointer by Ferdinand.
The Comets went on a 13-2 run over a 5.50-minute span of the first half to take a 27-13 with 6:45 remaining. Houston shot 5-for-7 in the run.
Five minutes before halftime, Houston was shooting 66.7% from the floor while San Antonio was shooting 27.3% (6-for-22).
The Silver Stars started with a veteran lineup, but had three rookies on the floor 7 minutes into the game. Houston led 14-11 while San Antonio had Kendra Wecker, Shyra Ely and Katie Feenstra on the floor.
Wecker, San Antonio's first-round draft choice and the fourth pick overall out of Kansas State, hurt her left knee early in the game and did not return. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injury.
Mystics buzz Sting 60-42
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dawn Staley's championship chase got off to a rocky start. After acquiring veterans Sheri Sam, Tangela Smith and Helen Darling, the Charlotte Sting made it clear they were going after a WNBA championship for Staley, an Olympian and All-Star who opted to play one more season instead of retiring.
But the Sting lost to the Washington Mystics 60-42 Saturday at the Charlotte Coliseum. (Related item: Box score)
The Sting shot just 29% from the field and committed 25 turnovers. Staley was held to three points and committed four turnovers.
"It's a long season and one game doesn't make a season," said Sting coach Trudi Lacey. "We just have to continue to work at it. I think collectively as a unit we didn't have the intensity we needed on defense, and certainly not at the offensive end."
DeLisha Milton-Jones had 11 points and seven rebounds to lead the Mystics. First-round draft pick Temeka Johnson added 10 points, while former Sting forward Charlotte Smith-Taylor scored nine in her return to Charlotte, where she spent the past six seasons before leaving as a free agent.
Charlotte missed 19 of its first 21 shots from the field and committed 13 turnovers in the game's first 16 minutes.
Sam led Charlotte with 16 points, but made just five of her 16 shots.
Top draft pick Janel McCarville made her debut for the Sting. She didn't start, but played 25 minutes and had two points and six rebounds.
After failing to make the playoffs last year, the Sting brought in Sam, Smith and Darling to help bolster the offense. The trio combined to score half of the team's 42 points, but together shot 10 of 29 from the field.
The game was the Sting's first without guard Andrea Stinson, who had started all 254 games in the franchise's eight seasons. Charlotte chose not to resign Stinson this offseason and she left for Detroit.
Charlotte trailed 27-18 at the half before Smith-Taylor hit a three-pointer and a fastbreak layup to push the Mystics' lead back to 14.
Sacramento snubs Phoenix
PHOENIX — Nicole Powell scored 13 points in her Sacramento debut to lead the Monarchs past the Phoenix Mercury 77-72 Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.
DeMya Walker also had 13 points, Yolanda Griffith had 11 and Powell added six rebounds and six assists for Sacramento, which built a 12-point lead in the second half before the Mercury pulled within three in the final 2 minutes. (Related item: Box score)
Diana Taurasi and Anna DeForge each had 20 points for the Mercury, but the pair missed 23 of 34 shots. Phoenix missed 10 of its first 13 attempts from the floor and shot just 30% for the game.
Powell, the third overall pick out of Stanford a year ago, spent her rookie season in Charlotte. She joined Sacramento during the offseason in a deal for Tangela Smith.
"I think for our first game on the road we picked up on some things that we need to work," Powell said. "It wasn't pretty, but we got it."
She made a pair of free throws with 49 seconds left, then hit Walker for an easy basket with 18.8 seconds remaining to put Sacramento ahead 70-65. Ticha Penicheiro added four free throws in the final 6.7 seconds to seal it.
Sacramento made 16 of 30 shots in the first half to build a 42-33 lead at intermission.
Phoenix began the season without projected starters Penny Taylor and Kamila Vodichkova. They are expected to be with their overseas teams through the month of May.
"We shot too early, we didn't execute the offense, so we didn't give ourselves an opportunity to get great, wide-open looks," Mercury coach Carrie Graf said. "I think we turned it around in the second half, particularly from the free throw line, but we were a disaster in the first half."


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Tonal Masher is the solo electroacoustic project of Aram Shelton. By removing the mouthpiece and reed, Shelton explores a different aspect of a 1937 Conn alto saxophone. Starting with feedback generated via saxophone, microphone and amplifier, Shelton uses nontraditional fingerings to coax an instrument specific set of tones from the vintage horn. He then uses a self designed Max patcher to create music that features patient polyphony from a generally monophonic instrument, and highlights the percussive aspects of the saxophone via key clicks and pad thumps.
Since 2001, Shelton has been using computer based live sampling via Max/MSP in a variety of setting to process and extend acoustic instruments. In 2002 he formed the duo Grey Ghost (482 Music) with the drummer Johnathan Crawford. The Wire found their music to be a "focused symbiosis of breath and circuitry". In 2007 he received his MFA in Electronic Music from Mills College where he studied with John Bischoff, Maggie Payne and Chris Brown. His thesis focused on the use of live sampling to extend and rearrange the sounds of acoustic instruments in a live performance setting. Since graduating he has taught at the Oakland School for the Arts and has led improvisation and electroacoustic music workshops in San Francisco, at UC Santa Cruz, Evergreen State University and the jazz school in Luzern (CH). From 2010 to 2012 he joined Michael Coleman and Alex Vittum in the trio Stratic. All About Jazz compared their music to "a waking dream memory of music". In the past year, Shelton has focused on solo electroacoustic music, based on explorations of the resonant feedback frequencies that are unique to the saxophone. Due to the ongoing concept of sonic rearrangement, Shelton has chosen the anagram Tonal Masher as an apt moniker..


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- Home
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Special Events
Special Event Permits
Please email Geoff Fairchild, Special Events Coordinator, or call at 972-547-2661. Return the completed form by email or U.S. Mail to:
McKinney Performing Arts Center
111 N. Tennessee St.
McKinney, TX 75069
Due Dates
The Special Event Application and permit fee are due at least 60 days prior to the event date.
Following application submittal, all internal city departments will review the application and respond to the Special Event Coordinator. At that time a review committee meeting date will be set between with the departments involved and the permit applicant; this meeting date is approximately 30-45 days prior to the event.
Applications submitted in advance of 60 days can have their applications reviewed sooner than 30–45 days prior to their event if city staff is given enough lead time to review the application.
The City of McKinney will do its best to accommodate applicants in the timeline of when applications are received and when the event is to take place.
Definition of a Special Event
From the City of McKinney Special Event Ordinance, Chapter 87.
Special event means a temporary event or gathering of 75 or more persons for a common purpose under the direction or control of a person or entity, including a special event parade, using either private or public property that involves one or more of the following activities, except when the activity is for construction or house-moving purposes only:
- Closing of a public street
- Blocking or restriction of public property, including public rights-of-way
- Sale of merchandise, food, or beverages on public property
- Sale of alcoholic beverages on public or private property where otherwise prohibited
- Erection of a tent or canopy on public property
- Installation of a stage, band shell, trailer, van, portable building, grandstand or bleachers on public property or on private property where otherwise prohibited by ordinance
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Idaho Sunrise
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Recipe by Elisabetta47
This is from the sweet "The Supper Book." Author Marion Cunningham says, "This is simply a baked potato with a bright yellow egg sitting on top of it, but when you mash the egg into the buttered potato it's like the sun coming up over the mountains." We enjoy this for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It's a one portion recipe which obviously can be doubled and re-doubled all you want.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 medium baking potato (Idaho or russet Burbank)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon butter, melted
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 egg
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Scrub, dry & pierce potato several times with fork.
- Bake for about 40 - 50 min., or until soft when poked.
- Remove and slice a piece off the potato lengthwise, large enough to scoop out the insides.
- Mash the insides with 1 T. butter, salt and pepper, & 2 T. milk.
- Refill the potato shell.
- Place on a pie plate or baking sheet.
- Break the egg & drop it on top of the potato.
- Spoon 1 teaspoons melted butter over the egg, salt & pepper it, & put in the oven.
- Bake for about 8 - 10 minutes, or until the egg is set but the yolk is still soft enough to make a nice sauce for the potato.
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I have 3 different gateways to the outside on my network. One has a web filter, one does not, and one uses a separate ISP than our main Comcast line.
I am unable to access www.sesnd.com or www.jerue.com from ANY of my gateways (cannot access the site with a browser, cannot ping the site, but DNS resolves it just fine). However, if I plug a laptop right into my Comcast modem, I can access the site without problems. I have attached some txt docs with a copy of the tracert to one of the domains. One of them is straight from the Comcast Modem, the other has the 3 different gateways. I have discussed this issue with both Comcast and Level3 (stops at their router - see tracert). Both of them pretty much tell me to F off, because its not their problem.
Does anyone here know what could cause the route to completely change, just by going through my firewall? I don't believe we have any kind of custom routing setup on any of these gateways. 2 of them use Secure Computing Snapgear devices, and the other ISP one uses a Barracuda Line Balancer.
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Jan 19, 2012 at 11:43 UTC
Apparently you can only attach one file. Here is the other tracert.
Jan 19, 2012 at 12:29 UTC
IT Journey, LLC is an IT service provider.
Are you using anything like WCCP for your web filtering?
Jan 19, 2012 at 12:54 UTC
No, we have a Cymphonix Web Filter, but I still have problems going completely around the web filter.
Jan 19, 2012 at 1:43 UTC
1st Post
Try those online tools, they may help you eliminate possible issues.
Try tracert from the comcast modem again and see if it still completes the trace.
I just tried it from http:/
Both sites currently fail trace after 126.96.36.199 (intermedia.net) who have three of their 5 dns servers not responding to pings.
Jan 20, 2012 at 8:25 UTC
is also a good start to check
This discussion has been inactive for over a year.
You may get a better answer to your question by starting a new discussion.


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OMG! Usher's adorable son Usher Raymond V is in the ICU at an Atlanta hospital after an accident in the pool.
The child was playing in the pool with his aunt and saw a toy in the drain. He dove down to get the toy and his arm got stuck in the drain. The aunt immediately dove in to rescue him but couldn't get his hand out. The maid then dove in and tried but was also unsuccessful.
After asking for help from two men working in the house, Usher V was freed and given CPR. Usher arrived shortly after and rode with his son as they rushed him to the hospital. Tests are being ran on Usher V and reports say he will be fine. Thank goodness!
This is the second time one of Usher's kids (well his ex Tameka's son) was hurt via an accident in the water. Tameka's 11-year-old son Kile from a previous relationship passed away last year from injuries sustained during a jet ski accident.
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What's New: Management Structure
Vinny Cerrato is in charge. After working mostly behind the scenes for more than eight years with Washington, Cerrato is the new face of the Redskins' front office, having been given control of football decisions.
In January, owner Daniel Snyder promoted Cerrato to the new position of executive vice president of football operations. The move was made shortly after former coach Joe Gibbs abruptly resigned, and Cerrato, now the primary decision maker and conduit to the media, has been entrusted with most of the same responsibilities Gibbs had while also serving as the team president for four years.
Cerrato played a key role in the controversial month-long coaching search that led to top assistants Gregg Williams -- considered the choice of many fans and players to replace Gibbs -- and Al Saunders being forced out, and he strongly encouraged Snyder to promote Jim Zorn to head coach after he was hired as offensive coordinator.
Cerrato worked fast in reorganizing the front office after Gibbs cleaned out his desk. He promoted Scott Campbell, formerly director of college scouting, to director of player personnel, ousted director of pro personnel Louis Riddick and hired Chicago Bears official Morocco Brown as the new director of pro personnel.
Although Snyder has the final word on everything that happens at Redskins Park, Cerrato is charting the team's course, and the results are on his shoulders now.
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- Shalom! When it comes to hats I have lots of them. In fact, it used to be said about me that I have a "hat face". The truth is that I really do wear a lot of hats; Singer-Songwriter /Jewish-Americana-Israeli, Certified Clinical Musician / Healthcare & Healing Artist, Educator, Mother, Friend, Cantorial Soloist... hmmmm.... they call me "the spiritual one"... passionate and compassionate, world traveler, straight-shooter... In a nutshell.... I'm a person.
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Walk to End Alzheimer's
This week found me participating in another important cause, together with my employer and colleagues - the Walk to End Alzheimer's. This took place in Manchester, NH. There were a lot of people there, as well as representatives of senior homes, facilities and organizations, who all are connected to Alzheimer's in one way or another and are all in support of this cause. Link here to learn more about the Alzheimer's Association. Connect, donate, participate...
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Alpaca's in NH
Alpaca's are very cool animals. I had a really fun visit to day at a local Alpaca Farm here in NH. Enjoy the video clip!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
A Contemplative State of Being
I'm thrilled to announce my new website for CONTEMPLATIVE CONCERTS called A CONTEMPLATIVE STATE OF BEING. I encourage you to visit the site, book a contemplative concert for your community, and join the on-line interactive network. Let's learn and share together. Meantime, please enjoy the music! Blessings, Rahel
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Accused had 'heaps' of money, court told
A Hobart court has heard a man charged with murdering Lake Leake man, John Lewis Thorn, had an unusually large amount of money in the days following the death.
Stephen Roy Standage, 59, of Kalangadoo has pleaded not guilty to murdering his friend in August 2006.
Standage was charged with the murder in November 2010.
Preliminary proceedings were heard in the Hobart Magistrates Court yesterday.
One witness, William Jackman, told the court he had seen Standage at the Campbell Town Hotel two days after police allege Mr Thorn was shot in the head and dumped in bushland.
Mr Jackman said Standage had a heap of $50 notes in a brown wallet, estimating there was more than $1,000.
The court earlier heard evidence Mr Thorn had been known to carry up to $3,000 cash in his wallet.
Standage has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court in March.
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The BEST WESTERN Hotel Stuttgart Winterbach is an individually managed hotel for individual and business travelers who are looking for a high-class home from home. Our hotel is located in the picturesque Remstal, 25 kilometers eastbound of Stuttgart, directly off the B29 between Stuttgart and Aalen. We offer 62 renovated guest rooms with phone, television, free WiFi Internet access, 24-hour reception and room service.
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Found along the winding road of the Helshoogte Pass and commanding magnificent views of False Bay and Table Mountain in the distance, African Valley Estate Hotel offers tasteful and modern apartments, located a mere 3-minute drive from the Winelands town of Stellenbosch and an array of wine estates found in the area.
The Cape Winelands encompasses the picturesque towns of Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, Paarl, and the smaller hamlets surrounding them. The undulating terrain and vineyards as far as the eye can see promise idyllic days spent sipping on fine cabernets and chardonnays, dining on locally-inspired gourmet cuisine, and falling in love with the endless hiking trails and outdoor activities available.
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|Jul 31, 2007
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|David L. Thomas, Charles G. Woychik
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|International Business Machines Corporation
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This invention relates to a method of making an electronic package, and more particularly to a method of making a flip-chip package where the thickness of a semiconductor chip is reduced by backside grinding or polishing and assembled to a substrate having solder ball or bump connections thereon for electrical interconnection to the thinned semiconductor chip.
The microelectronics industry has consistently achieved ever shrinking device sizes and ever greater levels of device integration, resulting in higher interconnect densities. A steady succession of interconnect developments and strategies has evolved in the packaging industry to meet the demand of these high interconnect densities. Nearly all have been aimed at one goal, that is, reduced size. Reduced size almost always translates into lower cost. Thus in state of the art packaging, dual-in-line packages have been largely replaced by surface mount packages to meet the high density interconnect demand. These and similar developments are directed toward reducing the package area, i.e. the x-y dimension of the package. Furthermore, in many applications, especially those requiring larger semiconductor chips, there has been a need to utilize thin semiconductor chips. These issues have been addressed by techniques for thinning the wafers from which chips are singulated. The thinning operation is performed on fully processed wafers by mounting the wafer, active side down, on a temporary carrier such as an adhesive tape and then grinding or polishing the backside of the wafer. A variety of techniques have been proposed and used, ranging from simple mechanical abrasion using, e.g., an abrasive grinding wheel, to chemical etching and polishing techniques, and combinations of these, e.g. chemical-mechanical polishing.
In a typical wafer thinning process, a 200 millimeter (mm) diameter wafer of completed integrated circuits (ICs) may be reduced from an initial thickness of about 26 to about 30 thousandths of an inch (mils) to a final thickness of only about 10-12 mils before it is remounted and diced into IC chips or die. The individual IC chips or die are then packaged, which may involve assembly into an single chip module (SCM) or multi-chip module (MCM). The term module as used herein refers to a sub-assembly of at least two components, a substrate, and at least one active chip which is flip chip bonded to the substrate.
Solder bump or solder ball interconnections are typically formed on a wafer from which flip chips are formed before thinning and dicing is performed. Thinning a solder bumped wafer presents many handling issues associated with securing the bumped wafer during the thinning process. In the subsequent process of making thinned flip chips, many process and handling steps, for example the dicing step, are performed on the bumped thinned wafer. To withstand the thinning process itself and subsequent process and handling without damage or fracture, wafer thinning can be performed to a thickness of about 10 mils or greater. A final flip chip thickness of less than about 10 mils, which would otherwise be desirable for many applications, is prohibited by the bumped wafer thinning process itself and exposure to the subsequent process and handling steps. This limitation, about 10 mils or greater, is generally accepted in the industry as a norm. This constraint rules out the use of thin flip chips (flip chips having a thickness of less than about 10 mils) in several important applications.
A technique for assembling a flip chip to a substrate to make an electronic package without the solder bumps or solder balls interconnections being a part of the flip chip, would enable flip chips to be used that are thinned to less than about 10 mils thick, and would be a substantial advance in packaging technology.
Accordingly, it is the object of this invention to enhance the art of electronic packaging.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of making an electronic package in which a thin semiconductor chip can be assembled to a substrate wherein electrically conductive members coupling the semiconductor chip to the substrate are provided on the substrate.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide such a method of making an electronic package which can be performed in a facile manner.
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of making an electronic package, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate having a first surface, providing a pattern of conductive pads on the first surface, positioning an electrically conductive member on selected ones of the pattern of conductive pads, providing a thin semiconductor chip having a pattern of conductive elements thereon substantially similar to the pattern of conductive pads on the first surface of the substrate, positioning the thin semiconductor chip on the substrate such that selected ones of the conductive elements are located on respective ones of the electrically conductive members, and heating the electrically conductive member to provide an electrical couple between the thin semiconductor chip and the substrate.
For a better understanding of the present invention, together with other and further objects, advantages and capabilities thereof, reference is made to the following disclosure and appended claims in connection with the above-described drawings.
According to a method of the present invention, a substrate is provided with a pattern of copper pads. A portion of solder is positioned on selected ones of the pattern of copper pads. The solder is then reflowed to form partial hemispherically shaped caps on the selected copper pads. The partial hemispherically shaped caps are then coated with a solder flux. A thinned semiconductor chip with a pattern of pads having Underlying Bump Metallurgy (UBM) thereon, corresponding to partial hemispherically shaped capped pads, is then positioned on the substrate so that the pads of the thin semiconductor chip substantially line up with the partial hemispherically shaped capped pads of the substrate. UBM that can be used in this invention includes, for example, chrome-copper-gold. The solder is then heated to reflow temperature and an electrical couple is formed between the thin semiconductor chip and the substrate. Since all the solder necessary to make the electrical couple is positioned on the substrate, it is not necessary to thin or handle a wafer having solder bumps thereon, avoiding the steps associated with securing the solder bumped wafer during the thinning process and with subsequent handling steps. These steps typically can result in substantial damage to the wafer and thin semiconductor chip formed therefrom, due to chipping or cracking of the silicon rendering it useless and affecting manufacturing yields and cost. Furthermore small cracks may not become apparent until the thin semiconductor chip is stressed during operation under field conditions, affecting electronic package reliability. Using the process of the present invention, it is possible to thin an unbumped wafer to minimum thicknesses not previously economically practical. The chipping and cracking problems associated with thinning and handling a solder bumped wafer are substantially prevented. Thin semiconductor chips in an electronic package are very advantageous for at least two reasons. One advantage is that of an overall lower package profile height, which saves valuable packaging real estate. Another advantage is that thin semiconductor chips are inherently more flexible and can better withstand package bending (without cracking) that can occur during thermal cycling associated with testing and operational field use due to coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and elastic modulus mismatches between a semiconductor chip and substrate. Thus thin semiconductor chips that yield lower manufacturing costs and improved reliability are realized for the electronic package.
An embodiment of the present invention will now be described referring to
First, in step 1(A), a substrate 10 having a first surface 12 is provided. The substrate 10 can be comprised of a dielectric material, for example, a composite circuit substrate comprising laminated glass-epoxy sheets, ceramic, polytetrafluoroethylene, a liquid crystal polymer or any material adaptable to carrying a semiconductor chip. Substrate 10 can include thermal compensating layers, wiring layers, or power/ground layers (not shown). It can also include conductive through holes or vias (not shown) for interconnecting various internal layers to external conductors. Substrate 10 includes a second surface 14.
In step 1(B), a dielectric layer 16 is provided on first surface 12 of substrate 10. The dielectric layer can be comprised of suitable organic polymeric material. One dielectric material that can be used is a polyimide material. Another polymeric material that can be used is a material including the resin comprising an modified polyphenylene ether (MPPE). Useful MPPE resins which may be used in conjunction with the present invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,352,745 (Katayose et al. issued on Oct. 4, 1994) ("Katayose '745"), assigned to Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha of Tokyo, Japan, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The MPPE resin is described in the Katayose '745 patent as a curable polyphenylene ether resin composition comprising a reaction product obtained by reacting a polyphenylene ether with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an acid anhydride and at least one cyanurate. Useful MPPE resins which may be used in conjunction with the present invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,218,030 (Katayose et al. issued Jun. 8, 1993) ("Katayose '030"), assigned to Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha of Tokyo, Japan, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In relation to other MPPE resins, the Katayose '030 patent describes the use of poly(phenylene ether) containing pendant allyl or propargyl groups, triallylcyanurate or triallylisocyanurate, and optionally an antimony-containing flame retardant; other formulations replace the antimony flame retardant with bromine containing compounds. Useful MPPE resins which may be used in conjunction with the present invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,352,782 B2 (Yeager et al. issued Mar. 5, 2002) ("Yeager '782"), assigned to General Electric Company, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The modified PPE resin as describe in the Yeager '782 patent is a reactively end capped poly(phenylene ether) compound cured with certain unsaturated compounds. The MPPE material may be utilized in the form of the MPPE resin coated onto a metal foil, for example a copper foil. A commercially available MPPE that is suitable for the present invention is manufactured by the Asahi Chemical Company of Japan and is identified as Asahi product number PC5103, which comprises the resin coated onto a copper foil. Other examples of dielectric materials that can be used in this invention are PSR 4000 AUS 703 available from Taiyo Corporation, 2675 Antler Drive, Carson City, Nev., 89701 and DSR 2200 FX-7A available from Tamura Corporation, 3-27-27 Tarune-Cho, Suita Shi, Ahsaka 564, Japan.
Dielectric layer 16 can be patterned by photoprocessing or laser processing resulting in sidewalls 18 and bottom walls 20 being formed in the dielectric layer defining a plurality of apertures in the dielectric layer of substrate 10, which can be substantially filled with a conductive material to form a pattern of conductive pads 22. The pattern of conductive pads 22 can be comprised of a suitable metal such as, copper, gold, tin and nickel or alloys thereof. Conductive pads 22 can also be coated with an organic surface protectant layer, such as benzatriaziole. In this embodiment, pattern of conductive pads 22 are provided by plating metal or screening a metal paste into the apertures in dielectric layer 16. The pattern of conductive pads 22 can also by formed by a photo and etch process, known in the art and not described herein.
In step 1(C), a layer of electrically conductive material 24 is positioned on each conductive pad 22. The layer of electrically conductive material 24 can be applied by a process of screening a solder paste or plating a solder onto each conductive pad 22. Other materials, such as electrically conductive polymers can also be screened onto each conductive pad 22. One solder that can be used in this invention includes a tin-lead eutectic solder having a composition of about 63 wt. % tin and about 37 wt. % lead. Lead-free solders can also be used. Some examples of lead-free solder alloys that can be used in this invention are tin and copper, tin and silver, or tin, silver, and copper alloys. An example of a tin/silver/copper alloy that can be used in this invention comprises about 90 wt. % tin, about 4.0 wt. % or less silver and about 1.5 wt. % or less copper. Electrically conductive polymers that can be used in this invention include silver filled epoxies, some examples of which include Epoxy Technology Epotek 2101, a product available from Epoxy Technology, 14 Fortune Drive, Billerica, Mass. 01821, Ablestik Ablebond 8175, a product available from Ablestik Laboratories, 29921 Susanna Road, Rancho Dominguez, Calif. 90221, and EMS DA 5915, a product available from Engineered Materials Systems Inc., 132 Johnson Drive, Delaware, Ohio 43015.
In step 1(D), the layer of electrically conductive material 24 of step 1(C) is reflowed to form electrically conductive members 26, each having a partial hemispherical shape. Reflow temperature, reflow time, and dwell times will depend on the type of solder used, the size of the electronic package, and the type of reflow equipment used to perform the reflow. In one example, a water soluble solder paste having an alloy composition corresponding to eutectic tin-lead solder (electrically conductive material 24) was deposited on a pad positioned on a substrate, similar to conductive pad 22. The paste was then reflowed to form a hemispherical bump, an electrically conductive member similar to electrically conductive member 26 as shown in
In step 1(E) a portion of solder flux is applied to yield a substantially continuous solder flux layer 28 on each electrically conductive member 26. Solder flux layer 28 can be applied by screening, spraying or dipping. Solder fluxes, that can used in this invention are, for example, low residue no clean fluxes or water soluble fluxes. One example of a low residue no clean flux, commercially available from Alpha Metals, Inc., 580-A Tollgate Road, Elgin, Ill., 60123, is Alpha 376. One example of a water soluble flux also commercially available from Alpha Metals, Inc. is Alpha WS 600. In this embodiment, solder flux layer 28 can serve as an adhesive for subsequent positioning of the conductive pads of a thin semiconductor and as a cleaning agent or oxide removal agent in a subsequent reflow step to be used to form an electrical couple, described hereinbelow. If electrically conductive members 26 are comprised of an electrically conductive polymer or another non-metal material, solder flux would not be utilized.
In step 1(F) a thin semiconductor chip 30 having a pattern of conductive elements 32 thereon, similar to the pattern of conductive pads 22, is positioned on substrate 10 such that selected ones of the conductive elements are located on respective ones of electrically conductive members 26 coated with solder flux layer 28. Semiconductor chip 30 includes a layer of dielectric material 33 positioned between pattern of conductive elements 32. Dielectric material 33 can be a polyimide or silica nitride. Conductive elements 32 can include UBM, as described above. Thin semiconductor chip 30 includes a surface 36 that has been ground or polished at the wafer level by mechanical, chemical, or chemical-mechanical means to thin what was the original chip to a thickness of less than about 8 mils. Thinning can be performed at the wafer level before assembly of the chip to substrate 10. When chemical-mechanical polishing is utilized to accomplish thinning, an abrasive slurry is applied to the original surface of the semiconductor chip, opposite surface 37, and this surface is polished with a grinding wheel to yield surface 36. An example of an abrasive slurry that can be used with this invention is a silicon dioxide (silica) slurry having particles with a size of from about 10 namometers to about 300 namometers. During polishing, the wafer is held in place at surface 37 by a vacuum chuck to prevent damage to dielectric material 33 or conductive elements 32.
In step 1(G) electrically conductive members 26 of step 1(F) are heated to form electrical couples 38 between thin semiconductor chip 30 and substrate 10. Heating electrically conductive members 26 comprises reflowing partial hemispherically shaped capped pads 26 at the melting temperature of the solder. Residual solder flux (solder flux components that did not volatilize at the reflow temperature) is then cleaned with water and a saponifier to remove the residues. If electrically conductive members are comprised of an electrically conductive polymer material, the heating step comprises substantially curing the polymer material to form the electrical couple.
In step 1(H) an underfill or encapsulant material 40 is positioned on electrical couples 38 between thin semiconductor chip 30 and substrate 10. The encapsulant material can be a high modulus resin material filled with a silica material adjusted to match the CTE of the electrically conductive material being utilized. Examples of commercially available encapsulants that can be used in this invention are Hysol FP 4549 and LoctiteTM 3593 both made by Loctite Corporation, Loctite North America, 1001 Trout Brook Crossing, Rocky Hill, Conn. 06067 and Namics U8437 made by Namics Corporation, 3993 Nigorikawa, Niigata City, 950-3131, Japan. A plurality of solder ball connections 42 are provided on second surface 14 of substrate 10, selected ones of which are electrically connected by conductive through connections in the substrate (not shown) to selected ones of the plurality of conductive pads 22 on first surface 12 of the substrate.
While one embodiment of the present invention has thus been described with reference to the drawings, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiment exemplified or illustrated in the drawings. In this manner, various modifications, alterations and changes may be made to this embodiment on the basis of knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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(Tampa, Fla. - WFLA) The United States surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world's biggest oil producer this year. According to a report from the Bank of America Corp., the U.S. is projected to remain the top producer of 2014 because domestic output is forecast to increase and production growth outside the U.S. has been lower than anticipated.
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In a busy classroom, it can be difficult to communicate needs. As a teacher, I need to know that a raised hand is a question about content and not a procedural request (like going to the restroom).
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Crossing your index and middle fingers, hold them up.
"I need a new pencil."
Hold your pencil up and gently twirl the end.
"I need a tissue."
Gently pinch your nose between your thumb and forefinger (as if you're holding your nose underwater).
"I need to get out of my seat."
Hold your forefinger in the air and make small circles with it.


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Ok, this technically isn't relating to any Pirates film, but it is Piratesrelated. ;)
Loads of news out there regarding about the next-summer, just-wrapped production. From the filmmaking team that brought us the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies...The Lone Ranger!
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' The Lone Ranger, a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.
While official descriptions fail to reveal this, I'd be most obliged to do so. The Lone Ranger was also written in a shared draft of Justin Haythe and, the two writers of all four Pirates movies, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. And of course executive produced by Mike Stenson and Chad Oman.
"I'm a long way from Jack Sparrow," Johnny Depp, who stars as a boldly re-imagined Tonto in The Lone Ranger, admits. But Depp is clearly banking on the same magic which made his quirky character from Pirates of the Caribbean a household name. With original Pirates director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer -- alongside Armie Hammer as the famous masked gunman -- Depp and company just wrapped up their Lone Ranger in the California mountains after lengthy stops in New Mexico, Colorado California and Utah. It's set for a July 3, 2013 release.
In other news, the film's first trailer will be revealed on Tuesday's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. So expect to see either the latest from our esteemed Pirates team or a teaser of what to expect.
And now, having posted all this, I present by far my favorite caption regarding any of the cast and crew of The Lone Ranger. A comment from Gore Verbinski, aka the man who helmed the Pirates Trilogy that many fans hold dear...
"This is their bad-ass moment," says Verbinski of the scene where The Lone Ranger and Tonto emerge from smoke-filled mayhem.
Can we not all assumingly agree. haha
See also:
- The Lone Ranger | Facebook
- Jerry Bruckheimer Films Official | Facebook
- Jerry Bruckheimer Producer Blog
And...new photos from USA TODAY: "Sneak Peek: The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride again"
So what do you all think? Will this have the same potential as Pirates had and be a good film, or will it be possibly better or worse? I'm certainly looking forward into seeing what the POTC team had cooked up for us in the past several months.
The trailer has been released! :D
ETA: (January 2, 2013) Just to have it noted, as of December 14, 2012, Hans Zimmer was confirmed to compose music for The Lone Ranger. Should be exciting, as all the key members of the POTC team are involved. :)