Patents by Inventor Donald W. Henderson
Donald W. Henderson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8910853Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, inert nano-sized particles having dimensions from 1 nm to 1,000 nm are added into a solder ball. The inert nano-sized particles may comprise metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal borides, etc. The inert nano-sized particles may be a single compound, or may be a metallic material having a coating of a different material. In another embodiment of the present invention, a small quantity of at least one elemental metal that forms stable high melting intermetallic compound with tin is added to a solder ball. The added at least one elemental metal forms precipitates of intermetallic compounds with tin, which are dispersed as fine particles in the solder.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles L. Arvin, Alexandre Blander, Peter J. Brofman, Donald W. Henderson, Gareth G. Hougham, Hsichang Liu, Eric D. Perfecto, Srinivasa S.N. Reddy, Krystyna W. Semkow, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Brian R. Sundlof, Julien Sylvestre, Renee L. Weisman
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Publication number: 20130284495Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, inert nano-sized particles having dimensions from 1 nm to 1,000 nm are added into a solder ball. The inert nano-sized particles may comprise metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal borides, etc. The inert nano-sized particles may be a single compound, or may be a metallic material having a coating of a different material. In another embodiment of the present invention, a small quantity of at least one elemental metal that forms stable high melting intermetallic compound with tin is added to a solder ball. The added at least one elemental metal forms precipitates of intermetallic compounds with tin, which are dispersed as fine particles in the solder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Charles L. Arvin, Alexandre Blander, Peter J. Brofman, Donald W. Henderson, Gareth G. Hougham, Hsichang Liu, Eric D. Perfecto, Srinivasa S.N. Reddy, Krystyna W. Semkow, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Brian R. Sundlof, Julien Sylvestre, Renee L. Weisman
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Patent number: 8493746Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, inert nano-sized particles having dimensions from 1 nm to 1,000 nm are added into a solder ball. The inert nano-sized particles may comprise metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal borides, etc. The inert nano-sized particles may be a single compound, or may be a metallic material having a coating of a different material. In another embodiment of the present invention, a small quantity of at least one elemental metal that forms stable high melting intermetallic compound with tin is added to a solder ball. The added at least one elemental metal forms precipitates of intermetallic compounds with tin, which are dispersed as fine particles in the solder.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles L. Arvin, Alexandre Blander, Peter J. Brofman, Donald W. Henderson, Gareth G. Hougham, Hsichang Liu, Eric D. Perfecto, Srinivasa S. N. Reddy, Krystyna W. Semkow, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Brian R. Sundlof, Julien Sylvestre, Renee L. Weisman
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Patent number: 8314500Abstract: An interconnection structure suitable for flip-chip attachment of microelectronic device chips to packages, comprising a two, three or four layer ball-limiting metallurgy including an adhesion/reaction barrier layer, and having a solder wettable layer reactive with components of a tin-containing lead free solder, so that the solderable layer can be totally consumed during soldering, but a barrier layer remains after being placed in contact with the lead free solder during soldering. One or more lead-free solder balls is selectively situated on the solder wetting layer, the lead-free solder balls comprising tin as a predominant component and one or more alloying components.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Ultratech, Inc.Inventors: Luc Belanger, Stephen L. Buchwalter, Leena Paivikki Buchwalter, Ajay P. Giri, Jonathan H. Griffith, Donald W. Henderson, Sung Kwon Kang, Eric H. Laine, Christian Lavoie, Paul A. Lauro, Valérie Anne Oberson, Da-Yuan Shih, Kamalesh K Srivastava, Michael J. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20120205425Abstract: A solder joint comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a lead containing or a lead free solder selected from the group comprising Sn—Ag—Cu solder, Sn—Cu solder and Sn—Ag solder adhered to the solder capture pad; the solder selected from the group comprising between 0.1 and 6.0 percent by weight Zn. A solder joint, comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a Sn—Cu lead free solder adhered to the solder capture pad, the solder comprising between 0.1 and 6.0% by weight Zn. Formation of voids at an interface between the solder and the solder capture pad is suppressed. A method for forming solder joints using the solders.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventors: Peter A. Gruber, Donald W. Henderson, Sung K. Kang, Da-Yuan Shih
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Publication number: 20120201596Abstract: A solder joint comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a lead containing or a lead free solder selected from the group comprising Sn—Ag—Cu solder, Sn—Cu solder and Sn—Ag solder adhered to the solder capture pad; the solder selected from the group comprising between 0.1 and 6.0 percent by weight Zn. A solder joint, comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a Sn—Cu lead free solder adhered to the solder capture pad, the solder comprising between 0.1 and 6.0% by weight Zn. Formation of voids at an interface between the solder and the solder capture pad is suppressed. A method for forming solder joints using the solders.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Peter A. Gruber, Donald W. Henderson, Sung K. Kang, Da-Yuan Shih
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Patent number: 8157158Abstract: A solder joint comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a lead containing or a lead free solder selected from the group comprising Sn—Ag—Cu solder, Sn—Cu solder and Sn—Ag solder adhered to the solder capture pad; the solder selected from the group comprising between 0.1 and 6.0 per cent by weight Zn. A solder joint, comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a Sn—Cu lead free solder adhered to the solder capture pad, the solder comprising between 0.1 and 6.0% by weight Zn. Formation of voids at an interface between the solder and the solder capture pad is suppressed. A method for forming solder joints using the solders.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Peter A. Gruber, Donald W. Henderson, Sung K. Kang, Da-Yuan Shih
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Patent number: 7932169Abstract: An interconnection structure suitable for flip-chip attachment of microelectronic device chips to packages, comprising a two, three or four layer ball-limiting metallurgy including an adhesion/reaction barrier layer, and having a solder wettable layer reactive with components of a tin-containing lead free solder, so that the solderable layer can be totally consumed during soldering, but a barrier layer remains after being placed in contact with the lead free solder during soldering. One or more lead-free solder balls is selectively situated on the solder wetting layer, the lead-free solder balls comprising tin as a predominant component and one or more alloying components.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Luc Belanger, Stephen L. Buchwalter, Leena Paivikki Buchwalter, Ajay P. Giri, Jonathan H. Griffith, Donald W. Henderson, Sung Kwon Kang, Eric H. Laine, Christian Lavoie, Paul A. Lauro, Valérie Anne Oberson, Da-Yuan Shih, Kamalesh K Srivastava, Michael J. Sullivan
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Patent number: 7784669Abstract: Briefly, a novel material process is disclosed wherein one or more nucleation modifiers are added, in trace amounts, to a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy to produce a solder composition with reduce or suppressed undercooling temperature characteristics. The modifier being a substance which facilitates the reduction of extreme anisotropic properties associated with body-centered-tetragonal tin based lead-free solder. The addition of the nucleation modifiers to the solder alloy does not materially effect the solder composition's melting point. As such, balls of solder with the nucleated composition freeze while other solder balls within the array remain in the melt. This effectively enables one substrate to be pinned to another substrate by one or more predetermined solder balls to secure the package while the remaining solder joints are in the liquid state.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gareth G. Hougham, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Sung K. Kang, Da-Yuan Shih, Brian R. Sundlof, S. Jay Chey, Donald W. Henderson, David R. Di Milia, Richard P. Ferlita, Roy A. Carruthers
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Publication number: 20100200271Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, inert nano-sized particles having dimensions from 1 nm to 1,000 nm are added into a solder ball. The inert nano-sized particles may comprise metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal borides, etc. The inert nano-sized particles may be a single compound, or may be a metallic material having a coating of a different material. In another embodiment of the present invention, a small quantity of at least one elemental metal that forms stable high melting intermetallic compound with tin is added to a solder ball. The added at least one elemental metal forms precipitates of intermetallic compounds with tin, which are dispersed as fine particles in the solder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Charles L. Arvin, Alexandre Blander, Peter J. Brofman, Donald W. Henderson, Gareth G. Hougham, Hsichang Liu, Eric D. Perfecto, Srinivasa S.N. Reddy, Krystyna W. Semkow, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Brian R. Sundlof, Julien Sylvestre, Renee L. Weisman
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Publication number: 20100155456Abstract: Briefly, a novel material process is disclosed wherein one or more nucleation modifiers are added, in trace amounts, to a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy to produce a solder composition with reduce or suppressed undercooling temperature characteristics. The modifier being a substance which facilitates the reduction of extreme anisotropic properties associated with body-centered-tetragonal tin based lead-free solder. The addition of the nucleation modifiers to the solder alloy does not materially effect the solder composition's melting point. As such, balls of solder with the nucleated composition freeze while other solder balls within the array remain in the melt. This effectively enables one substrate to be pinned to another substrate by one or more predetermined solder balls to secure the package while the remaining solder joints are in the liquid state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.Inventors: GARETH G. HOUGHAM, KAMALESH K. SRIVASTAVA, SUNG K. KANG, DA-YUAN SHIH, BRIAN R. SUNDLOF, S. JAY CHEY, DONALD W. HENDERSON, DAVID R. DI MILIA, RICHARD P. FERLITA, ROY A. CARRUTHERS
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Patent number: 7703661Abstract: Briefly, a novel material process is disclosed wherein one or more nucleation modifiers are added, in trace amounts, to a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy to produce a solder composition with reduced or suppressed undercooling temperature characteristics. The modifier being a substance which facilitates the reduction of extreme anisotropic properties associated with body-centered-tetragonal tin based lead-free solder. The addition of the nucleation modifiers to the solder alloy does not materially effect the solder composition's melting point. As such, balls of solder with the nucleated composition freeze while other solder balls within the array remain in the melt. This effectively enables one substrate to be pinned to another substrate by one or more predetermined solder balls to secure the package while the remaining solder joints are in the liquid state.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gareth G. Hougham, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Sung K. Kang, Da-Yuan Shih, Brian R. Sundlof, S. Jay Chey, Donald W. Henderson, David R. Di Milia, Richard P. Ferlita, Roy A. Carruthers
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Patent number: 7703199Abstract: Solder balls, such as, low melt C4 solder balls undergo volume expansion during reflow. Where the solder balls are encapsulated, expansion pressure can cause damage to device integrity. A volume expansion region in the semiconductor chip substrate beneath each of the solder balls accommodates volume expansion. Air-cushioned diaphgrams, deformable materials and non-wettable surfaces may be used to permit return of the solder during cooling to its original site. A porous medium with voids sufficient to accommodate expansion may also be used.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Vincent Caletka, Krishna Darbha, Donald W. Henderson, Lawrence P. Lehman, George Henry Thiel
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Publication number: 20100062597Abstract: An interconnection structure suitable for flip-chip attachment of microelectronic device chips to packages, comprising a two, three or four layer ball-limiting metallurgy including an adhesion/reaction barrier layer, and having a solder wettable layer reactive with components of a tin-containing lead free solder, so that the solderable layer can be totally consumed during soldering, but a barrier layer remains after being placed in contact with the lead free solder during soldering. One or more lead-free solder balls is selectively situated on the solder wetting layer, the lead-free solder balls comprising tin as a predominant component and one or more alloying components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Luc Belanger, Stephen L. Buchwalter, Leena Paivikki Buchwalter, Ajay P. Giri, Jonathan H. Griffith, Donald W. Henderson, Sung Kwon Kang, Eric H. Laine, Christian Lavoie, Paul A. Lauro, Valérie Anne Oberson, Da-Yuan Shih, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Michael J. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20090197103Abstract: A solder joint comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a lead free solder selected from the group comprising Sn—Ag—Cu solder and Sn—Ag solder adhered to the solder capture pad; the solder selected from the group comprising between 0.1 to 2.0% by weight Sb or Bi, and 0.5 to 3.0% Ag. Formation of voids at an interface between the solder and the solder capture pad is suppressed, by including Zn. Interlayer dielectric delamination is suppressed, and electromigration characteristics are greatly improved. Methods for forming solder joints using the solders.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Da-Yuan Shih, Donald W. Henderson, Sung K. Kang, Minhua Lu, Jae-Woong Nah, Kamalesh Srivastava
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Publication number: 20090197114Abstract: A solder joint comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a lead free solder selected from the group comprising Sn—Ag—Cu solder and Sn—Ag solder adhered to the solder capture pad; the solder selected from the group comprising between 0.1 to 2.0% by weight Sb or Bi, and 0.5 to 3.0% Ag. Formation of voids at an interface between the solder and the solder capture pad is suppressed, by including Zn. Interlayer dielectric delamination is suppressed, and electromigration characteristics are greatly improved. Methods for forming solder joints using the solders.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Da-Yuan Shih, Donald W. Henderson, Sung K. Kang, Minhua Lu, Jae-Woong Nah, Kamalesh Srivastava
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Publication number: 20080290142Abstract: Briefly, a novel material process is disclosed wherein one or more nucleation modifiers are added, in trace amounts, to a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy to produce a solder composition with reduce or suppressed undercooling temperature characteristics. The modifier being a substance which facilitates the reduction of extreme anisotropic properties associated with body-centered-tetragonal tin based lead-free solder. The addition of the nucleation modifiers to the solder alloy does not materially effect the solder composition's melting point. As such, balls of solder with the nucleated composition freeze while other solder balls within the array remain in the melt. This effectively enables one substrate to be pinned to another substrate by one or more predetermined solder balls to secure the package while the remaining solder joints are in the liquid state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Gareth G. Hougham, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Sung K. Kang, Da-Yuan Shih, Brian R. Sundlof, S. Jay Chey, Donald W. Henderson, David R. Di Milia, Richard P. Ferlita, Roy A. Carruthers
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Publication number: 20080182124Abstract: A solder joint comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a lead containing or a lead free solder selected from the group comprising Sn—Ag—Cu solder, Sn—Cu solder and Sn—Ag solder adhered to the solder capture pad; the solder selected from the group comprising between 0.1 and 6.0 per cent by weight Zn. A solder joint, comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a Sn—Cu lead free solder adhered to the solder capture pad, the solder comprising between 0.1 and 6.0 % by weight Zn. Formation of voids at an interface between the solder and the solder capture pad is suppressed. A method for forming solder joints using the solders.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Peter A. Gruber, Donald W. Henderson, Sung K. Kang, Da-Yuan Shih
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Publication number: 20080157395Abstract: An interconnection structure suitable for flip-chip attachment of microelectronic device chips to packages, comprising a two, three or four layer ball-limiting metallurgy including an adhesion/reaction barrier layer, and having a solder wettable layer reactive with components of a tin-containing lead free solder, so that the solderable layer can be totally consumed during soldering, but a barrier layer remains after being placed in contact with the lead free solder during soldering. One or more lead-free solder balls is selectively situated on the solder wetting layer, the lead-free solder balls comprising tin as a predominant component and one or more alloying components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Luc Belanger, Stephen L. Buchwalter, Leena Paivikki Buchwalter, Ajay P. Giri, Jonathan H. Griffith, Donald W. Henderson, Sung Kwon Kang, Eric H. Laine, Christian Lavoie, Paul A. Lauro, Valerie Anne Oberson, Da-Yuan Shih, Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Michael J. Sullivan
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Patent number: 7273803Abstract: A ball-limiting metallurgy includes a substrate, a barrier layer formed over the substrate, an adhesion layer formed over the barrier layer, a first solderable layer formed over the adhesion layer, a diffusion barrier layer formed over the adhesion layer, and a second solderable layer formed over the diffusion barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yu-Ting Cheng, Stefanie Ruth Chiras, Donald W. Henderson, Sung-Kwon Kang, Stephen James Kilpatrick, Henry A. Nye, III, Carlos J. Sambucetti, Da-Yuan Shih