Patents by Inventor Gudrun Henn

Gudrun Henn 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).

  • Patent number: 10532924
    Abstract: A packaging structure including at least one hermetically sealed cavity in which at least one microelectronic device is arranged, the cavity being formed between a substrate and at least one cap layer through which several release holes are formed. Several separated portions of metallic material are provided such that each of the separated portions of metallic material is arranged on the cap layer above and around one of the release holes and forms an individual and hermetical plug of said one of the release holes. At least one diffusion barrier layer including at least one non-metallic material is arranged on the cap layer and forms a diffusion barrier against an atmosphere outside the cavity at least around the release holes. Parts of the diffusion barrier layer are not covered by the portions of metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Damien Saint-Patrice, Arnoldus Den Dekker, Marcel Giesen, Gudrun Henn, Jean-Louis Pornin, Bruno Reig
  • Patent number: 10076035
    Abstract: A component includes a carrier and a functional structure on the carrier. A thin-film cover covers the functional structure and is used as a mounting base for a circuit part, which is arranged over the thin-film cover. The circuit part is connected to the functional structure by means of a lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Gudrun Henn, Marcel Giesen
  • Patent number: 9991873
    Abstract: A microacoustic component includes a functional acoustic region, an inner marginal region and an outer marginal region. The cover covers the functional acoustic region and has a thin film and a bearing surface. The inner marginal region is acoustically coupled to the functional acoustic region and the bearing surface bears directly at least on a part of the inner marginal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Gudrun Henn, Bernhard Bader
  • Publication number: 20180141806
    Abstract: An arrangement and a production method for the arrangement with at least one MEMS device, which comprises a package that closely encloses the MEMS device and seals it from ambient influences. The package comprises as sealing a PFPE layer of a perfluoropolyether polymerized with the aid of functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Gudrun HENN
  • Patent number: 9908773
    Abstract: A method for packaging a microelectronic device in an hermetically sealed cavity and managing an atmosphere of the cavity with a dedicated hole, including making said cavity between a support and a cap layer such that a sacrificial material and the device are arranged in the cavity; removing the sacrificial material through at least one release hole, and hermetically sealing the release hole; making a portion of wettable material on the cap layer, around a blind hole or a part of said outside surface corresponding to a location of said dedicated hole; making a portion of fuse material on the portion of wettable material; making the dedicated hole by etching the cap layer; and reflowing the portion of fuse material with a controlled atmosphere, forming a bump of fuse material which hermetically plugs said dedicated hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Damien Saint-Patrice, Arnoldus Den Dekker, Marcel Giesen, Florent Greco, Gudrun Henn, Jean-Louis Pornin, Bruno Reig
  • Patent number: 9876158
    Abstract: A component suitable for miniaturization and comprising acoustically decoupled functional structures is specified. The component comprises a first functional structure, a first thin-film cover, which covers the first functional structure, and a second functional structure above the thin-film cover. The thin-film cover does not touch the first functional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Gudrun Henn, Thomas Metzger
  • Patent number: 9807917
    Abstract: The invention specifies an electronic component which has a first electrode (10), a second electrode (20), an active region (30), which is electrically coupled to the first electrode (10) and to the second electrode (20), and a housing (100), wherein the housing (100) contains carbon layers which are monoatomic at least in subregions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Gudrun Henn
  • Publication number: 20170144883
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a microelectronic package (1) comprising a microelectronic structure (2) having at least a first opening (3) and defining a first cavity (4), a capping layer (9) having at least a second opening (10) and defining a second cavity (11) which is connected to the first cavity (4), wherein the capping layer (9) is arranged over the microelectronic structure (2) such that the second opening (10) is arranged over the first opening (3), and a sealing layer (13) covering the second opening (10), thereby sealing the first cavity (4) and the second cavity (11). Moreover, the present invention concerns a method of manufacturing the microelectronic package (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: EPCOS AG, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Gudrun HENN, Marcel GIESEN, Arnoldus DEN DEKKER, Jean-Louis PORNIN, Damien SAINT-PATRICE, Bruno REIG
  • Patent number: 9590163
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component having a layer sequence, which comprises at least a first electrode (10), a second electrode (20) and an active region (30) and contains monoatomic carbon layers at least in sub-regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Edgar Schmidhammer, Gudrun Henn
  • Publication number: 20170057809
    Abstract: A packaging structure including at least one hermetically sealed cavity in which at least one microelectronic device is arranged, the cavity being formed between a substrate and at least one cap layer through which several release holes are formed; several separated portions of metallic material such that each of the separated portions of metallic material is arranged on the cap layer above and around one of the release holes and forms an individual and hermetical plug of said one of the release holes; at least one diffusion barrier layer comprising at least one non-metallic material, arranged on the cap layer and forming a diffusion barrier against an atmosphere outside the cavity at least around the release holes; and wherein parts of the diffusion barrier layer are not covered by the portions of metallic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Epcos AG
    Inventors: Damien SAINT-PATRICE, Arnoldus DEN DEKKER, Marcel GIESEN, Gudrun HENN, Jean-Louis PORNIN, Bruno REIG
  • Publication number: 20160304338
    Abstract: A method for packaging a microelectronic device in an hermetically sealed cavity and managing an atmosphere of the cavity with a dedicated hole, including making said cavity between a support and a cap layer such that a sacrificial material and the device are arranged in the cavity; removing the sacrificial material through at least one release hole, and hermetically sealing the release hole; making a portion of wettable material on the cap layer, around a blind hole or a part of said outside surface corresponding to a location of said dedicated hole; making a portion of fuse material on the portion of wettable material; making the dedicated hole by etching the cap layer; and reflowing the portion of fuse material with a controlled atmosphere, forming a bump of fuse material which hermetically plugs said dedicated hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Damiel SAINT-PATRICE, Arnoldus DEN DEKKER, Marcel GIESEN, Florent GRECO, Gudrun HENN, Jean-Louis PORNIN, Bruno REIG
  • Publication number: 20160020749
    Abstract: A microacoustic component includes a functional acoustic region, an inner marginal region and an outer marginal region. The cover covers the functional acoustic region and has a thin film and a bearing surface. The inner marginal region is acoustically coupled to the functional acoustic region and the bearing surface bears directly at least on a part of the inner marginal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Gudrun Henn, Bernhard Bader
  • Publication number: 20160014902
    Abstract: A component includes a carrier and a functional structure on the carrier. A thin-film cover covers the functional structure and is used as a mounting base for a circuit part, which is arranged over the thin-film cover. The circuit part is connected to the functional structure by means of a lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Gudrun HENN, Marcel GIESEN
  • Publication number: 20150380634
    Abstract: A component suitable for miniaturization and comprising acoustically decoupled functional structures is specified. The component comprises a first functional structure, a first thin-film cover, which covers the first functional structure, and a second functional structure above the thin-film cover. The thin-film cover does not touch the first functional structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Gudrun HENN, Thomas METZGER
  • Patent number: 9199839
    Abstract: Method of hermetically sealing a hole with a fuse material, comprising the following steps: applying a portion of wettable material onto a surface such that it completely surrounds the hole made through said surface and is located outside the hole, or completely surrounds a first part of said surface corresponding to a location of the hole; applying a portion of fuse material on the portion of wettable material and on a second part of said surface located around the portion of wettable material; reflowing the portion of fuse material to form a bump of fuse material which has a shape corresponding to a part of a sphere, which is fastened only to the portion of wettable material and which hermetically plugs the hole; wherein the hole is made in said surface before reflowing the portion of fuse material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Pornin, Arnoldus Den Dekker, Marcel Giesen, Florent Greco, Gudrun Henn, Bruno Reig, Damien Saint-Patrice
  • Publication number: 20150225231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an MEMS device (1) operating with acoustic waves. The method comprises the steps of producing an MEMS component (2) operating with acoustic waves on a substrate (3), encapsulating the component (2) with a housing layer (10), wherein the housing layer (10) is transmissive to electromagnetic radiation (14) in a wavelength range, and trimming the component (2) by irradiating the component (2) with electromagnetic radiation (14) having a wavelength lying in the wavelength range in which the housing layer (10) is transmissive to the electromagnetic radiation (14). Furthermore, the invention relates to an MEMS device (1) comprising a housing layer (10) transmissive to electromagnetic radiation (14) in the wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Gudrun Henn
  • Patent number: 9071222
    Abstract: A microacoustic component includes an active layer and an electrode. The electrode includes a first metal layer facing the active layer, a second metal layer facing away from the active layer, and a third layer arranged between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The third layer serves as a diffusion barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Gudrun Henn, Rainer Braun
  • Publication number: 20150158725
    Abstract: Method of hermetically sealing a hole with a fuse material, comprising the following steps: applying a portion of wettable material onto a surface such that it completely surrounds the hole made through said surface and is located outside the hole, or completely surrounds a first part of said surface corresponding to a location of the hole; applying a portion of fuse material on the portion of wettable material and on a second part of said surface located around the portion of wettable material; reflowing the portion of fuse material to form a bump of fuse material which has a shape corresponding to a part of a sphere, which is fastened only to the portion of wettable material and which hermetically plugs the hole; wherein the hole is made in said surface before reflowing the portion of fuse material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT, EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jean-Louis PORNIN, Arnold DEN DEKKER, Marcel GIESEN, Florent GRECO, Gudrun HENN, Bruno REIG, Damien SAINT-PATRICE
  • Patent number: 8940359
    Abstract: The microacoustic component has a substrate that has at least one layer (composed of a dielectric or piezoelectric material, and a metallic strip structure. The layer is composed of a dielectric or piezoelectric material and/or the metallic strip structure have/has been produced or can be produced by the atomic layer deposition method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Christoph Eggs, Gudrun Henn, Werner Ruile, Guenter Scheinbacher, Siegfried Menzel, Mario Spindler
  • Publication number: 20130343028
    Abstract: The invention specifies an electronic component which has a first electrode (10), a second electrode (20), an active region (30), which is electrically coupled to the first electrode (10) and to the second electrode (20), and a housing (100), wherein the housing (100) contains carbon layers which are monoatomic at least in subregions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Gudrun Henn