Patents by Inventor Keith L. Casson

Keith L. Casson 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: 5727310
    Abstract: A heat resistant multilayer circuit board used in the transportation environment in cars, boats, planes, etc, having two or more conductive layers, with at least two conductive layers electrically and mechanically connected by an interconnecting adhesive layer, at least one of the conductive layers being affixed to a heat resistant substrate. The interconnecting adhesive layer comprises a conductive adhesive material having a plurality of deformable, heat fusible metallic particles dispersed substantially throughout a non-conductive adhesive. The fabricated multilayer circuit boards have interconnections which are reliable, heat resistant, and capable of withstanding thermal cycling and typical circuit board finishing and assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Sheldahl, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith L. Casson, Carol Myers, Kenneth B. Gilleo, Deanna Suilmann, Edward Mahagnoul, Marion Tibesar
  • Patent number: 5709979
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a photoimageable dielectric material (PID) utilized as the base dielectric substrate therefor. The photoimageable dielectric material may be utilized in many conventional PWB designs, and improved resolution and registration precision of access apertures and through holes is generally realized through the use thereof. Moreover, less costly and complex manufacturing processes are required to deposit, image, develop and cure the PID material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Sheldahl, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith L. Casson, Matthew John Saari, Raphael A. Marsolek, Marion Tibesar
  • Patent number: 5688584
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board having three or more conductive layers, with at least two conductive layers electrically and mechanically connected by an interconnecting adhesive layer, is disclosed. The interconnecting adhesive layer comprises a conductive adhesive material having a plurality of deformable, heat fusible metallic particles dispersed substantially throughout a non-conductive adhesive. The fabricated multilayer circuit boards have interconnections which are reliable, heat resistant, and capable of withstanding thermal cycling and typical circuit board finishing and assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Sheldahl, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith L. Casson, Carol Myers, Kenneth B. Gilleo, Deanna Suilmann, Edward Mahagnoul, Marion Tibesar
  • Patent number: 5502889
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board having three or more conductive layers, with at least two conductive layers electrically and mechanically connected by an interconnecting adhesive layer, is disclosed. The interconnecting adhesive layer comprises a conductive adhesive material having a plurality of deformable, heat fusible metallic particles dispersed substantially throughout a non-conductive adhesive. The fabricated multilayer circuit boards have interconnections which are reliable, heat resistant, and capable of withstanding thermal cycling and typical circuit board finishing and assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Sheldahl, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith L. Casson, Carol Myers, Kenneth B. Gilleo, Deanna Suilmann, Edward Mahagnoul, Marion Tibesar
  • Patent number: 5349500
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for electrically connecting flip chips to a flexible printed circuit substrate. The apparatus comprises (1) providing solder paste to a plurality of active contact pads located on the flexible printed circuit substrate, (2) placing the flip chips on the substrate such that solder bumps located on the flip chips are in registration with the solder paste on the active contact pads, and (3) heating the resulting assembly as a whole so that the solder paste on each active contact pad fellows to form an electrical connection with its corresponding solder bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Sheldahl, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith L. Casson, Kelly D. Habeck, Eugene T. Selbitschka
  • Patent number: 5261593
    Abstract: A method is described for electrically connecting flip chips to a flexible printed circuit substrate. The method comprises (1) providing solder paste to a plurality of active contact pads located on the flexible printed circuit substrate, (2) placing the flip chips on the substrate such that solder bumps located on the flip chips are in registration with the solder paste on the active contact pads, and (3) heating the resulting assembly as a whole so that the solder paste on each active contact pad reflows to form an electrical connection with its corresponding solder bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Sheldahl, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith L. Casson, Kelly D. Habeck, Eugene T. Selbitschka