Patents by Inventor Kenneth Heames

Kenneth Heames 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: 9496241
    Abstract: A hybrid integrated circuit in a wafer level package for an implantable medical device includes one or more passive component windings formed, at least in part, along one or more routing layers of the package. The windings may be primary and secondary windings of a transformer, wherein all or part of a magnetic core thereof is embedded in a component layer of the wafer level package. If the core includes a part bonded to a surface of the package, that part of the core may be E-shaped with legs extending into the routing layers, and, in some cases, through the routing layers. Routing layers may be formed on both sides of the component layer to accommodate the transformer windings, in some instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohsen Askarinya, Mark R Boone, Andreas A Fenner, Lejun Wang, Kenneth Heames
  • Publication number: 20140368266
    Abstract: A hybrid integrated circuit in a wafer level package for an implantable medical device includes one or more passive component windings formed, at least in part, along one or more routing layers of the package. The windings may be primary and secondary windings of a transformer, wherein all or part of a magnetic core thereof is embedded in a component layer of the wafer level package. If the core includes a part bonded to a surface of the package, that part of the core may be E-shaped with legs extending into the routing layers, and, in some cases, through the routing layers. Routing layers may be formed on both sides of the component layer to accommodate the transformer windings, in some instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Mohsen Askarinya, Mark R Boone, Andreas A Fenner, Lejun Wang, Kenneth Heames
  • Patent number: 8824161
    Abstract: A hybrid integrated circuit in a wafer level package for an implantable medical device includes one or more passive component windings formed, at least in part, along one or more routing layers of the package. The windings may be primary and secondary windings of a transformer, wherein all or part of a magnetic core thereof is embedded in a component layer of the wafer level package. If the core includes a part bonded to a surface of the package, that part of the core may be E-shaped with legs extending into the routing layers, and, in some cases, through the routing layers. Routing layers may be formed on both sides of the component layer to accommodate the transformer windings, in some instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohsen Askarinya, Mark R. Boone, Andreas A. Fenner, Lejun Wang, Kenneth Heames
  • Publication number: 20130335937
    Abstract: A hybrid integrated circuit in a wafer level package for an implantable medical device includes one or more passive component windings formed, at least in part, along one or more routing layers of the package. The windings may be primary and secondary windings of a transformer, wherein all or part of a magnetic core thereof is embedded in a component layer of the wafer level package. If the core includes a part bonded to a surface of the package, that part of the core may be E-shaped with legs extending into the routing layers, and, in some cases, through the routing layers. Routing layers may be formed on both sides of the component layer to accommodate the transformer windings, in some instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Mohsen Askarinya, Mark R. Boone, Andreas A. Fenner, Lejun Wang, Kenneth Heames
  • Publication number: 20110259951
    Abstract: A method for tracing individual dies within stacked chip scale packages includes the steps of recording unique die identifiers from layers of marked dies and associating the unique identifiers with a die bonding substrate and the resulting die or stacked chip scale packages. The unique die identifiers are also associated with wafer numbers, x-y positions on a wafer, wafer lot numbers or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Charles M. Meyerson, Eric J. Dickes, William V. Gorton, Stephen W. Graham, Kenneth Heames, Dennis B. Johnson, Christopher D. Ohme, Steven C. Warren