Patents by Inventor Nicholas E. Brathwaite
Nicholas E. Brathwaite 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: 8806398Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLCInventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
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Patent number: 8799849Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLCInventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
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Publication number: 20110103643Abstract: An electronic device may have a camera module. The camera module may include a camera sensor and associated image preprocessing circuitry. The image preprocessing circuitry may analyze images from the camera module to perform motion detection, facial recognition, and other operations. The image preprocessing circuitry may generate signals that indicate the presence of a user and that indicate the identity of the user. The electronic device may receive the signals from the camera module and may use the signals in implementing power saving functions. The electronic device may enter a power conserving mode when the signals do not indicate the presence of a user, but may keep the camera module powered in the power conserving mode. When the camera module detects that a user is present, the signals from the camera module may activate the electronic device and direct the electronic device to enter an active operating mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Kenneth Edward Salsman, Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Bob Gove
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Publication number: 20100242005Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
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Patent number: 7714931Abstract: A digital camera module includes an image capture device mounted on a flexible circuit substrate. In one embodiment of the digital camera module, the image capture device is mounted directly (e.g., by an adhesive) on the flexible circuit substrate. A stiffener (e.g., a piece of circuit board material) is mounted to the back of the flexible circuit substrate to support wire bonding of the image capture device onto the flexible circuit substrate and/or to support the mounting of additional components (e.g., a lens housing).Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Flextronics International USA, Inc.Inventors: Harpuneet Singh, Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Bhret R. Graydon
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Patent number: 7712058Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Flextronics International USA, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
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Patent number: 7134096Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Flextronics International USA, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
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Publication number: 20030221172Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
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Publication number: 20010051959Abstract: A method and system for navigating the World Wide Web for information concerning a location is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing (102) a home page relating to the World Wide Web; and allowing (104) for the selection of a location within the World Wide Web. The method and system also includes allowing (106) for the navigation of the location to obtain information about an entity. The method and system in accordance with the present invention comprises a global information resource which provides news, information and access to products and services relating to and from various nations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Inventors: Bobby Penn, Nicholas E. Brathwaite
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Patent number: 5804004Abstract: A method for fabricating a multichip module includes attaching a first integrated circuit to a silicon circuit board. Bonding pads on the first integrated circuit are wire-bonded to a first set of contacts on the circuit board. A second integrated circuit is adhesively attached onto the top of the first integrated circuit. The second integrated circuit includes a recessed bottom surface to provide an overhang over the first integrated circuit which exposes the bonding pads on the top surface of the first integrated circuit. Then bonding pads on the second integrated circuit are wire-bonded to a second set of contacts on the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: nChip, Inc.Inventors: David B. Tuckerman, Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Paul Marella, Kirk Flatow
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Patent number: 5214844Abstract: An assembly structure and process for attaching integrated circuits to multichip modules and attaching the module to a printed circuit board. An epoxy loaded with diamond dust or boron nitride is used to attach the integrated circuit to the module. The dust material increases the thermal conductance of the epoxy for improved heat dissipation without substantially increasing the capacitance of interconnect routed underneath the epoxy. Reverse wedge wire bonding is also used to electrically connect the integrated circuit to the module allowing greater chip densities on the module surface. The chip/module assembly can then be mounted on a printed circuit board and the module leads wired directly to the board.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1990Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Assignee: nCHIP, Inc.Inventors: Bruce M. McWilliams, Nicholas E. Brathwaite, David B. Tuckerman