Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Steven M. Jensen
  • Patent number: 6783202
    Abstract: An ink jet image producing device for reproducing digital image data of photographic images is disclosed with at least one printing head (32) which has more than three base colors or ink jet colors available which stretch a color space. A processing device determines the location or color coordinates of color values of the image data in the image space which is stretched by the colors of the printing head. A determining device determines with which base or ink jet printing colors or mixtures or with which densities thereof the color values of the image data can be reproduced. A threshold device (20) is provided which has at least one threshold for a degree of coverage or the like of at least one printing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Gretag Imaging Trading AG
    Inventor: Dieter Franzke
  • Patent number: 6784019
    Abstract: A stacked dual-chip semiconductor packaging technology is proposed for the packaging of two semiconductor chips in one single package unit. The proposed dual-chip semiconductor package is characterized by an intercrossedly-stacked dual-chip arrangement which is constructed on a specially-designed leadframe having a supporting frame; a die pad supported on the supporting frame and having a peripherally-located upper portion and a centrally-located downset portion; and a set of leads linked to the supporting frame and arranged around the die pad. By the proposed packaging technology, a first semiconductor chip is mounted within the downset portion of the die pad, while a second semiconductor chip is mounted on the upper portion of the die pad in an intercrossedly-stacked manner in relation to the first semiconductor chip. Compared to the prior art, the proposed technology allows the packaging process to be implemented in a less complex and more cost-effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 6781209
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic component with a light emitting or light receiving element (1) and a system carrier (9) supporting the element (1). The element (1) emits or receives light on a light transmitting surface (1a), an auxiliary carrier (2) made of heat conductive material and transparent at least in some areas or at least translucent being provided. Said auxiliary carrier (2) is connected to the system carrier (9) and is thermally coupled to the element (1). The invention also relates to a method for the production of such an optoelectronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Ludwig Althaus, Gerhard Kuhn, Wolfgang Gramann
  • Patent number: 6781222
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and its fabricating method are proposed, in which a plurality of passive devices are integrated under a semiconductor chip, so as to increase the layout number of the passive devices in the semiconductor package and enhance the flexibility of substrate routability, as well as reduce an occupied area of a substrate for miniaturize the semiconductor package in profile. Moreover, as the integrated passive devices are further encapsulated by using an insulative material prior to a molding process, the dislocation of the passive devices caused by a high temperature and mold flow of a molding resin can be prevented from occurrence during molding. Furthermore, the encapsulated passive devices are prevented from contacting bonding wires, allowing the occurrence of short circuit to be avoided and quality of the packaged product to be assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Chuan Wu, Chian Ping Huang, Jui-Yu Chuang, Ho-Yi Tsai, Yude Chu
  • Patent number: 6777266
    Abstract: A dual-chip integrated circuit package and a method for manufacturing such a dual-chip integrated circuit package are proposed, which can help prevent the occurrence of cracking and delamination in the chips and the occurrence of voids in the encapsulant during the manufacture process. The dual-chip integrated circuit package is constructed on a leadframe having a plurality of first leads and a plurality of second leads and at least a pair of support members between the first and second leads. Further, the dual-chip integrated circuit package includes at least one support member attached to the front side of the first integrated circuit chip for providing a support to the bonding pads on the second integrated circuit chip; the support member being not smaller in dimension than the area where the bonding pads on the second integrated circuit chip are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chieh-Ping Huang, Lian-Cherng Chiang, Wen-Ta Tsai
  • Patent number: 6777819
    Abstract: A semiconductor package with a flash-proof device is proposed, in which at least one chip and at least one passive device mounted on a substrate are covered by a flash-proof device dimensionally designed for positioning the substrate in a conventional mold and preventing a molding resin from flashing on the substrate in a molding process, and thus quality of the fabricated package can be assured. Due to no need of a specifically designed mold, fabrication costs are reduced. Furthermore, the flash-proof device has its top side exposed to outside of an encapsulant formed in the molding process, thereby allowing heat dissipating efficiency to be improved. Moreover, the flash-proof device provides shielding for the chip and the passive device received therein, so that external electromagnetic interference with performance of the semiconductor package can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 6772512
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a FCBGA (Flip-Chip Ball-Grid-Array) package without causing mold flash is proposed, which is characterized by the forming of a dummy pad over the back surface of the substrate to allow the portion of the solder mask formed over a vent hole in the substrate to be substantially raised to an elevated flat surface where a groove is then formed to surround the exit of the vent hole. During a molding process, when the encapsulation material infiltrates to the exit of the vent hole, it can be confined within the groove in the elevated flat surface over the dummy pad, thereby preventing it from flashing to nearby solder-ball pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Chou Tsai, Jen-Yi Tsai
  • Patent number: 6774499
    Abstract: A non-leaded semiconductor package and method of fabricating the same is proposed, which can be used for the fabrication of a non-leaded type of semiconductor package, such as a CQFN (Carrierless Quad Flat No-lead) package. The proposed semiconductor packaging technology is characterized by the use of a metal plate as provisional chip carrier during fabrication and by the use of RDL (Redistribution Layer) technology to provide internal electrical interconnections between the I/O pads of the packaged chip and the non-leaded external electrical contacts. These features allow the fabrication of the CQFN package to be implemented without the use of bonding wires for internal electrical connections and without the use of substrate as a permanent chip carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ke-Chuan Yang
  • Patent number: 6764880
    Abstract: A QFN semiconductor package and a fabrication method thereof are proposed, wherein a lead frame having a plurality of leads is adopted, and each lead is formed at its inner end with a protruding portion. A wire bonding region and a bump attach region are respectively defined on opposite surfaces of the protruding portion, and staggered in position. This allows a force applied from a wire bonder to the wire bonding regions not to adversely affect solder bumps implanted on the bump attach regions, so that the solder bumps can be structurally assured without cracking. Moreover, the wire bonding regions spaced apart from the bump attach regions can be prevented from being contaminated by an etching solution used in solder bump implantation, so that wire bonding quality can be well maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Chuan Wu, Chien-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 6759749
    Abstract: The circuit structure of the present invention has a plurality of conductive path layers and at least one interlayer isolating layer formed between the plurality of conductive path layers. Each of the plurality of conductive path layers has at least one conductive path capable of transmitting light or electricity therethrough. Each of a plurality of input/output (I/O) sections is connected to any one of the plurality of conductive paths. Each of the plurality of conductive path layers has a first laminated structure that includes a plurality of first conductive layers and at least one first isolating layer formed therebetween. The interlayer isolating layer has a second laminated structure that includes a plurality of second isolating layers and at least one second conductive layer formed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Miyachi, Yoshihiro Izumi, Hiroshi Gohda
  • Patent number: 6756684
    Abstract: A FCBGA (flip-chip ball grid array) semiconductor package with a heat-dissipating device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. At least a chip is mounted on a substrate in a flip-chip manner, and connected to a heat-dissipating device that is composed of a heat sink and a plurality of thermally conductive bumps implanted on the beat sink. Heat produced from the chip is dissipated via the heat-dissipating device. The thermally conductive bumps are bonded to a circuit board, and thereby reduce contact area between the heat-dissipating device and the circuit board, without forming of voids or popcorn effect during a solder-reflow process. The heat sink in contact with the chip is similar in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) to the chip, so as to prevent delamination between the heat sink and the chip, thereby assuring quality and yield of fabricated package products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 6753609
    Abstract: A method is proposed for forming circuit probing (CP) contact points on fine pitch peripheral bond pads (PBP) on a flip chip for the purpose of facilitating peripheral circuit probing of the internal circuitry of the flip chip. The proposed method is characterized in the forming of a dual-layer NiV/Cu metallization structure, rather than a triple-layer Al/NiV/Cu metallization structure, over each aluminum-based PBP, which includes a bottom layer of nickel-vanadium (NiV) deposited over the aluminum-based PBP and an upper layer of copper (Cu) deposited over the nickel-vanadium layer. When low-resolution photolithographic and etching equipment is used for photoresist mask definition for selective removal of the NiV/Cu metallization structure, the resulted photoresist masking can be misaligned to the PBP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Lung Chien, Randy H. Y. Lo, Chun-chi Ke
  • Patent number: 6753602
    Abstract: A semiconductor package with a heat-dissipating structure and a method for making the same are proposed. The heat-dissipating structure includes a heat sink and a plurality of solder columns, wherein the solder columns are attached at ends thereof to the heat sink and to a substrate, so as to support the heat sink to be positioned above a semiconductor chip mounted on the substrate. A reflow process performed after the attachment of the heat-dissipating structure to the substrate allows the self-alignment of the solder columns with respect to predetermined positions on the substrate, which helps precisely control the positioning of the heat-dissipating structure fixed on the substrate. Moreover, the solder columns can protect the substrate from being damaged or deformed during a molding process. In addition, the heat-dissipating structure is simple in structure, which simplifies the manufacturing process and reduces the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 6753206
    Abstract: A dual-chip integrated circuit package with unaligned chip arrangement and a method of manufacturing such a dual-chip integrated circuit package are provided. The dual-chip integrated circuit package includes a leadframe having a first set of leads and a second set of leads. The dual-chip integrated circuit package is used to pack two integrated circuit chips in an unaligned chip arrangement, in which the first integrated circuit chip is mounted to one side of the inner part of the first set of leads, and the second integrated circuit chip is mounted to the other side of the same in such a manner as to allow the bonding pads on the second integrated circuit chip to be positioned in the spacing formed between the two sets of leads. This unaligned chip arrangement can help facilitate the wire-bonding process for the bonding pads on the second integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Ping Huang, Lian-Cherng Chiang, Michael Chang
  • Patent number: 6750533
    Abstract: A chip carrier with a dam bar structure is proposed. The chip carrier is defined with at least a chip attach area and a wire bonding area surrounding the chip attach area, allowing a chip to be mounted on the chip attach area and electrically connected to the wire bonding area by bonding wires bonded to the wire bonding area. A molding gate and a dam bar are formed on the substrate outside the chip attach area and wire bonding area. An molding compound is injected through the molding gate for encapsulating the chip and bonding wires. The dam bar is provided with a first gate directed toward the molding gate, a second gate and a third gate opposed to the second gate, wherein the second and third gates are each vertically arranged with respect to the molding gate, allowing the molding compound to divert its flow direction by the dam bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Po Wang, Chung-Chi Lin, Chien-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 6743706
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package having an encapsulating body with a flanged portion and an encapsulating mold for molding the encapsulating body are proposed. It is a characteristic feature of the proposed encapsulating mold that the encapsulating-body cavity formed in the upper mold further includes a constricted cutaway portion in the rim thereof The constricted cutaway portion can be either uniform in thickness or formed in a multi-step staircase-like shape. During the molding process, the resin used to form the encapsulating body would flow into this constricted cutaway portion; and within the constricted cutaway portion, the resin would more quickly absorb the heat of the upper mold, thus increasing its viscosity and retarding its flowing speed. As a result, the resin would less likely to flash onto those surface parts of the substrate beyond the encapsulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 6741229
    Abstract: A device for displaying a video signal which is supplied to the device along with a vertical synchronizing signal, includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a switching element connected to each of the plurality of pixels, and a driving circuit for writing the video signal into each of the plurality of pixels via the switching element. The driving circuit writes the video signal to each of the plurality of pixels with a cycle TW1 shorter than one cycle of the vertical synchronizing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yanagi, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6740540
    Abstract: A fabrication method for a circuit board is proposed, wherein a core layer is formed with a plurality of conductive traces, and photo resist is applied on terminals of the conductive traces. A non-solderable material is peelably applied over a support member, and attached to the core layer to cover the conductive traces, wherein adhesion between the support member and the non-solderable material is smaller than adhesion between the non-solderable material and the core layer. Then, the support member is peeled to expose the non-solderable material; further, the non-solderable material is partly removed to expose the photo resist. Finally, the photo resist is etched away to expose the terminals of the conductive traces. The exposed terminals serve as bond pads or fingers where solder balls, bumps or wires are bonded for electrical connection purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Ultra Tera Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Che Tsai, Jin-Chuan Bai
  • Patent number: 6741007
    Abstract: A permanent magnet motor assembly for use in a flywheel is disclosed, including a rotor, a stator, and a coil positioned in the stator. One or more magnets is attached to the rotor such that magnetic field lines are directed radially toward the coil for generating torque and thus driving the motor. A shield covers the magnet, preventing the magnetic flux lines from impacting a plate on the stator and causing excess heat and energy losses. The shield can be a cup or a snap-fit ring preferably made of magnetic steel which directs stray magnetic flux lines toward the rotor to be converted into useful work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Beacon Power Corporation
    Inventors: Martin W. Frash, Richard L. Hockney, Michael F. Smith
  • Patent number: D492314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Huang, Chien-Ping Huang, Jui-Yu Chuang, Lien-Chi Chan, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao