Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm W. Thomas Babbitt
  • Patent number: 6827584
    Abstract: An interconnection element and a method of forming an interconnection element. In one embodiment, the interconnection element includes a first structure and a second structure coupled to the first structure. The second structure coupled with the first material has a spring constant greater than the spring constant of the first structure alone. In one embodiment, the interconnection element is adapted to be coupled to an electronic component tracked as a conductive path from the electronic component. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a first (interconnection) structure coupled to a substrate to define a shape suitable as an interconnection in an integrated circuit environment and then coupling, such as by coating, a second (interconnection) structure to the first (interconnection) structure to form an interconnection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gaetan L. Mathieu, Benjamin N. Eldridge