Patents Examined by Tuan T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 11978971
    Abstract: Toolless Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM) installation systems and methods employ a bolster plate with a generally flat, parallelepiped body portion configured to contact one surface of a CAMM Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and provide compression between the CAMM and a z-axis compression connector. The bolster plate body defines (a) ramped keyhole(s), each ramped keyhole converts lateral displacement of the bolster plate into vertical displacement, providing the compression between the CAMM and the z-axis compression connector, by the ramped keyhole(s) sliding along (a) bottom face(s) of (a) head(s) of (a) fixed standoff(s) extending from an information handling system (IHS) PCB, through the z-axis compression connector and the CAMM PCB. The bolster plate may lock in place, laterally displaced, to maintain the compression between the CAMM and the z-axis compression connector. The bolster plate may also have a flange portion extending generally perpendicular from the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn Chiappe, Jason Scott Morrison
  • Patent number: 11979988
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric circuit module that includes a circuit board, an electronic component mounted on an upper surface of the circuit board, and a mold member that covers the upper and side surfaces of the circuit board. The lower area of the side surface of the circuit board is exposed so as not to be covered with the mold member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Takizawa, Atsushi Yoshino, Yuki Okino, Hiromu Harada
  • Patent number: 11968815
    Abstract: A module comprises: a wiring board; a first component, a second component and a third component mounted on a first main surface; a shield structure mounted on the first main surface; a first sealing resin that seals the first component and the like; and a shield film that covers an upper surface of the first sealing resin and the like, the shield structure including a top side portion and at least one sidewall portion bent from the top side portion and thus extending therefrom, the top side portion including the top side portion's conductive layer and a magnetic layer therein, the sidewall portion including the sidewall portion's conductive layer therein, the top side portion's conductive layer and the sidewall portion's conductive layer being electrically connected to a ground conductor, the magnetic layer in the top side portion being located over the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11967916
    Abstract: A load control apparatus for controlling a power supply to an electrical load connected to an output terminal includes an overcurrent protection circuit having a power switch through which the electrical load receives a load current and a sensor component in series with the power switch that is configured to generate a voltage drop corresponding to the current rise speed of a load current from an input terminal to the output terminal. The protection circuit includes a driver circuit configured to detect an overcurrent depending on the voltage drop generated by the sensor component and/or at the power switch, and to switch off the power switch upon detection of an overcurrent within a switch-off period. The overcurrent protection circuit can include a power supply control circuit having a sensor component adapted to measure a supply voltage notified to a control unit of the load control apparatus adapted to control power supplied to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Future Systems Besitz GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Zimmermann, Bernhard Först
  • Patent number: 11968797
    Abstract: Memory devices including a substrate supporting at least one semiconductor device thereon. The substrate includes an interface sized, shaped, and configured to provide electrical connection to the at least one semiconductor device, the interface located proximate to an end of the substrate. Engagement structures are located proximate to, and laterally outward from, the interface. The engagement structures extend laterally beyond a remainder of a lateral periphery of the substrate, each engagement structure comprising a first depth at a first portion of the engagement structure and a second, smaller depth at a second, laterally inward portion of the engagement structure. A carrier includes supports shaped, positioned, and configured to be positioned in the second portions of the engagement structures to secure the end of the substrate to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael G. Placke
  • Patent number: 11961830
    Abstract: A module includes: a board having a first surface; a first component and a second component mounted on the first surface; and a wire disposed to extend across the first component and having one end and the other end. The one end is connected to the second component. The wire is grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Otsubo, Motohiko Kusunoki, Takanori Uejima
  • Patent number: 11947222
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first substrate having a peripheral area, a first inorganic layer disposed on the first substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and formed a recess, and a second inorganic layer disposed on the insulating layer and formed in the recess. The recess is disposed in the peripheral area. A thickness of the second inorganic layer is less than a thickness of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Fiona Jhan, Lavender Cheng
  • Patent number: 11948825
    Abstract: A wafer placement table includes: an electrostatic chuck that is a ceramic sintered body in which an electrode for electrostatic adsorption is embedded; a cooling member which is bonded to a surface on an opposite side of a wafer placement surface of the electrostatic chuck, and cools the electrostatic chuck; a hole for power supply terminal, the hole penetrating the cooling member in a thickness direction; and a power supply terminal which is bonded to the electrode for electrostatic adsorption from the surface on the opposite side of the wafer placement surface of the electrostatic chuck, and is inserted in the hole for power supply terminal. The outer peripheral surface of a portion of the power supply terminal is covered with an insulating thin film that is formed by coating of an insulating material, the portion being inserted in the hole for power supply terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aikawa, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Tatsuya Kuno
  • Patent number: 11950366
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting structure is an electronic component mounting structure in which an electronic component group is mounted on a substrate, and a pattern constituting a part of a current path between the inflow port and the outflow port, the electronic component group includes a plurality of electronic components connected between the inflow port and the outflow port, each of the electronic components has a current inflow terminal electrically connected to the inflow port and a current outflow terminal electrically connected to the outflow port, and one of a first spatial distance group and a second spatial distance group has equal spatial distances within the one spatial distance group, and the first spatial distance group includes spatial distances between the inflow port and the inflow terminals, and the second spatial distance group includes spatial distances between the outflow port and the outflow terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hagita, Yoshiaki Ishikawa, Masaharu Moritsugu
  • Patent number: 11942395
    Abstract: An apparatus including first and second substrates. The first and second substrates each include a base and at least one peripheral wall extending from the base. One of the at least one peripheral walls of the first or second substrates includes at least one well, and the other of the at least one peripheral walls of the first or the seconds substrate that does not include a well is mechanically anchored to the well. The apparatus includes a stack having a first and second end, and the stack is disposed on the base of the first and/or the second substrates at the first and/or second ends. The stack includes at least one element configured to generate energy. A method of assembling the apparatus by contacting the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Raphael Beaupré-Laflamme, Simon Savard, Lam Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11942334
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a substrate layer having a surface; a first conductive trace having a first thickness on the surface of the substrate layer; and a second conductive trace having a second thickness on the surface of the substrate layer, wherein the second thickness is different from the first thickness. In some embodiments, the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace have rectangular cross-sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Ecton, Aleksandar Aleksov, Suddhasattwa Nad, Kristof Kuwawi Darmawikarta, Vahidreza Parichehreh, Veronica Aleman Strong, Xiaoying Guo
  • Patent number: 11942260
    Abstract: A power module includes a power circuit and a magnetic assembly. The power circuit includes at least one switch element. The magnetic assembly includes at least one first electrical conductor and a magnetic core module comprising at least one hole, wherein the at least one first electrical conductor passes through the at least one hole, and a terminal of the at least one first electrical conductor is electrically connected to the at least one switch element. The power circuit and the magnetic assembly are arranged in sequence along a same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yahong Xiong, Da Jin, Qinghua Su
  • Patent number: 11935844
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method for forming a semiconductor package are disclosed. The semiconductor package includes a metallic pad and leads, a semiconductor die including a semiconductor substrate attached to the metallic pad, and a conductor including a sacrificial fuse element above the semiconductor substrate, the sacrificial fuse element being electrically coupled between one of the leads and at least one terminal of the semiconductor die, a shock-absorbing material over a profile of the sacrificial fuse element, and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the conductor, and the shock-absorbing material, and partially covering the metallic pad and leads, with the metallic pad and the leads exposed on an outer surface of the semiconductor package. Either a glass transition temperature of the shock-absorbing material or a melting point of the shock-absorbing material is lower than a melting point of the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Enis Tuncer
  • Patent number: 11937393
    Abstract: A circuit card assembly is described. The circuit card assembly adapts a host circuit card assembly of a host device with an expansion card. By such adaption, the host device may communicate with an access point of an avionics network. The circuit card assembly includes an interface for receiving power from the host circuit card assembly. The circuit card assembly then continuously and selectively provides power to a second interface based on the availability of aircraft power. The second interface receives the expansion card. The circuit card assembly also includes one or more coaxial RF connectors for receiving modulated signals from the expansion card. The circuit card assembly also includes an antenna which transmits radio waves based on the modulated signals. A system for communication to an access point of an avionics network includes the circuit card assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ARINC Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Wicks, Rameshkumar Balasubramanian, Ryan M. Kollman, Stephen Welch
  • Patent number: 11923709
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first circuit board, an antenna member disposed to face one surface of the first circuit board, an electronic module disposed between the first circuit board and the antenna member and including a plurality of contact protrusions disposed to face the antenna member, and a plurality of contact members disposed on the antenna member and configured to electrically contact one of the plurality of contact protrusions. As the antenna member generates an induced current in reaction to an external electrical signal or an external electromagnetic field, the electronic module may be configured to supply power using the induced current generated by the antenna member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungtae Park, Minki Kim, Kicheol Bae, Yongjae Song, Hyelim Yun, Woosung Jang
  • Patent number: 11916026
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a clamp includes first and second transistors coupled in series between a power bus and a ground. The clamp also includes a resistive voltage divider configured to bias a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor based on a supply voltage on the power bus. The clamp further includes a capacitive voltage divider configured to turn on the first and second transistors in response to a voltage transient on the power bus exceeding a trigger threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jongshick Ahn, Iulian Mirea, Chung-Ti Hsu
  • Patent number: 11917762
    Abstract: A circuit board module includes a circuit board body, a connector, a press button, a bracket, and a linkage. The connector includes a base and a rotating button rotatably disposed on the base. The press button is located away from the connector. The bracket includes a first limiting portion. The linkage is located between the rotating button and the press button and includes a second limiting portion corresponding to the first limiting portion, a first segment, and a second segment linked to the first segment. The first segment extends along a first axis and is linked to the rotating button. The second segment extends along a second axis and is linked to the press button. One of the second limiting portion and the first limiting portion extends along the first axis. The first segment is movably disposed on the bracket along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Yung-Shun Kao
  • Patent number: 11916004
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first carrier having a first surface, an interposer disposed over the first surface of the first carrier, wherein the interposer has a first thickness and a second thickness in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the first carrier; and a plurality of electrical connections between the first carrier and the interposer and configured to compensate a difference between the first thickness and the second thickness of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Ching-Feng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11909327
    Abstract: In a half-bridge module for an inverter, semiconductor switches and signal and power connections are arranged on a first surface of a substrate and coated with a casting compound, and external connection contacts for the signal and power connections extend through the casting compound to the exterior. In various embodiments, the external connection contacts extend from the casting compound from four second surfaces that are orthogonal to the first surface, and have a first right angle bend outside the casting compound, such that the ends of the external connection contacts are perpendicular to the first surface. The invention also relates to a corresponding inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Manuel Raimann, Ivonne Trenz
  • Patent number: 11889627
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of drive ICs and at least one flexible circuit board. The first substrate has a first region and a second region near to the first region. The second substrate is disposed on the first region and has a lateral side. The plurality of drive ICs are disposed on the second region and arranged along the lateral side. The at least one flexible circuit board is disposed on the second region and disposed correspondingly to the lateral side. Wherein in a top view of the display device, each of the plurality of drive ICs does not overlap with the at least one flexible circuit board in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the lateral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin-Cheng Kuo, Chia-Chun Yang, Wen-Cheng Huang