Patents by Inventor Allen E. Christ

Allen E. Christ 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: 4564880
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) carrier having uniform conductivity and the ability to securely hold an IC in a predetermined position within the carrier is disclosed. The IC is securely held inside a closed enclosure without using the IC leads to support the IC. Additionally, a viewing window which allows the reading of information printed on the IC from outside the closed enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure is formed as a one-piece object which additionally includes a living hinge, a latching system, structure which aids stacking, and structure which facilitates opening of the enclosure by automated means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen E. Christ, Thomas A. Roche
  • Patent number: 4167413
    Abstract: A hybrid integrated circuit package and a method for fabricating the package. The package comprises a ceramic substrate having a blank metallization and feedthroughs screen printed thereon. A ceramic seal ring is joined to the substrate to form the side walls of the package. The substrate metallization is plated with nickel and gold and external leads are brazed to the ends of the feedthroughs. As such the package is suitable for use with a large number of different integrated circuits. The package can be adapted for use with a particular integrated circuit function by selectively patterning the blank substrate metallization. This is accomplished by laminating a preformed piece of dry film photoresist material to the package bottom. This piece of photoresist is then exposed through a photographic mask using a collimated light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen E. Christ, Dennis R. Sprague, Bernhard A. Ziegner
  • Patent number: D279371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Galen C. Arrington
    Inventors: Galen C. Arrington, Allen E. Christ, Theodore W. Keller, Clark W. Eichhorn