Patents by Inventor Carsten Niepelt

Carsten Niepelt 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).

  • Semiconductor device
    Patent number: 7638869
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a stacked arrangement of a substrate and a first chip and a second chip is disclosed. In one embodiment, the first chip is arranged with a lower face on an upper face of the substrate; the second chip with a lower face on an upper face of the first chip, whereby a partial area of the upper face of the first chip that is adjacent to an edge of the first chip is uncovered by the second chip; a fifth wire contact pad is arranged on the uncovered area of the upper face of the first chip; a first bonding wire is arranged that is connected with a first wire contact pad of the substrate and the fifth wire contact pad of the first chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Roland Irsigler, Steve Wood, Hermann Ruckerbauer, Richard Johannes Luyken, Carsten Niepelt
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080237891
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a stacked arrangement of a substrate and a first chip and a second chip is disclosed. In one embodiment, the first chip is arranged with a lower face on an upper face of the substrate; the second chip with a lower face on an upper face of the first chip, whereby a partial area of the upper face of the first chip that is adjacent to an edge of the first chip is uncovered by the second chip; a fifth wire contact pad is arranged on the uncovered area of the upper face of the first chip; a first bonding wire is arranged that is connected with a first wire contact pad of the substrate and the fifth wire contact pad of the first chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: QIMONDA AG
    Inventors: Roland Irsigler, Steve Wood, Hermann Ruckerbauer, Richard Johannes Luyken, Carsten Niepelt