Patents by Inventor Charles Goudge

Charles Goudge 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).

  • Structure and method of making lidded chips
    Publication number: 20080001241
    Abstract: Methods are provided for fabricating packaged chips having protective layers, e.g., lids or other overlying layers having transparent, partially transparent, or opaque characteristics or a combination of such characteristics. Methods are provided for fabricating the packaged chips. Lidded chip structures and assemblies including lidded chips are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: David Tuckerman, Giles Humpston, Michael Nystrom, Charles Goudge, Anita Woll
  • Image sensor employing a plurality of photodetector arrays and/or rear-illuminated architecture
    Publication number: 20070034777
    Abstract: Image sensors are provided having a plurality of photodetectors in a detector layer Optionally, an optically transparent substrate is provided for a rear-illuminated sensor architecture. The photodetectors may be arranged in three or more arrays. Typically, each array is contiguous and is associated with light of a different color and/or wavelength. In addition, the arrays may be coplanar, or, in the alternative, located at increasing distances from a light-receiving surface in an at least partially nonoverlapping manner. Also provided are image sensor packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: David Tuckerman, Kenneth Honer, Bruce McWilliams, Nicholas Colella, Charles Goudge