Patents by Inventor Colin Kenneth Campbell

Colin Kenneth Campbell 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).

  • Publication number: 20240063084
    Abstract: A transistor package comprising: a substrate; a first transistor in thermal contact with the substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate; the substrate sintered to a heat sink through a sintered layer; an encapsulant that at least partially encapsulates the first transistor; and a Kelvin connection to the transistor gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Alan David Tepe, Colin Kenneth Campbell, Dino Sasaridis
  • Patent number: 11837523
    Abstract: A transistor package comprising: a substrate; a first transistor in thermal contact with the substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate; the substrate sintered to a heat sink through a sintered layer; an encapsulant that at least partially encapsulates the first transistor; and a Kelvin connection to the transistor gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Alan David Tepe, Colin Kenneth Campbell, Dino Sasaridis
  • Publication number: 20230037192
    Abstract: A transistor package comprising: a substrate; a first transistor in thermal contact with the substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate; the substrate sintered to a heat sink through a sintered layer; an encapsulant that at least partially encapsulates the first transistor; and a Kelvin connection to the transistor gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Alan David Tepe, Colin Kenneth Campbell, Dino Sasaridis
  • Patent number: 11476179
    Abstract: A transistor package comprising: a substrate; a first transistor in thermal contact with the substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate; the substrate sintered to a heat sink through a sintered layer; an encapsulant that at least partially encapsulates the first transistor; and a Kelvin connection to the transistor gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Alan David Tepe, Colin Kenneth Campbell, Dino Sasaridis
  • Patent number: 10304770
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes housing, a substrate, a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The first terminal in a first terminal plane couples to the first semiconductor die. The second terminal has a contact portion in a contact portion plane within the housing that couples to the second semiconductor die, a main portion in a main portion plane partially within the housing, the main portion plane substantially parallel to and offset from the first terminal plane, and the main portion plane substantially parallel to and offset from the contact portion plane, and an offsetting portion within the housing and that connects the contact portion to the main portion. At least some of the main portion of the second terminal overlaps the first terminal and the first terminal and the main portion of the second terminal extend from the housing in a same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Colin Kenneth Campbell
  • Publication number: 20180166377
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes housing, a substrate, a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The first terminal in a first terminal plane couples to the first semiconductor die. The second terminal has a contact portion in a contact portion plane within the housing that couples to the second semiconductor die, a main portion in a main portion plane partially within the housing, the main portion plane substantially parallel to and offset from the first terminal plane, and the main portion plane substantially parallel to and offset from the contact portion plane, and an offsetting portion within the housing and that connects the contact portion to the main portion. At least some of the main portion of the second terminal overlaps the first terminal and the first terminal and the main portion of the second terminal extend from the housing in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Colin Kenneth Campbell
  • Publication number: 20180114740
    Abstract: A transistor package comprising: a substrate; a first transistor in thermal contact with the substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate; the substrate sintered to a heat sink through a sintered layer; an encapsulant that at least partially encapsulates the first transistor; and a Kelvin connection to the transistor gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Alan David Tepe, Colin Kenneth Campbell, Dino Sasaridis
  • Publication number: 20170133316
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a housing; a substrate inside the housing; first and second semiconductor circuits on the substrate; and first and second planar terminals electrically connected to the first and second semiconductor circuits, respectively, the first and second planar terminals stacked on top of each other, wherein each of the first and second planar terminals extends away from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Colin Kenneth Campbell
  • Publication number: 20080312782
    Abstract: A method of communicating with an electric vehicle wherein the method includes a step of installing a communication device in the electric vehicle. The method also includes establishing a connection from the vehicle to a network. The methodology also includes controlling and monitoring a battery in the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Gene Berdichevsky, Kurt Kelty, Jeffrey Brian Straubel, Marc Tarpenning, Colin Kenneth Campbell