Patents by Inventor David Henry Kinghorn

David Henry Kinghorn 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: 10678005
    Abstract: Two semiconductor chips are optically aligned to form a hybrid semiconductor device. Both chips have optical waveguides and alignment surface positioned at precisely-defined complementary vertical offsets from optical axes of the corresponding waveguides, so that the waveguides are vertically aligned when one of the chips is placed atop the other with their alignment surface abutting each other. The position of the at least one of the alignment surface in a layer stack of its chip is precisely defined by epitaxy. The chips are bonded at offset bonding pads with the alignment surfaces abutting in the absence of bonding material therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Henry Kinghorn, Ari Jason Novack, Holger N. Klein, Nathan A. Nuttall, Kishor V. Desai, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Michael J. Hochberg, Ruizhi Shi
  • Publication number: 20190179091
    Abstract: Two semiconductor chips are optically aligned to form a hybrid semiconductor device. Both chips have optical waveguides and alignment surface positioned at precisely-defined complementary vertical offsets from optical axes of the corresponding waveguides, so that the waveguides are vertically aligned when one of the chips is placed atop the other with their alignment surface abutting each other. The position of the at least one of the alignment surface in a layer stack of its chip is precisely defined by epitaxy. The chips are bonded at offset bonding pads with the alignment surfaces abutting in the absence of bonding material therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: David Henry Kinghorn, Ari Jason Novack, Holger N. Klein, Nathan A. Nuttall, Kishor V. Desai, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Michael J. Hochberg, Ruizhi Shi
  • Patent number: 10222565
    Abstract: Two semiconductor chips are optically aligned to form a hybrid semiconductor device. Both chips have optical waveguides and alignment surface positioned at precisely-defined complementary vertical offsets from optical axes of the corresponding waveguides, so that the waveguides are vertically aligned when one of the chips is placed atop the other with their alignment surface abutting each other. The position of the at least one of the alignment surface in a layer stack of its chip is precisely defined by epitaxy. The chips are bonded at offset bonding pads with the alignment surfaces abutting in the absence of bonding material therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Henry Kinghorn, Ari Jason Novack, Holger N. Klein, Nathan A. Nuttall, Kishor V. Desai, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Michael J. Hochberg, Ruizhi Shi
  • Publication number: 20180052290
    Abstract: Two semiconductor chips are optically aligned to form a hybrid semiconductor device. Both chips have optical waveguides and alignment surface positioned at precisely-defined complementary vertical offsets from optical axes of the corresponding waveguides, so that the waveguides are vertically aligned when one of the chips is placed atop the other with their alignment surface abutting each other. The position of the at least one of the alignment surface in a layer stack of its chip is precisely defined by epitaxy. The chips are bonded at offset bonding pads with the alignment surfaces abutting in the absence of bonding material therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Henry Kinghorn, Ari Jason Novack, Holger N. Klein, Nathan A. Nuttall, Kishor V. Desai, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Michael J. Hochberg, Ruizhi Shi
  • Patent number: 9817197
    Abstract: Two semiconductor chips are optically aligned to form a hybrid semiconductor device. Both chips have optical waveguides and alignment surface positioned at precisely-defined complementary vertical offsets from optical axes of the corresponding waveguides, so that the waveguides are vertically aligned when one of the chips is placed atop the other with their alignment surface abutting each other. The position of the at least one of the alignment surface in a layer stack of its chip is precisely defined by epitaxy. The chips are bonded at offset bonding pads with the alignment surfaces abutting in the absence of bonding material therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Henry Kinghorn, Ari Jason Novack, Holger N. Klein, Nathan A. Nuttall, Kishor V. Desai, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Michael J. Hochberg, Ruizhi Shi
  • Publication number: 20160291265
    Abstract: Two semiconductor chips are optically aligned to form a hybrid semiconductor device. Both chips have optical waveguides and alignment surface positioned at precisely-defined complementary vertical offsets from optical axes of the corresponding waveguides, so that the waveguides are vertically aligned when one of the chips is placed atop the other with their alignment surface abutting each other. The position of the at least one of the alignment surface in a layer stack of its chip is precisely defined by epitaxy. The chips are bonded at offset bonding pads with the alignment surfaces abutting in the absence of bonding material therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: David Henry Kinghorn, Ari Jason Novack, Holger N. Klein, Nathan A. Nuttall, Kishor V. Desai, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Michael J. Hochberg, Ruizhi Shi