Patents by Inventor Garth Sundberg

Garth Sundberg 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).

  • Methods of contacting the top layer of a BAW resonator
    Patent number: 7567024
    Abstract: Methods of contacting the top layer in a BAW device by depositing a metal layer over the BAW device, patterning the metal layer so that the metal layer extends over and contacts the top electrode layer of the BAW device only at a plurality of spaced apart locations adjacent the periphery of the active resonator area, and has a common region laterally displaced from the top and bottom electrodes and electrically interconnecting the parts of the metal layer extending over and contacting the top electrode of the BAW device at the plurality of spaced apart locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph N. Wall, Guillaume Bouche, Edward Martin Godshalk, Rick D. Lutz, Garth Sundberg
  • Methods of Contacting the Top Layer of a BAW Resonator
    Publication number: 20090079302
    Abstract: Methods of contacting the top layer in a BAW device by depositing a metal layer over the BAW device, patterning the metal layer so that the metal layer extends over and contacts the top electrode layer of the BAW device only at a plurality of spaced apart locations adjacent the periphery of the active resonator area, and has a common region laterally displaced from the top and bottom electrodes and electrically interconnecting the parts of the metal layer extending over and contacting the top electrode of the BAW device at the plurality of spaced apart locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph N. Wall, Guillaume Bouche, Edward Martin Godshalk, Rick D. Lutz, Garth Sundberg