Patents by Inventor Gerald Ofner

Gerald Ofner 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: 20070075410
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (5) for radio frequency applications has a semiconductor chip (1) with an integrated circuit accommodated in a radio frequency package. Inside bumps (2) comprise inside contacts between the semiconductor chip (1) and a redistribution substrate (3). The inside bumps (2) have a metallic or plastic core (6) and a coating layer (7) of a noble metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kai Chong Chan, Gerald Ofner
  • Publication number: 20070037319
    Abstract: A semiconductor package comprises a substrate which includes a plurality of conducting traces and upper contact areas on its upper surface and a second plurality of lower conductive traces and external contact areas on its bottom surface and external conducting members attached to the external contact areas. The semiconductor package also includes a semiconductor die comprising an active surface with a plurality of die contact pads, electrically connected to the contact areas of the substrate by conducting members. A support layer between the conducting members on the active surface of the semiconductor die covers at least the base portion of the conducting members. A method relates to the production of the semiconductor package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Kai Chan, Charles Lee, Gerald Ofner
  • Publication number: 20060270163
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes flip chip contacts that are arranged on contact surfaces of an active top side of the semiconductor chip. The contact surfaces are surrounded by a passivation layer that covers the active top side while leaving exposed the contact surfaces. The passivation layer includes thickened portions that surround the contact surfaces. The semiconductor chip formed with thickened portions around the contact surfaces is protected from delamination during packaging of the semiconductor chip to form a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Ofner, Ai Tan, Mary Teo
  • Publication number: 20060258046
    Abstract: An electronic component and a blank have plastic embedding compounds of a first and a second plastic layer. Semiconductor chips are embedded in the first plastic layer in such a way that their marginal sides are surrounded by a bead. The second plastic layer compensates for the unevenness of a upper boundary of the first plastic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stuempfl, Stefan Wein, Holger Worner
  • Publication number: 20060183306
    Abstract: An electronic component with shielding is described. The component has a semiconductor chip with a semiconductor substrate. Disposed in a region of a rear side of the semiconductor substrate is an electrically conductive buried layer. The buried layer is connected via a ground lead, disposed within the semiconductor substrate, to a contact area and an external ground potential. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing an electronic component of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner
  • Patent number: 7045881
    Abstract: An electronic component with shielding is described. The component has a semiconductor chip with a semiconductor substrate. Disposed in a region of a rear side of the semiconductor substrate is an electrically conductive buried layer. The buried layer is connected via a ground lead, disposed within the semiconductor substrate, to a contact area and an external ground potential. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing an electronic component of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner
  • Publication number: 20060088954
    Abstract: An electronic component and a method for fabricating it is disclosed, where the component comprises a semiconductor chips which has flip-chip contacts. These contacts are fixed on a rewiring substrate, the interspace between the rewiring substrate and the semiconductor chip being filled with a thermoplastic. The glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic is above the highest operating test temperature of the component and below the melting temperature of the solder material for external contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Christian Birzer, Gerald Ofner, Stephan Stoeckl
  • Publication number: 20060027905
    Abstract: A biosensor that has a smart card configuration includes a semiconductor chip including a bioactive structure and contact areas disposed on a first side of the semiconductor chip, and a rewiring substrate including contact pads, external contact areas and rewiring lines that electrically connect the contact pads to the external contact areas. The rewiring substrate covers a portion of the first side of the semiconductor chip without covering the bioactive structure, such that the rewiring substrate overlaps the contact areas of the semiconductor chip and the contact pads and the contact areas are aligned with and electrically connect to each other. In addition, a measuring apparatus is configured to receive the biosensor and conduct measurements of a fluid medium that is delivered into the measuring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stuempfl, Holger Woerner
  • Patent number: 6953992
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component having at least one semiconductor chip and a flat chip carrier assigned to the semiconductor chip. Electrical connections between contact areas on an active chip surface of the semiconductor chip and contact terminal areas on an upper side of the chip carrier are formed by strips of material that can undergo microstructuring and that are provided with an electrically conductive coating. The invention also relates to a method for producing the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stümpfl, Josef Thumbs, Stefan Wein, Holger Wörner
  • Patent number: 6940156
    Abstract: An electronic module contains a semiconductor chip that has flexible chip contacts. The flexible chip contacts are disposed on an uppermost metallization layer and have a dimensionally stable contact plate which is connected to contact surfaces on the uppermost metallization layer via electrically conductive components in an elastomeric embedding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Christian Birzer, Gerald Ofner, Stephan Stoeckl
  • Patent number: 6910662
    Abstract: Wing parts (20, 21) which influence the lift of aircraft wings (1), especially wings (1) with a cross section and an angle of attack which is suitable for high-speed flight, which parts can be moved out of an aerodynamically inactive servicing position within the aircraft fuselage (30) or out of chambers (40) mounted on the wings (1) into an aerodynamically efficient active position and from the active position back into the servicing position, are assigned to the wings (1). These wing parts (20, 21) in their active position are located on the top (3) and optionally also on the bottom (4) of the wings (1) and are shaped for example such that the wing parts (21) located in their active position on the bottom (4) of the wings (1) jointly with the wing parts (20) located in their active position on the top (3) of the wings (1) increase the lift and optionally at the same time change the angle of attack of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Inventor: Anton Gerald Ofner
  • Patent number: 6867471
    Abstract: An electronic component has a semiconductor chip with chip contacts. The chip contacts are mechanically fixed on a wiring structure and electrically connected to the wiring structure. The wiring structure is formed as a region of a structured metal plate or as a region of a structured metal layer of a metal-clad base plate. Ideally, a panel having a number of component positions is provided for receiving a number of such an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stuempfl, Stefan Wein, Holger Wörner
  • Publication number: 20040232543
    Abstract: An electronic component with a plastic package and to a method for its production, includes a semiconductor chip. An underside of the plastic package has external contacts. The external contacts are connected to contact areas on an active upper side of the semiconductor chip by contact pillars of the semiconductor chip and wiring lines arranged on the plastic package molding compound. In this case, the contact pillars represent an electrically conducting elevation of the contact areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stuempfl, Josef Thumbs, Stefan Wein, Holger Woerner
  • Publication number: 20040207049
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component and a semiconductor wafer, and a method for producing them. The semiconductor wafer has strip-type separating regions. The separating regions are provided with through contacts in the direction of the rear side of the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor chip separated from such a semiconductor wafer constitutes an electronic component with external contacts in the form of edge contacts. Such an electronic component of semiconductor chip size can be used in diverse ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Peter Strobel, Gerald Ofner, Edward Furgut, Simon Jerebic, Thomas Bemmerl, Markus Fink, Hermann Vilsmeier
  • Publication number: 20040075172
    Abstract: An electronic module contains a semiconductor chip that has flexible chip contacts. The flexible chip contacts are disposed on an uppermost metallization layer and have a dimensionally stable contact plate which is connected to contact surfaces on the uppermost metallization layer via electrically conductive components in an elastomeric embedding compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Christian Birzer, Gerald Ofner, Stephan Stoeckl
  • Patent number: 6710455
    Abstract: An electronic component is formed with at least two semiconductor chips that are disposed on a carrier substrate. Active chip surfaces of the semiconductor chips include central contact surfaces on which opposing solder contact surfaces are formed. These are conductively connected to an intermediate carrier which is disposed between the semiconductor chips and which produces rewirings from them to the carrier substrate. A method for fabricating the component is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Gerald Ofner, Josef Thumbs, Holger Wörner, Robert-Christian Hagen, Christian Stümpfl, Stefan Wein
  • Publication number: 20040043515
    Abstract: An electronic component and a blank have plastic embedding compounds of a first and a second plastic layer. Semiconductor chips are embedded in the first plastic layer in such a way that their marginal sides are surrounded by a bead. The second plastic layer compensates for the unevenness of a upper boundary of the first plastic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stuempfl, Stefan Wein, Holger Worner
  • Publication number: 20040041251
    Abstract: An electronic component has a semiconductor chip with chip contacts. The chip contacts are mechanically fixed on a wiring structure and electrically connected to the wiring structure. The wiring structure is formed as a region of a structured metal plate or as a region of a structured metal layer of a metal-clad base plate. Ideally, a panel having a number of component positions is provided for receiving a number of such an electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stuempfl, Stefan Wein, Holger Worner
  • Patent number: 6683374
    Abstract: An electronic component has at least a first semiconductor chip module, a second semiconductor chip module, and a substrate to accommodate the semiconductor chip modules. In this case, active chip surfaces of the two semiconductor chip modules each have a central contact area, which are disposed to face each other. The individual solder contact areas formed on the central contact areas and corresponding with one another are opposite and aligned with one another and are electrically conductively connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stümpfl, Josef Thumbs, Stefan Wein, Holger Wörner
  • Publication number: 20030071336
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component (2) with at least one semiconductor chip (4) and a flat chip carrier (6) assigned to the at least one semiconductor chip, electrical connections between contact areas (43) on an active chip surface (41) of the semiconductor chip and contact terminal areas (63) on an upper side (61) of the chip carrier being formed by means of strips (81) of material which can undergo microstructuring and are provided with an electrically conductive coating. The invention also relates to a method for producing the electronic component (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Bernd Goller, Robert-Christian Hagen, Gerald Ofner, Christian Stumpfl, Josef Thumbs, Stefan Wein, Holger Worner