Patents by Inventor Gerald Weis

Gerald Weis 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: 12648112
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a component carrier having a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, an electronic component on and/or in the stack, and a cooling member with a fluid cooling unit at least partially therein. The component carrier and the cooling member are connected by a connection structure. The connection structure comprises thermal interface material which contributes to a heat removal from the electronic component to the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gerald Weis
  • Publication number: 20260136463
    Abstract: Provided are a component carrier and a method for manufacturing thereof. The component carrier has a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure. At least one surface of the at least one electrically conductive layer structure is divided in at least one first portion and at least one second portion, with the at least one first portion and the at least one second portion being adjacent one to the other. The at least one first portion has a higher conductivity with respect to that of the at least one second portion. Metallic nanostructures and/or microstructures are provided on the at least one first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Philipp KIRCHHEIMER, Gerald WEIS, Misaki SHIBATA, Stefano Sergio OGGIONI, Gerald WEIDINGER
  • Publication number: 20250267786
    Abstract: A component carrier having a stack with at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure, wherein the stack includes: i) a central rigid portion; ii) a first flexible portion, extending from a first side of the central rigid portion; and iii) a second flexible portion, extending from a second side of the central rigid portion. The first flexible portion extends from a first vertical level from the central rigid portion that is different from a second vertical level from which the second flexible portion extends from said central rigid portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Dieter JEGLITSCH, Gerald WEIS
  • Publication number: 20250142713
    Abstract: A component carrier, including: i) a stack comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure; ii) a first electronic switch component and a second electronic switch component embedded side-by-side in the stack; and iii) a capacitor device, electrically connected in parallel to the first electronic switch component and the second electronic switch component; wherein the capacitor device is assembled, in particular surface-mounted, to the stack, so that the first electronic switch component and the second electronic switch component are at least partially arranged below the capacitor device in a direction z, perpendicular to the directions of main extension x, y, of the component carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Gerald WEIS, Rainer FRAUWALLNER
  • Publication number: 20250038117
    Abstract: An integrated circuit substrate for surface mounting an integrated circuit component thereon, wherein the integrated circuit substrate comprises a support structure having at least one hole, and at least two functional inlays placed inside said at least one hole side by side, wherein a pitch at an integrated circuit component mounting side of the integrated circuit substrate is not more than 150 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald WEIS, Stefano Sergio OGGIONI, Markus LEITGEB, Marco GAVAGNIN
  • Patent number: 12112888
    Abstract: A drive device includes a component carrier with a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure and a cavity formed in the stack. A driven body is arranged at least partially in the cavity and configured for being drivable to move relative to the component carrier. At least one drive coil for creating a magnetic drive field and at least one drive magnet interacts with the magnetic drive field created by the at least one drive coil to generate a force for moving the driven body relative to the component carrier. One of the at least one drive magnet and the at least one drive coil forms part of the component carrier and the other one of the at least one drive magnet and the at least one drive coil forms part of the driven body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald Weis, Gerald Weidinger, Sebastian Sattler, Patrick Fleischhacker
  • Publication number: 20240113037
    Abstract: A package includes a component carrier having a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a cavity in the stack, an active electronic component in the cavity, and a functional filling medium filling at least part of the cavity. The functional filling medium extends to an external surface of the stack for defining an output surface and configured to transmit at least one output of the active electronic component toward the output surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald Weis, Janagan Papperi Devarajulu Deenadayalan
  • Publication number: 20240114656
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a component carrier having a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, an electronic component on and/or in the stack, and a cooling member with a fluid cooling unit at least partially therein. The component carrier and the cooling member are connected by a connection structure. The connection structure comprises thermal interface material which contributes to a heat removal from the electronic component to the cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Gerald Weis
  • Patent number: 11889622
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a component carrier having a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, an electronic component on and/or in the stack, and a cooling member with a fluid cooling unit at least partially therein. The component carrier and the cooling member are connected by a connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG
    Inventor: Gerald Weis
  • Patent number: 11889629
    Abstract: A component carrier includes a base material stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, and a magnet stack with a plurality of magnetic layers and at least one bonding layer, each of the at least one bonding layer bonding two respectively neighboured magnetic layers, wherein the magnet stack is embedded in the base material stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AT&SAustria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Gerald Weis, Ivan Salkovic, Karl Kirchheimer
  • Publication number: 20230298808
    Abstract: An inductor inlay, a component carrier, and methods for manufacturing the inductor inlay and the component carrier. The inductor inlay has a magnetic layer stack of interconnected magnetic layers and an electrically conductive structure embedded in the magnetic stack. The electrically conductive structure is configured as an inductor element with a coil-like shape. A component carrier includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure and the inductor inlay with the magnetic layer stack with interconnected magnetic layers and the electrically conductive structure embedded in the magnetic layer stack. Methods for manufacturing the inductor inlay and component carrier are further described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Gerald Weis, Markus Kastelic, Gerald Weidinger, Ahmad Bader Alothman Alterkawi, Johannes Stahr
  • Patent number: 11450587
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a plurality of processing components on and/or in the stack, a process control component coupled with at least part of the processing components for transmitting signals and configured for controlling processes executed by the processing components and/or by the process control component, and a heat removal structure on or above which at least one of the process control component and the processing components is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marco Gavagnin, Gerald Weis, Markus Leitgeb, Gernot Grober, Young Hy Jung
  • Publication number: 20220256692
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a component carrier having a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, an electronic component on and/or in the stack, and a cooling member with a fluid cooling unit at least partially therein. The component carrier and the cooling member are connected by a connection structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Gerald Weis
  • Publication number: 20220254554
    Abstract: A drive device includes a component carrier with a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure and a cavity formed in the stack. A driven body is arranged at least partially in the cavity and configured for being drivable to move relative to the component carrier. At least one drive coil for creating a magnetic drive field and at least one drive magnet interacts with the magnetic drive field created by the at least one drive coil to generate a force for moving the driven body relative to the component carrier. One of the at least one drive magnet and the at least one drive coil forms part of the component carrier and the other one of the at least one drive magnet and the at least one drive coil forms part of the driven body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Gerald Weis, Gerald Weidinger, Sebastian Sattler, Patrick Fleischhacker
  • Patent number: 11398334
    Abstract: A component carrier which includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, and an inductor arranged at least partially in the stack is disclosed. The inductor includes an electrically conductive coil structure, wound around a coil opening, and a magnetic core. At least part of the magnetic core at least partially fills the coil opening. At least part of at least one of the coil structure and the magnetic core is configured as an inlay embedded in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gerald Weis
  • Patent number: 11394105
    Abstract: A component carrier has a laminated stack including at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a front-end chip on and/or in the stack and extending at least up to a main surface of the stack, an antenna interface on an opposing other main surface of the stack, and an impedance matching circuitry in the stack and arranged vertically between the front-end chip and the antenna interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gerald Weis
  • Patent number: 11178772
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first component carrier with a stack of at least one first electrically conductive layer structure and at least one first electrically insulating layer structure, and a second component carrier with a respective stack of at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and at least one second electrically insulating layer structure. The second component carrier is connected with the first component carrier so that a stacking direction of the first component carrier is angled with regard to a stacking direction of the second component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gernot Grober, Gerald Weis
  • Publication number: 20210280490
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a plurality of processing components on and/or in the stack, a process control component coupled with at least part of the processing components for transmitting signals and configured for controlling processes executed by the processing components and/or by the process control component, and a heat removal structure on or above which at least one of the process control component and the processing components is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Marco Gavagnin, Gerald Weis, Markus Leitgeb, Gernot Grober, Young Hy Jung
  • Publication number: 20210241952
    Abstract: A magnetic member having a substantially annular structure includes a non-magnetic matrix and magnetic particles embedded in the matrix. The magnetic member may be arranged on or in a component carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Gerald Weis, Ivan Salkovic
  • Publication number: 20210194111
    Abstract: A component carrier has a laminated stack including at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a front-end chip on and/or in the stack and extending at least up to a main surface of the stack, an antenna interface on an opposing other main surface of the stack, and an impedance matching circuitry in the stack and arranged vertically between the front-end chip and the antenna interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Gerald Weis