Patents by Inventor Hans-Joachim Barth

Hans-Joachim Barth 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: 9209136
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for hybrid carbon-metal interconnect structures in integrated circuit assemblies. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate, a metal interconnect layer disposed on the substrate and configured to serve as a growth initiation layer for a graphene layer and the graphene layer, wherein the graphene layer is formed directly on the metal interconnect layer, the metal interconnect layer and the graphene layer being configured to route electrical signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Barth
  • Patent number: 9209143
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first integrated circuit (IC) die that includes a top layer, a bottom surface, a sidewall surface extending from a top surface of the top layer to the bottom surface, and at least one multi-surface contact pad, a second IC die including a top layer, a bottom surface, a sidewall surface extending from a top surface of the top layer to the bottom surface, and at least one multi-surface contact pad, wherein the second IC die is arranged adjacent to the first IC die, and includes an electrically conductive bond in contact with at least one of the top surface or the side surface of the multi-surface contact pad of the first IC die and the top surface of the multi-surface contact pad of the second IC die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Georg Seidemann, Sven Albers, Teodora Ossiander, Michael Skinner, Hans-Joachim Barth, Harald Gossner, Reinhard Mahnkopf, Christian Mueller, Wolfgang Molzer
  • Publication number: 20150282367
    Abstract: An electronic assembly that includes a first electronic component that includes a first substrate having a front side and a back side and at least one electronic assembly mounted on the front side of the first substrate, a second electronic component that includes a second substrate having a front side and a back side and at least one electronic assembly mounted on the front side of the second substrate, and wherein the back side of the first substrate is directly attached to the back side of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Reinhard Mahnkopf, Sven Albers, Thorsten Meyer
  • Patent number: 9123829
    Abstract: The present disclosures relates to a method for producing ultrathin chip stacks and chip stacks. Generally, a plurality of first semiconductor chips is formed in a wafer. A second semiconductor chip is applied to each of the plurality of first semiconductor chips via a connection layer and a stabilization layer is applied to fill in the interspace between each of the second semiconductor chips. The wafer, semiconductor chip, and stabilization layer are thinned and the wafer is diced to produce a plurality of singulated chip stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Harald Seidl
  • Publication number: 20150235920
    Abstract: Embodiments of flow diversion devices (FDDs) are disclosed herein. An FDD may include a body formed of a body material and a plurality of thermally deformable fins arranged along the body. Individual fins of the plurality of fins may include first and second materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs). Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Michael P. Skinner, Sven Albers, Harald Gossner, Peter Baumgartner, Hans-Joachim Barth
  • Publication number: 20150200244
    Abstract: Structures and methods of forming moisture barrier capacitor on a semiconductor component are disclosed. The capacitor is located on the periphery of a semiconductor chip and includes an inner plate electrically connected to a voltage node, an outer plate with fins for electrically connecting to a different voltage node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Helmut Horst Tews
  • Patent number: 9012297
    Abstract: Structures and methods of forming moisture barrier capacitor on a semiconductor component are disclosed. The capacitor is located on the periphery of a semiconductor chip and includes an inner plate electrically connected to a voltage node, an outer plate with fins for electrically connecting to a different voltage node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Helmut Horst Tews
  • Patent number: 8999756
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for semiconductor device fabrication using a reconstituted wafer is described. In one embodiment, diced semiconductor chips are placed within openings on a frame. A reconstituted wafer is formed by filling a mold compound into the openings. The mold compound is formed around the chips. Finished dies are formed within the reconstituted wafer. The finished dies are separated from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Matthias Hierlemann
  • Publication number: 20150084202
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first integrated circuit (IC) die that includes a top layer, a bottom surface, a sidewall surface extending from a top surface of the top layer to the bottom surface, and at least one multi-surface contact pad, a second IC die including a top layer, a bottom surface, a sidewall surface extending from a top surface of the top layer to the bottom surface, and at least one multi-surface contact pad, wherein the second IC die is arranged adjacent to the first IC die, and includes an electrically conductive bond in contact with at least one of the top surface or the side surface of the multi-surface contact pad of the first IC die and the top surface of the multi-surface contact pad of the second IC die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Georg Seidemann, Sven Albers, Teodora Ossiander, Michael Skinner, Hans-Joachim Barth, Harald Gossner, Reinhard Mahnkoph, Christian Mueller, Wolfgang Molzer
  • Publication number: 20150084165
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present description include stacked microelectronic dice embedded in a microelectronic substrate and methods of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, at least one first microelectronic die is attached to a second microelectronic die, wherein an underfill material is provided between the second microelectronic die and the at least one first microelectronic die. The microelectronic substrate is then formed by laminating the first microelectronic die and the second microelectronic die in a substrate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Reinhard Mahnkopf, Wolfgang Molzer, Bernd Memmler, Edmund Goetz, Hans-Joachim Barth, Sven Albers, Thorsten Meyer
  • Patent number: 8952487
    Abstract: An electronic circuit arrangement in accordance with some embodiments has a substrate, the substrate including: a plurality of metallization layers located one above the other; a single fuse-link via coupled between a first metallization layer and a second metallization layer of the plurality of metallization layers, wherein the single fuse-link via is in the form of an electrical fuse link preferentially programmable by applying a sufficiently large current to melt or degenerate the fuse link; a plurality of through-contact vias coupled in parallel between a third metallization layer and a fourth metallization layer of the plurality of metallization layers, wherein the through-contact vias form a through-contact between the third and fourth metallization layers; and electrical circuit components, arranged in a circuit layer, which are electrically coupled to one another by means of the single fuse-link via and by means of the plurality of through-contact vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Andreas Rusch, Klaus Schruefer
  • Publication number: 20150028478
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a chip having at least one electrically conductive contact at a first side of the chip; an extension layer extending laterally from one or more sides of the chip; a redistribution layer on a surface of the extension layer and the first side, and coupled to the contact; an interposer having at least one electrically conductive contact at a first surface of the interposer and coupled to the redistribution layer, and at least one electrically conductive contact at a second surface of the interposer opposite to the first surface; a molding material at least partially enclosing the chip and the redistribution layer, and in contact with the interposer. Another semiconductor device includes: an interposer; a redistribution layer over the interposer; a circuit having first and second circuit portions, wherein the redistribution layer includes the first circuit portion, and the interposer includes the second circuit portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Thorsten Meyer, Gerald Ofner, Bernd Waidhas, Hans-Joachim Barth, Sven Albers, Reinhard Golly, Philipp Riess, Bernd Ebersberger
  • Publication number: 20150024591
    Abstract: Structures of a system on chip and methods of forming a system on chip are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating the system on chip includes forming a through substrate opening from a back surface of a substrate, the through substrate opening disposed between a first and a second region, the first region comprising devices for RF circuitry and the second region comprising devices for other circuitry. The method further includes forming patterns for redistribution lines on a photo resist layer, the photo resist layer disposed under the back surface, and filling the through substrate opening and the patterns for redistribution lines with a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Jens Pohl, Gottfried Beer, Heinrich Koerner
  • Patent number: 8907480
    Abstract: A chip arrangement may include: a first chip including a first contact, a second contact, and a redistribution structure electrically coupling the first contact to the second contact; a second chip including a contact; and a plurality of interconnects electrically coupled to the second contact of the first chip, wherein at least one interconnect of the plurality of interconnects electrically couples the second contact of the first chip to the contact of the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Meyer, Hans-Joachim Barth, Reinhard Mahnkopf, Sven Albers, Andreas Augustin, Christian Mueller
  • Patent number: 8889548
    Abstract: Structures of a system on chip and methods of forming a system on chip are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating the system on chip includes forming a through substrate opening from a back surface of a substrate, the through substrate opening disposed between a first and a second region, the first region comprising devices for RF circuitry and the second region comprising devices for other circuitry. The method further includes forming patterns for redistribution lines on a photo resist layer, the photo resist layer disposed under the back surface, and filling the through substrate opening and the patterns for redistribution lines with a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Jens Pohl, Gottfried Beer, Heinrich Koerner
  • Publication number: 20140335654
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for semiconductor device fabrication using a reconstituted wafer is described. In one embodiment, diced semiconductor chips are placed within openings on a frame. A reconstituted wafer is formed by filling a mold compound into the openings. The mold compound is formed around the chips. Finished dies are formed within the reconstituted wafer. The finished dies are separated from the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Matthias Hierlemann
  • Publication number: 20140291819
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for hybrid carbon-metal interconnect structures in integrated circuit assemblies. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate, a metal interconnect layer disposed on the substrate and configured to serve as a growth initiation layer for a graphene layer and the graphene layer, wherein the graphene layer is formed directly on the metal interconnect layer, the metal interconnect layer and the graphene layer being configured to route electrical signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Barth
  • Publication number: 20140264832
    Abstract: A chip arrangement may include: a first chip including a first contact, a second contact, and a redistribution structure electrically coupling the first contact to the second contact; a second chip including a contact; and a plurality of interconnects electrically coupled to the second contact of the first chip, wherein at least one interconnect of the plurality of interconnects electrically couples the second contact of the first chip to the contact of the second chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Thorsten Meyer, Hans-Joachim Barth, Reinhard Mahnkopf, Sven Albers, Andreas Augustin, Christian Mueller
  • Publication number: 20140252632
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip; an extension layer extending laterally from a boundary of the semiconductor chip; a redistribution layer disposed over at least one side of the extension layer and the semiconductor chip, wherein the redistribution layer electrically couples at least one contact of the semiconductor chip to at least one contact of an interface, wherein at least a part of the interface extends laterally beyond the boundary of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Reinhard Mahnkopf, Thorsten Meyer, Sven Albers, Andreas Augustin, Christian Mueller
  • Patent number: 8786104
    Abstract: A three-dimensional multichip module includes a first integrated circuit chip having at least one first high-temperature functional area and one first low-temperature functional area, and at least one second integrated circuit chip having a second high-temperature functional area and a second low-temperature functional area. The second high-temperature functional area is arranged opposite the first low-temperature functional area. As an alternative, at least one low-temperature chip having only one low-temperature functional area can also be arranged between the first and second chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Barth