Patents by Inventor Jack Chocola

Jack Chocola 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: 7635636
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical device package includes a cap material permanently bonded to a device wafer encapsulating an electromechanical device. An intermediate material is used to bond the device and capping material together at a low temperature, and a structure including the intermediate material emanating from either the device or cap material, or both, provides an interlocking at the bonding interface. One package includes a reusable carrier wafer with a similar coefficient of thermal expansion as a mating material and a low cost cap wafer of different material than the device wafer. A method for temporarily bonding the cap material to the carrier wafer includes attaching the cap material to the carrier wafer and is then singulated to mitigate thermal expansion mismatch with the device wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Triquint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. McClure, Jack Chocola, Kevin K. Lin, George Grama
  • Patent number: 7230512
    Abstract: A SAW filter is fabricated at a wafer level for providing desirable temperature characteristics. The filter includes a piezoelectric substrate bonded to a carrier substrate, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the carrier substrate is less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the piezoelectric substrate. Interdigital transducers are formed on the piezoelectric substrate so as to form a SAW composite die structure. A cap substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion similar to that of the carrier substrate is bonded to the SAW composite die structure for enclosing the interdigital transducers. Plated vias form signal pad interconnects to input and output pads of the interdigital transducer and a sealing pad formed on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate bonds the SAW composite die structure to the cap substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Triquint, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Carpenter, Jack Chocola, Kevin K. Lin, Phillip Welsh
  • Patent number: 7213314
    Abstract: A SAW filter includes a piezoelectric substrate of Lithium Niobate or optionally Lithium Tantalate having a thickness of at least twice an acoustic wavelength. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to a surrogate substrate of a silicon material. The surrogate substrate is characterized by a resisitivity of at least 100 ohm-cm and an expansion coefficient compatible with the piezoelectric substrate. A catalytic bonding film between the piezoelectric substrate and the surrogate substrate is formed from a first catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the surrogate substrate. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to the surrogate substrate through a compression force sufficient for providing a bonding at a normal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Triquint, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Abbott, Svetlana Malocha, Jack Chocola, Gary Monetti, Joshua M. Zepess
  • Publication number: 20070028433
    Abstract: A SAW filter includes a piezoelectric substrate of Lithium Niobate or optionally Lithium Tantalate having a thickness of at least twice an acoustic wavelength. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to a surrogate substrate of a silicon material. The surrogate substrate is characterized by a resisitivity of at least 100 ohm-cm and an expansion coefficient compatible with the piezoelectric substrate. A catalytic bonding film between the piezoelectric substrate and the surrogate substrate is formed from a first catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the surrogate substrate. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to the surrogate substrate through a compression force sufficient for providing a bonding at a normal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Benjamin Abbott, Svetlana Malocha, Jack Chocola, Gary Monetti, Joshua Zepess
  • Publication number: 20060263931
    Abstract: An electromechanical device package includes a cap material permanently bonded to a device wafer encapsulating an electromechanical device. An intermediate material is used to bond the device and capping material together at a low temperature, and a structure including the intermediate material emanating from either the device or cap material, or both, provides an interlocking at the bonding interface. One package includes a reusable carrier wafer with a similar coefficient of thermal expansion as a mating material and a low cost cap wafer of different material than the device wafer. A method for temporarily bonding the cap material to the carrier wafer includes attaching the cap material to the carrier wafer and is then singulated to mitigate thermal expansion mismatch with the device wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Michael McClure, Jack Chocola, Kevin Lin, George Grama
  • Patent number: 7109635
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical device package includes a cap material permanently bonded to a device wafer encapsulating an electromechanical device. An intermediate material is used to bond the device and capping material together at a low temperature, and a structure including the intermediate material emanating from either the device or cap material, or both, provides an interlocking at the bonding interface. One package includes a reusable carrier wafer with a similar coefficient of thermal expansion as a mating material and a low cost cap wafer of different material than the device wafer. A method for temporarily bonding the cap material to the carrier wafer includes attaching the cap material to the carrier wafer and is then singulated to mitigate thermal expansion mismatch with the device wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Sawtek, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. McClure, Jack Chocola, Kevin K. Lin, George Grama
  • Patent number: 7105980
    Abstract: A SAW filter includes a piezoelectric substrate of Lithium Niobate or optionally Lithium Tantalate having a thickness of at least twice an acoustic wavelength. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to a surrogate substrate of a silicon material. The surrogate substrate is characterized by a resisitivity of at least 100 ohm-cm and an expansion coefficient compatible with the piezoelectric substrate. A catalytic bonding film between the piezoelectric substrate and the surrogate substrate is formed from a first catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the surrogate substrate. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to the surrogate substrate through a compression force sufficient for providing a bonding at a normal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sawtek, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Abbott, Svetlana Malocha, Jack Chocola, Gary Monetti, Josh Zepress
  • Publication number: 20040036381
    Abstract: A SAW filter includes a piezoelectric substrate of Lithium Niobate or optionally Lithium Tantalate having a thickness of at least twice an acoustic wavelength. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to a surrogate substrate of a silicon material. The surrogate substrate is characterized by a resisitivity of at least 100 ohm-cm and an expansion coefficient compatible with the piezoelectric substrate. A catalytic bonding film between the piezoelectric substrate and the surrogate substrate is formed from a first catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second catalytic bonding film deposited onto a surface of the surrogate substrate. The piezoelectric substrate is bonded to the surrogate substrate through a compression force sufficient for providing a bonding at a normal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Abbott, Svetlana Malocha, Jack Chocola, Gary Monetti, Josh Zepess