Patents by Inventor James Edward Neeb

James Edward Neeb 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: 6163161
    Abstract: An integrated circuit provides self-heating in order to assist an externally applied thermal control unit raise the temperature of the integrated circuit to a specified range of temperatures at which functional testing is conducted. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, a packaged integrated circuit that is thermally coupled to a heat dissipating device, including but not limited to a heat sink, is operated in a high power manner prior to functional testing, so as to quickly raise internal junction temperatures to a specified test range before functional testing begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: James Edward Neeb