Patents by Inventor James Elsner

James Elsner 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: 20060125074
    Abstract: A method of connecting internal silver traces to external gold to produce a gold external side metal for a low-temperature co-fired ceramic package includes the deposition of a ruthenium dioxide cermet barrier layer between layers of gold and silver. An LTCC package constructed in accord with the inventive method has gold, ruthenium and silver layers that are parallel to the LTCC package surface and normal to and also electrically coupled to a conductive trace formed within the LTCC layers of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Phillip Fisher, James Elsner, Dean Marshall