Patents by Inventor James S. Rivers

James S. Rivers 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: 5287619
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, an MCM substrate product is manufactured in an additive process using multiple layers of a fluoropolymer composite material and copper. The copper layers are plated, and the fluoropolymer composite layers are laminated. A seeding process promotes reliable bonding between the fluoropolymer composite material and the plated copper. The use of the filled fluoropolymeric composite eliminates the need for a barrier metal layer between the insulation and the conductors. The MCM substrate device of the present invention may have multiple metal layers and multiple dielectric layers; four or five, or more, of each in a single structure would be easily achieved and is typical. The structure would include lead lines in separate mutually orthogonal planes (sometimes referred to as "x" and "y" lead lines) sandwiched between ground and power voltage planes of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Rogers Corporation
    Inventors: W. David Smith, John A. Olenick, Carlos L. Barton, Jane L. Cercena, Daniel J. Navarro, Kathleen R. Olenick, Angela M. Kneeland, Thomas S. Kneeland, Mark F. Sylvester, Curtis H. Kempton, Scott E. Derosier, Lynn E. Burdick, Richard T. Traskos, Robert B. Huntington, James S. Rivers, Samuel Gazit, Jeffrey B. Ott, William P. Harper