Patents by Inventor Jason Christopher McCullough

Jason Christopher McCullough 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).

  • Apparatus and method for measuring and controlling the internal temperature of a semiconductor device
    Patent number: 9568537
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of a semiconductor device-under-test (DUT) by forming an apparatus (100) including a feedback loop between a Temperature Forcing Unit (TFU, 110) conductively tied to an Automated Test Equipment (ATE, 120) having a chamber encasing the DUT (122), and the ATE conductively connected to a Control Computer (CC, 130) conductively tied back to the TFU. The CC is calibrated with reference values of temperatures and measured voltages using a diode integral with a diode-isolated circuit protecting a pin of the DUT against electrostatic discharge. The thermal air stream to stabilize the temperature of the ATE chamber loaded with the DUT is reset by the CC until the DUT is stabilized at the goal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jason Christopher McCullough
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF A SEMICONDCUTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170030961
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of a semiconductor device-under-test (DUT) by forming an apparatus (100) including a feedback loop between a Temperature Forcing Unit (TFU, 110) conductively tied to an Automated Test Equipment (ATE, 120) having a chamber encasing the DUT (122), and the ATE conductively connected to a Control Computer (CC, 130) conductively tied back to the TFU. The CC is calibrated with reference values of temperatures and measured voltages using a diode integral with a diode-isolated circuit protecting a pin of the DUT against electrostatic discharge. The thermal air stream to stabilize the temperature of the ATE chamber loaded with the DUT is reset by the CC until the DUT is stabilized at the goal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Jason Christopher McCullough