Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Glenn Villiard

Jeffrey Glenn Villiard 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTANT CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE IN A FLEXIBLE TRACE INTERCONNECT ARRAY
    Publication number: 20110298567
    Abstract: A system for matching impedance in a flexible trace interconnect array. The array comprising a flexible dielectric film, a plurality of trace conductors disposed along a longitudinal axis of the dielectric film, and a shield disposed along a section of the array, wherein at least one parameter of at least one of an unshielded section and of the shielded section is selected such that impedance of the unshielded section and impedance of the shielded section are substantially the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Oracle America, Inc., formerly known as Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Dale McKinstry, Otto Richard Buhler, Jeffrey Glenn Villiard, Forest Dillinger
  • System and method for reducing micro-discharge events in a data storage device
    Patent number: 7436630
    Abstract: A data storage device head having reduced media induced micro-discharge events. The data storage device head includes a support structure, and a wafer. A mitigation voltage, other than a ground potential, is presented to the wafer at a level sufficient to suppress media induced micro-discharge events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Lee Watson, Kevin Dale McKinstry, Jeffrey Glenn Villiard
  • System and method for crosstalk reduction in a flexible trace interconnect array
    Patent number: 7271985
    Abstract: A system for reducing signal crosstalk in a flexible trace interconnect array includes a flexible dielectric material base, and a plurality of conductors longitudinally arranged as pairs in a signal layer array on the base. At least one of the pairs of conductors comprises a twisted pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Otto Richard Buhler, Jeffrey Glenn Villiard, Kevin Dale McKinstry, Ricky Lee Ewasko