Patents by Inventor Kenneth Burton Gilleo

Kenneth Burton Gilleo 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: 6323062
    Abstract: A method for applying an underfill and edge coating to a flip chip is described. The method includes the steps of adhering a bumped wafer to an expandable carrier substrate, sawing the wafer to form individual chips, stretching the carrier substrate in a bidirectional manner to form channels between each of the individual chips, applying an underfill material to the bumped surfaces of the chips and around the edges of the chips, cutting the underfill material in the channels between the chips and removing the individual, underfill coated chips from the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Alpha Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Burton Gilleo, David Blumel, James McLenaghan
  • Publication number: 20010017414
    Abstract: A flip chip having solder bumps, an integrated underfill, and a separate flux coating, as well as methods for making such a device, is described. The device is characterized in that the underfill material is provided on the chip surface prior to the application of solder bumps, and then treated to form apertures therein which act as a mask for solder bump application. The resulting device is well suited for a simple one-step application to a printed circuit board, thereby simplifying flip chip manufacturing processes which heretofore have required a separate underfilling step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventor: Kenneth Burton Gilleo
  • Publication number: 20010003058
    Abstract: A flip chip having solder bumps and an integrated flux and underfill, as well as methods for making such a device, is described. The resulting device is well suited for a simple one-step application to a printed circuit board, thereby simplifying flip chip manufacturing processes which heretofore have required separate fluxing and underfilling steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventors: Kenneth Burton Gilleo, David Blumel
  • Patent number: 6228681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming a two-stage bump on a flip chip. The process employs an underfill material which can be formed to act as a mask for application of bumps formed from a first composition to the flip chip. A material having a different composition can then be applied to the bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Fry's Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Burton Gilleo, David Blumel
  • Patent number: 6228678
    Abstract: A flip chip having solder bumps, an integrated underfill, and a separate flux coating, as well as methods for making such a device, is described. The device is characterized in that the underfill material is provided on the chip surface prior to the application of solder bumps, and then treated to form apertures therein which act as a mask for solder bump application. The resulting device is well suited for a simple one-step application to a printed circuit board, thereby simplifying flip chip manufacturing processes which heretofore have required a separate underfilling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Fry's Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Burton Gilleo, David Blumel
  • Patent number: 6194788
    Abstract: A flip chip having solder bumps and an integrated flux and underfill, as well as methods for making such a device, is described. The resulting device is well suited for a simple one-step application to a printed circuit board, thereby simplifying flip chip manufacturing processes which heretofore have required separate fluxing and underfilling steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Alpha Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Burton Gilleo, David Blumel
  • Patent number: 6067709
    Abstract: Providing encapsulated electronic components on a circuit board by providing dams on a circuit board around areas on which respective electronic components will be mounted, mounting the respective electronic components within the dams on the circuit board, and printing encapsulating material through a stencil in order to provide deposits of encapsulating material over the electronic components and within the dams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: MPM Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Godin, Steven James Corbett, Kenneth Burton Gilleo, Alden Johnson