Patents by Inventor Malcolm MacIntosh

Malcolm MacIntosh 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: 20090230509
    Abstract: A capacitive structure formed in an Integrated Circuit (IC) includes a plurality of capacitor node conductor pairs, each including a first node conductor having a base portion and a plurality of finger portions and a second node conductor having a base portion and a plurality of finger portions that are inter digitized with the plurality of finger portions of the first node conductor. Dielectric is horizontally disposed between the first node conductor and the second node conductor. At least one dielectric layer vertically separates adjacent metal layers, each dielectric layer including dielectric disposed between the adjacent metal layers, a plurality of first node vias vertically connecting finger portions of first node conductors of the adjacent metal layers, and a plurality of second node vias vertically connecting finger portions of the second node conductors of the adjacent metal layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm MacIntosh, Arya Reza Behzad
  • Patent number: 7449365
    Abstract: Forming a wafer level chip scale flip chip package includes determining isolation requirements of an integrated circuit formed in a semi conductive substrate from package signal connections of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package. Operation may further include, based upon the integrated circuit characteristics, selecting a thickness of at least one dielectric layer isolating a top metal layer of the integrated circuit from the package signal connections of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package, determining a minimum pitch of the package signal connections of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package, and determining a maximum lateral distance from the signal pad to a servicing package signal connection of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package and determining a position of the servicing package signal connection of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package based upon the maximum lateral distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Arya Reza Behzad, Matthew Vernon Kaufmann, Malcolm MacIntosh, Jacob Jude Rael, Henry K. Chen
  • Publication number: 20070139068
    Abstract: Forming a wafer level chip scale flip chip package includes determining isolation requirements of an integrated circuit formed in a semi conductive substrate from package signal connections of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package. Operation may further include, based upon the integrated circuit characteristics, selecting a thickness of at least one dielectric layer isolating a top metal layer of the integrated circuit from the package signal connections of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package, determining a minimum pitch of the package signal connections of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package, and determining a maximum lateral distance from the signal pad to a servicing package signal connection of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package and determining a position of the servicing package signal connection of the wafer level chip scale flip chip package based upon the maximum lateral distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation, a California Corporation
    Inventors: Arya Behzad, Matthew Kaufmann, Malcolm MacIntosh, Jacob Rael, Henry Chen