Patents by Inventor Mark T. W. Lam

Mark T. W. Lam 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: 9645573
    Abstract: In an approach to determining reliability test strategy, one or more computer processors receive a volume forecast for manufacturing one or more products. The one or more computer processors receive information describing the one or more products. The one or more computer processors retrieve reliability test requirements associated with the one or more products. The one or more computer processors retrieve reliability test capability of one or more reliability test vendors. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the volume forecast, the information describing the one or more products, the reliability test requirements, and the reliability test capability of the one or more reliability test vendors, a reliability test strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen P. Ayotte, Petra U. Klinger-Park, Mark T. W. Lam, Sanda S. Myat, Glen E. Richard
  • Patent number: 9551640
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for identifying a wire-pull test location on a wire of a microelectronic package. A first distance between a first terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package and a second terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package is determined. Based on the first distance, a second distance from either the first terminating location or the second terminating location is determined as the wire-pull test location for testing a strength of a connection of the wire to at least one of the first terminating location or the second terminating location. An adjustment is performed such that a visual guide is oriented on the wire at the wire-pull test location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. W. Lam, Katsuyuki Yonehara
  • Publication number: 20160147220
    Abstract: In an approach to determining reliability test strategy, one or more computer processors receive a volume forecast for manufacturing one or more products. The one or more computer processors receive information describing the one or more products. The one or more computer processors retrieve reliability test requirements associated with the one or more products. The one or more computer processors retrieve reliability test capability of one or more reliability test vendors. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the volume forecast, the information describing the one or more products, the reliability test requirements, and the reliability test capability of the one or more reliability test vendors, a reliability test strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen P. Ayotte, Petra U. Klinger-Park, Mark T.W. Lam, Sanda S. Myat, Glen E. Richard
  • Patent number: 9255867
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for identifying a wire-pull test location on a wire of a microelectronic package. A first distance between a first terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package and a second terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package is determined. Based on the first distance, a second distance from either the first terminating location or the second terminating location is determined as the wire-pull test location for testing a strength of a connection of the wire to at least one of the first terminating location or the second terminating location. An adjustment is performed such that a visual guide is oriented on the wire at the wire-pull test location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. W. Lam, Katsuyuki Yonehara
  • Publication number: 20150377611
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for identifying a wire-pull test location on a wire of a microelectronic package. A first distance between a first terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package and a second terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package is determined. Based on the first distance, a second distance from either the first terminating location or the second terminating location is determined as the wire-pull test location for testing a strength of a connection of the wire to at least one of the first terminating location or the second terminating location. An adjustment is performed such that a visual guide is oriented on the wire at the wire-pull test location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Mark T. W. Lam, Katsuyuki Yonehara
  • Publication number: 20150332279
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an instruction from an auditor to capture an image of an object is received. The image of the object is captured. The captured image of the object is transmitted in real-time to the auditor for viewing and/or verification that the captured image satisfies the instruction. The instruction and/or the object are associated with an audit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander G. Garrido, Michael Russell U. Gonzales, Eun D. Kim, Mark T.W. Lam, Ooi T. Ong
  • Publication number: 20150332278
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an instruction from an auditor to capture an image of an object is received. The image of the object is captured. The captured image of the object is transmitted in real-time to the auditor for viewing and/or verification that the captured image satisfies the instruction. The instruction and/or the object are associated with an audit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander G. Garrido, Michael Russell U. Gonzales, Eun D. Kim, Mark T.W. Lam, Ooi T. Ong
  • Publication number: 20150153261
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for identifying a wire-pull test location on a wire of a microelectronic package. A first distance between a first terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package and a second terminating location of the wire on the microelectronic package is determined. Based on the first distance, a second distance from either the first terminating location or the second terminating location is determined as the wire-pull test location for testing a strength of a connection of the wire to at least one of the first terminating location or the second terminating location. An adjustment is performed such that a visual guide is oriented on the wire at the wire-pull test location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. W. Lam, Katsuyuki Yonehara