Patents by Inventor Melissa Denvir

Melissa Denvir 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).

  • Electro-optic device board
    Patent number: 5864642
    Abstract: A flexible electro-optic circuit board (20) includes a polymer circuit board (22) and a polymer optical backplane (34). The polymer circuit board (22) includes a plurality of circuit elements (50, 52). The polymer optical backplane (34) has a plurality of optical transmission lines (44). A plurality of optical vias (30) couple the polymer circuit board (22) to the polymer optical backplane (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Y. Chun, Daniel B. Schwartz, Melissa Denvir, George Edward Charles, Dale Brian Halling
  • Magnetic holding methods for optical fiber I/O assembly
    Patent number: 5276762
    Abstract: A method of coupling an optical fiber to a desired optical input wherein the optical fiber is pre-coated with a magnetic material and then placed in an elongated groove in a base, one end of which groove terminates at the desired optical input. A magnetic field is applied to hold the pre-coated optical fiber firmly in place while it is permanently mounted by some means such as soldering or an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Davis H. Hartman, Christopher K. Y. Chun, Michael S. Lebby, Melissa Denvir
  • Pivotal wire bonding stage and method of use
    Patent number: 5242103
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for making a continuous wire bond (139) around an angle of a workpiece (101). A pivotal stage (110) having clamp assembles (104, 107) are mounted onto a base (102). A workpiece (110) is placed and secured in clamp assemblies (104, 107). A first wire bond site on a first surface is selected and formed. Workpiece (110) is pivotally rotated to a second surface position at an angle to the first surface where a second wire bond site is selected and formed, thereby making a continuous wire bond from the first selected site to the second selected site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Melissa Denvir
  • Interface coupling electronic circuitry
    Patent number: 5230030
    Abstract: An optical interface including a keyway formed in a printed circuit board and a mating portion attached to the ends of a plurality of optical fibers. Openings in a surface of the keyway communicate light from the fibers to semiconductor chips on the board by means of optical waveguides formed in the dielectric layers of the printed circuit board. The keyway accurately aligns the mating portion which aligns the ends of the fibers with the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Davis H. Hartman, Michael S. Lebby, Melissa Denvir, Christopher K. Y. Chun
  • Electrical to optical links using metalization
    Patent number: 5228101
    Abstract: An optical fiber mounted on a substrate and a semiconductor component mounted on a second substrate. The substrates abutting so that the component and fiber are optically aligned and the assembly is held in place by a first layer of adhesive which is then covered with an electroformed layer of metal to form a robust unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Lebby, Davis H. Hartman, Christopher K. Y. Chun, Melissa Denvir