Patents by Inventor Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.

Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr. 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: 20170358511
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package, which includes a module substrate, a thinned flip chip die over the substrate, a first mold compound component, and a thermally enhanced mold compound component. The first mold compound component resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned flip chip die, and extends above an upper surface of the thinned flip chip die to form a cavity over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die. The thermally enhanced mold compound component includes a lower portion filling a lower region of the cavity and residing over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die, and an upper portion filling an upper region of the cavity and residing over the lower portion. A first average thermal conductivity of the lower portion is at least 1.2 times greater than a second average thermal conductivity of the upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, George Maxim, Dirk Robert Walter Leipold, Baker Scott, Merrill Albert Hatcher, JR., Stephen Mobley
  • Publication number: 20170334710
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wafer-level package that includes a first thinned die having a first device layer, a multilayer redistribution structure, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The multilayer redistribution structure includes redistribution interconnects that connect the first device layer to package contacts on a bottom surface of the multilayer redistribution structure. Herein, the connections between the redistribution interconnects and the first device layer are solder-free. The first mold compound resides over the multilayer redistribution structure and around the first thinned die, and extends beyond a top surface of the first thinned die to define an opening within the first mold compound and over the first thinned die. The second mold compound fills the opening and is in contact with the top surface of the first thinned die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Jon Chadwick, David Jandzinski, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr., Jonathan Hale Hammond
  • Patent number: 9349938
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the acoustic wave devices are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the acoustic wave devices in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the uniform film does not significantly distort the operation of the acoustic wave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao, John Robert Siomkos
  • Patent number: 9082953
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the acoustic wave devices are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the acoustic wave devices in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the uniform film does not significantly distort the operation of the acoustic wave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao, John Robert Siomkos
  • Publication number: 20130230643
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the acoustic wave devices are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the acoustic wave devices in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the uniform film does not significantly distort the operation of the acoustic wave device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrill Albert Hatcher, JR., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao, John Robert Siomkos
  • Patent number: 8492908
    Abstract: Power amplifiers and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the power amplifiers are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the power amplifier in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the ALD process can form a uniform film that is substantially free of free of pin-holes and voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Siomkos, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao
  • Patent number: 8440012
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the acoustic wave devices are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the acoustic wave devices in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the uniform film does not significantly distort the operation of the acoustic wave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao, John Robert Siomkos
  • Patent number: 8313985
    Abstract: Power amplifiers and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the power amplifiers are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the power amplifier in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the ALD process can form a uniform film that is substantially free of free of pin-holes and voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao, John Robert Siomkos
  • Publication number: 20120097970
    Abstract: Power amplifiers and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the power amplifiers are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the power amplifier in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the ALD process can form a uniform film that is substantially free of free of pin-holes and voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Robert Siomkos, Merrill Albert Hatcher, JR., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao
  • Publication number: 20120091855
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices and methods of coating a protective film of alumina (Al2O3) on the acoustic wave devices are disclosed herein. The protective film is applied through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The ALD process can deposit very thin layers of alumina on the surface of the acoustic wave devices in a precisely controlled manner. Thus, the uniform film does not significantly distort the operation of the acoustic wave device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Merrill Albert Hatcher, JR., Jayanti Jaganatha Rao, John Robert Siomkos