Patents by Inventor Michael Weatherspoon

Michael Weatherspoon 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: 8867219
    Abstract: A method is for making an electronic device and includes forming an interconnect layer stack on a sacrificial substrate and having a plurality of patterned electrical conductor layers, and a dielectric layer between adjacent patterned electrical conductor layers. The method also includes laminating and electrically joining through an intermetallic bond a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrate to the interconnect layer stack on a side thereof opposite the sacrificial substrate. The method further includes removing the sacrificial substrate to expose a lowermost patterned electrical conductor layer, and electrically coupling at least one first device to the lowermost patterned electrical conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Weatherspoon, David Nicol, Louis Joseph Rendek, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8693203
    Abstract: A method for making an electronic device includes forming an interconnect layer stack on a rigid wafer substrate having a plurality of patterned electrical conductor layers, a dielectric layer between adjacent patterned electrical conductor layers, and at least one solder pad on an uppermost patterned electrical conductor layer. An LCP solder mask having at least one aperture therein alignable with the at least one solder pad is formed. The LCP solder mask and interconnect layer stack are aligned and laminated together. Solder is positioned in the at least one aperture. At least one circuit component is attached to the at least one solder pad using the solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Joseph Rendek, Jr., Michael Weatherspoon, Casey Philip Rodriguez, David Nicol
  • Publication number: 20120182701
    Abstract: A method is for making an electronic device and includes forming an interconnect layer stack on a sacrificial substrate and having a plurality of patterned electrical conductor layers, and a dielectric layer between adjacent patterned electrical conductor layers. The method also includes laminating and electrically joining through an intermetallic bond a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrate to the interconnect layer stack on a side thereof opposite the sacrificial substrate. The method further includes removing the sacrificial substrate to expose a lowermost patterned electrical conductor layer, and electrically coupling at least one first device to the lowermost patterned electrical conductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Weatherspoon, David Nicol, Louis Joseph Rendek, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120182703
    Abstract: A method for making an electronic device includes forming an interconnect layer stack on a rigid wafer substrate having a plurality of patterned electrical conductor layers, a dielectric layer between adjacent patterned electrical conductor layers, and at least one solder pad on an uppermost patterned electrical conductor layer. An LCP solder mask having at least one aperture therein alignable with the at least one solder pad is formed. The LCP solder mask and interconnect layer stack are aligned and laminated together. Solder is positioned in the at least one aperture. At least one circuit component is attached to the at least one solder pad using the solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Harris Corporation, Corporation of the State of Delaware
    Inventors: Louis Joseph Rendek, JR., Michael Weatherspoon, Casey Philip Rodriguez, David Nicol
  • Publication number: 20120098129
    Abstract: A method of making a multi-chip module may include forming an interconnect layer stack on a sacrificial substrate. The interconnect layer stack may include patterned electrical conductor layers and a dielectric layer between adjacent patterned electrical conductor layers. The method may further include electrically coupling a first integrated circuit (IC) die in a flip chip arrangement to an uppermost patterned electrical conductor layer, and forming a first underfill dielectric layer between the first IC die and adjacent portions of the interconnect layer stack. The method further may include removing the sacrificial substrate to expose a lowermost patterned electrical conductor layer, and electrically coupling at a second integrated circuit die in a flip chip arrangement to the lowermost patterned electrical conductor layer. Still further, the method may include forming a second underfill dielectric layer between the second IC die and adjacent portions of the interconnect layer stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Reed, David Herndon, David Nicol, Michael Weatherspoon