Patents by Inventor Noel McNamara

Noel McNamara 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).

  • Integrated circuit package, and a method for producing an integrated circuit package having two dies with input and output terminals of integrated circuits of the dies directly addressable for testing of the package
    Patent number: 7579689
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package (1) comprising first and second dies on a laminate (5) in a resin encapsulating housing (6) comprises a digital signal processing integrated circuit (8) fabricated on the first die (2), and a digital-to-analogue converting circuit (9) fabricated on the second die (3). First external terminals (16) are selectively coupled to corresponding first input terminals (10) of the digital signal processing circuit (8) through corresponding primary input switches (19), and first output terminals (11) of the digital signal processing circuit (8) are selectively coupled through primary output switches (23) and secondary input switches (25) to second input terminals (12) of the digital-to-analogue converting circuit (9). Second output terminals (13) of the digital-to-analogue converting circuit (9) are selectively coupled to second external terminals (17) through secondary output switches (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventor: Noel A. McNamara
  • Integrated circuit package, and a method for producing an integrated circuit package having two dies with input and output terminals of integrated circuits of the dies directly addressable for testing of the package
    Publication number: 20070176632
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package (1) comprising first and second dies on a laminate (5) in a resin encapsulating housing (6) comprises a digital signal processing integrated circuit (8) fabricated on the first die (2), and a digital-to-analogue converting circuit (9) fabricated on the second die (3). First external terminals (16) are selectively coupled to corresponding first input terminals (10) of the digital signal processing circuit (8) through corresponding primary input switches (19), and first output terminals (11) of the digital signal processing circuit (8) are selectively coupled through primary output switches (23) and secondary input switches (25) to second input terminals (12) of the digital-to-analogue converting circuit (9). Second output terminals (13) of the digital-to-analogue converting circuit (9) are selectively coupled to second external terminals (17) through secondary output switches (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Noel McNamara