Patents by Inventor Patrick McGuiness

Patrick McGuiness 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).

  • METHOD FOR ALTERING ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF RESISTIVE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20130265133
    Abstract: A method for altering a resistance of a resistor including trimming the resistor using a first type of trim approach to increase a resistance measurement of the resistor to above a target resistance value, and iteratively trimming the resistor using a second type of trim approach until a power coefficient of resistance (PCR) or temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) measurement of the resistor is substantially close to zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Fergus John Downey, Neville Craig, Patrick McGuiness, Patrick Elebert
  • Method and apparatus for channel-routing of an electronic device
    Patent number: 6477692
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing an electronic device having a channel. The channel has a number of rows and columns for wiring of nets. Usually each wiring layer is dedicated to either the rows or the columns. According to this method certain row segments can be shifted from one wiring layer to another, so that the channel area is used more effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Marchenko, Andrey P. Plis, Eugene G. Shiro, Mikhail A. Sotnikov, Igor Topouzov, Patrick McGuiness