Patents by Inventor Philip Nikkel

Philip Nikkel 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).

  • Airdome enclosure for components
    Publication number: 20060121686
    Abstract: A component having an airdome enclosure that protects the component from its external environment. An airdome enclosure according to the present techniques avoids the high costs of employing special materials and/or specialized process steps in the manufacture of a component. An electronic component according to the present techniques includes a set of substructures formed on a substrate and an airdome enclosure over the substructures that protects the substructures and that hinders the formation of parasitic capacitances among the substructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: John Shi Wei, Ray Parkhurst, Michael Jennison, Philip Nikkel
  • Airdome enclosure for components
    Publication number: 20050170605
    Abstract: A component having an airdome enclosure that protects the component from its external environment. An airdome enclosure according to the present techniques avoids the high costs of employing special materials and/or specialized process steps in the manufacture of a component. An electronic component according to the present techniques includes a set of substructures formed on a substrate and an airdome enclosure over the substructures that protects the substructures and that hinders the formation of parasitic capacitances among the substructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: John Wei, Ray Parkhurst, Michael Jennison, Philip Nikkel