Patents by Inventor Rajiv Carl Dunne

Rajiv Carl Dunne 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: 20100159644
    Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for flip-chip packaging technology. The disclosed flip-chip packaging technology can use a single B-stage wafer-applied photo-sensitive adhesive along with printed interconnects, which does not include conventional underfill materials and processes. In one embodiment, a photo-sensitive adhesive can be applied on a semiconductor die or a base substrate with conductive bumps printed in through-openings of the photo-sensitive adhesive. One or more semiconductor dies can be laterally packaged or vertically stacked on the base substrate using the printed conductive bumps as interconnects there-between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Rajiv Carl Dunne, Marvin Wayne Cowens, Mario Antonio Bolanos
  • Patent number: 7572677
    Abstract: In a semiconductor flip-chip package having a semiconductor die as part of a substrate assembly, a lid (or lid assembly) and substrate are supported to prevent tilting and teetering of the lid. The lid and substrate do not adhere, so as to reduce cracking of solder joints due to thermal cycling induced by repeated system power on-off. An adhesion prohibitor may be applied so that a support does not adhere to both lid and substrate; the support may be prevented from adhering to both lid and substrate by a separate curing step. The arrangements and fabrication methods may be applied to many package types, including ball grid array (BGA) and land grid array (LGA) packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Tz-Cheng Chiu, Rajiv Carl Dunne
  • Publication number: 20090166832
    Abstract: A semiconductor system having a substrate (101) including a rigid insulating interposer (110) with a high modulus and a top (140) and a bottom (150) low-modulus tape with flip-attached semiconductor chips (120, 130). The assembled chips, with the passive surfaces facing each other, are located in an opening (114) of the interposer, which has a thickness (111) equal to or smaller than the sum of the assembled two chips. Adhesive material (160) holds the tapes parallel to the interposer and the chip surfaces together. Solder balls (180) and discrete components (170) may be attached to the outside surfaces of the tapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Rajiv Carl Dunne
  • Patent number: 7504283
    Abstract: A semiconductor system having a substrate (101) including a rigid insulating interposer (110) with a high modulus and a top (140) and a bottom (150) low-modulus tape with flip-attached semiconductor chips (120, 130). The assembled chips, with the passive surfaces facing each other, are located in an opening (114) of the interposer, which has a thickness (111) equal to or smaller than the sum of the assembled two chips. Adhesive material (160) holds the tapes parallel to the interposer and the chip surfaces together. Solder balls (180) and discrete components (170) may be attached to the outside surfaces of the tapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Rajiv Carl Dunne
  • Publication number: 20080142940
    Abstract: A semiconductor system having a substrate (101) including a rigid insulating interposer (110) with a high modulus and a top (140) and a bottom (150) low-modulus tape with flip-attached semiconductor chips (120, 130). The assembled chips, with the passive surfaces facing each other, are located in an opening (114) of the interposer, which has a thickness (111) equal to or smaller than the sum of the assembled two chips. Adhesive material (160) holds the tapes parallel to the interposer and the chip surfaces together. Solder balls (180) and discrete components (170) may be attached to the outside surfaces of the tapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Rajiv Carl Dunne
  • Patent number: 7126217
    Abstract: In a semiconductor flip-chip package having a semiconductor die 104 as part of a substrate assembly, a lid 110 (or lid assembly) and substrate 102 are supported to prevent tilting and teetering of the lid. The lid and substrate do not adhere, so as to reduce cracking of solder joints due to thermal cycling induced by repeated system power on-off. An adhesion prohibitor 315, 325 may be applied so that a support 314, 324 does not adhere to both lid and substrate; the support 314, 324 may be prevented from adhering to both lid and substrate by a separate curing step. The arrangements and fabrication methods may be applied to many package types, including ball grid array (BGA) and land grid array (LGA) packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Tz-Cheng Chiu, Rajiv Carl Dunne