Patents by Inventor ROSS TODD BANNATYNE

ROSS TODD BANNATYNE 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: 20080079148
    Abstract: A minimal pin package for a mixed signal integrated circuit for a mixed signal processor based integrated circuit includes a semiconductor chip having a plurality of bond pads disposed thereon with a digital processor digitally interfaceable with at least one of the bond pads. An analog circuit block is provided and interfaceable with at least one of the bond pads. A die pad is provided on which the chip is mounted and N terminals on the package are interfaced to the exterior of the package, one of which is integral with the die pad. Bond wires interface select ones of the bond pads to a supply designated one of the terminals, a ground one of the terminals and the die pad associated with one of the terminals, the rest of the N-3 terminals interfaced to remaining functionality of the chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: SILICON LABORATORIES INC.
    Inventors: KA Y. LEUNG, JOHN M. CZARNOWSKI, DOUGLAS R. HOLBERG, MATTHEW WEST, ROSS TODD BANNATYNE