Patents by Inventor Rusty WINZENREAD

Rusty WINZENREAD 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).

  • Patent number: 11961859
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Kyle Thomas, David T. Price, Rusty Winzenread, Bruce Greenwood
  • Publication number: 20230261015
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Kyle THOMAS, David T. PRICE, Rusty WINZENREAD, Bruce GREENWOOD
  • Patent number: 11670655
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Kyle Thomas, David T. Price, Rusty Winzenread, Bruce Greenwood
  • Patent number: 10785425
    Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of imaging pixels. Each imaging pixel may have a photodiode that generates charge in response to incident light, a floating diffusion region, and a transfer transistor that transfers charge from the photodiode to the floating diffusion region. Each floating diffusion region may have an associated capacitance formed by a depletion region between n-type and p-type regions in a semiconductor substrate. To enable selective binning in the voltage domain, a number of transistors may be coupled to the floating diffusion capacitors. A first plurality of pixels may selectively couple the floating diffusion capacitors to ground. A second plurality of pixels may selective couple the floating diffusion capacitors to the floating diffusion capacitors of adjacent pixels. The voltages of multiple floating diffusion capacitors may be non-destructively binned on a single floating diffusion capacitor during readout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Rusty Winzenread
  • Publication number: 20200106971
    Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of imaging pixels. Each imaging pixel may have a photodiode that generates charge in response to incident light, a floating diffusion region, and a transfer transistor that transfers charge from the photodiode to the floating diffusion region. Each floating diffusion region may have an associated capacitance formed by a depletion region between n-type and p-type regions in a semiconductor substrate. To enable selective binning in the voltage domain, a number of transistors may be coupled to the floating diffusion capacitors. A first plurality of pixels may selectively couple the floating diffusion capacitors to ground. A second plurality of pixels may selective couple the floating diffusion capacitors to the floating diffusion capacitors of adjacent pixels. The voltages of multiple floating diffusion capacitors may be non-destructively binned on a single floating diffusion capacitor during readout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Rusty WINZENREAD
  • Publication number: 20190363124
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Kyle THOMAS, David T. PRICE, Rusty WINZENREAD, Bruce GREENWOOD
  • Patent number: 10431614
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Kyle Thomas, David T. Price, Rusty Winzenread, Bruce Greenwood
  • Publication number: 20180219038
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Kyle THOMAS, David T. PRICE, Rusty WINZENREAD, Bruce GREENWOOD