Patents by Inventor Scott C. Sommerfeldt

Scott C. Sommerfeldt 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: 5544018
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical interconnect cell intermittently spaced across a substrate to form an interconnect device or structure. The interconnect device is fully customizable or programmable upon the upper surface to accommodate various electrical components and connectivity to those components. The electrical interconnect device includes a plurality of intermittently spaced first pairs of upper and lower signal lines interwoven with a plurality of intermittently spaced second pairs of upper and lower signal lines. A bonding pad is arranged between adjacent upper and lower signal line pairs and can be connected thereto with conductive links placed upon the surface layer. Each bonding pad includes one or more pad vias which extend perpendicular to the upper surface to conductive structures arranged in lower layers. Approximately one-half of the array of bonding pads are connected to potential conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Sommerfeldt, Thomas W. Rudwick, III, Robert F. Miracky