Patents by Inventor Scott Lee Kirkman

Scott Lee Kirkman 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: 12238940
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to deep trench capacitors embedded in a package substrate on which an integrated circuit is mounted. In some aspects, a chip package includes an integrated circuit die that has a power distribution circuit for one or more circuits of the integrated circuit. The chip package also includes a substrate different from the integrated circuit and having a first surface on which the integrated circuit die is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface. The substrate includes one or more cavities formed in at least one of the first surface or the second surface. The chip package also includes one or more deep trench capacitors disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities. Each deep trench capacitor is connected to the power distribution circuit by conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Teckgyu Kang, Scott Lee Kirkman, Woon-Seong Kwon
  • Publication number: 20250046516
    Abstract: A microelectronic package assembly is disclosed that implements a capacitor carrier capable of providing package warpage control and that eliminates the need to only bond chip capacitors directly to a surface of the package substrate. The capacitor carrier may be composed of a material that has a high coefficient of thermal expansion and a high Young's modulus. A capacitor carrier with these characteristics can eliminate the need for a traditional stiffener in the chip package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Lee Kirkman, Nam Hoon Kim, Ilyas Mohammed
  • Publication number: 20230420494
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to deep trench capacitors embedded in a package substrate on which an integrated circuit is mounted. In some aspects, a chip package includes an integrated circuit die that has a power distribution circuit for one or more circuits of the integrated circuit. The chip package also includes a substrate different from the integrated circuit and having a first surface on which the integrated circuit die is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface. The substrate includes one or more cavities formed in at least one of the first surface or the second surface. The chip package also includes one or more deep trench capacitors disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities. Each deep trench capacitor is connected to the power distribution circuit by conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Teckgyu Kang, Scott Lee Kirkman, Woon-Seong Kwon
  • Patent number: 11784215
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to deep trench capacitors embedded in a package substrate on which an integrated circuit is mounted. In some aspects, a chip package includes an integrated circuit die that has a power distribution circuit for one or more circuits of the integrated circuit. The chip package also includes a substrate different from the integrated circuit and having a first surface on which the integrated circuit die is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface. The substrate includes one or more cavities formed in at least one of the first surface or the second surface. The chip package also includes one or more deep trench capacitors disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities. Each deep trench capacitor is connected to the power distribution circuit by conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Teckgyu Kang, Scott Lee Kirkman, Woon-Seong Kwon
  • Publication number: 20210273042
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to deep trench capacitors embedded in a package substrate on which an integrated circuit is mounted. In some aspects, a chip package includes an integrated circuit die that has a power distribution circuit for one or more circuits of the integrated circuit. The chip package also includes a substrate different from the integrated circuit and having a first surface on which the integrated circuit die is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface. The substrate includes one or more cavities formed in at least one of the first surface or the second surface. The chip package also includes one or more deep trench capacitors disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities. Each deep trench capacitor is connected to the power distribution circuit by conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Teckgyu Kang, Scott Lee Kirkman, Woon-Seong Kwon