Patents by Inventor Sharon Nannette Farrens

Sharon Nannette Farrens 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: 11735689
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards enhanced systems and methods for employing a pulsed photon (or EM energy) source, such as but not limited to a laser, to electrically couple, bond, and/or affix the electrical contacts of a semiconductor device to the electrical contacts of another semiconductor devices. Full or partial rows of LEDs are electrically coupled, bonded, and/or affixed to a backplane of a display device. The LEDs may be ?LEDs. The pulsed photon source is employed to irradiate the LEDs with scanning photon pulses. The EM radiation is absorbed by either the surfaces, bulk, substrate, the electrical contacts of the LED, and/or electrical contacts of the backplane to generate thermal energy that induces the bonding between the electrical contacts of the LEDs' electrical contacts and backplane's electrical contacts. The temporal and spatial profiles of the photon pulses, as well as a pulsing frequency and a scanning frequency of the photon source, are selected to control for adverse thermal effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Brodoceanu, Oscar Torrents Abad, Jeb Wu, Zheng Sung Chio, Sharon Nannette Farrens, Ali Sengul, Tennyson Nguty
  • Publication number: 20230253524
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards enhanced systems and methods for employing a pulsed photon (or EM energy) source, such as but not limited to a laser, to electrically couple, bond, and/or affix the electrical contacts of a semiconductor device to the electrical contacts of another semiconductor devices. Full or partial rows of LEDs are electrically coupled, bonded, and/or affixed to a backplane of a display device. The LEDs may be ?LEDs. The pulsed photon source is employed to irradiate the LEDs with scanning photon pulses. The EM radiation is absorbed by either the surfaces, bulk, substrate, the electrical contacts of the LED, and/or electrical contacts of the backplane to generate thermal energy that induces the bonding between the electrical contacts of the LEDs' electrical contacts and backplane's electrical contacts. The temporal and spatial profiles of the photon pulses, as well as a pulsing frequency and a scanning frequency of the photon source, are selected to control for adverse thermal effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Brodoceanu, Oscar Torrents Abad, Jeb Wu, Zheng Sung Chio, Sharon Nannette Farrens
  • Publication number: 20220352412
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards enhanced systems and methods for employing a pulsed photon (or EM energy) source, such as but not limited to a laser, to electrically couple, bond, and/or affix the electrical contacts of a semiconductor device to the electrical contacts of another semiconductor devices. Full or partial rows of LEDs are electrically coupled, bonded, and/or affixed to a backplane of a display device. The LEDs may be ?LEDs. The pulsed photon source is employed to irradiate the LEDs with scanning photon pulses. The EM radiation is absorbed by either the surfaces, bulk, substrate, the electrical contacts of the LED, and/or electrical contacts of the backplane to generate thermal energy that induces the bonding between the electrical contacts of the LEDs' electrical contacts and backplane's electrical contacts. The temporal and spatial profiles of the photon pulses, as well as a pulsing frequency and a scanning frequency of the photon source, are selected to control for adverse thermal effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Brodoceanu, Oscar Torrents Abad, Jeb Wu, Zheng Sung Chio, Sharon Nannette Farrens, Ali Sengul, Tennyson Nguty
  • Publication number: 20220352441
    Abstract: A device includes an array of light sources (e.g., micro-LEDs, micro-RCLEDs, micro-laser: micro-SLEDs, or micro-VCSELs), a dielectric layer on the array of light sources, and a set of metal bonding pads (e.g., copper bonding pads) in the dielectric layer. Each metal bonding pad of the set of metal bonding pads is electrically connected to a respective light source of the array of light sources. Each metal bonding pad of the set of metal bonding pads includes a first portion at a bonding surface and characterized by a first lateral cross-sectional area, and a second portion away from the bonding surface and characterized by a second lateral cross-sectional area larger than two times of the first lateral cross-sectional area. The device can be bonded to a backplane that includes a drive circuit through a low annealing temperature hybrid bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan LUTGEN, Shenghui LEI, Sharon Nannette FARRENS