Patents by Inventor Shawna Liff

Shawna Liff 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: 20170094774
    Abstract: Some forms relate to a stretchable computing device that includes a stretchable body; a first electronic component embedded within the stretchable body; a second electronic component embedded within the stretchable body; and wherein the first electronic component and the second electronic component are connected by stretchable electrical connectors that include vias. The stretchable electrical connectors are non-planar and/or may have a partial zig-zag shape and/or a partial coil shape. In some forms, the stretchable computing device further includes a textile attached to the stretchable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Adel Elsherbini, Aleksandar Aleksov, Shawna Liff
  • Publication number: 20170079135
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a wavy interconnect for bendable and stretchable devices and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, an interconnect assembly includes a flexible substrate defining a plane and a wavy interconnect disposed on the flexible substrate and configured to route electrical signals of an integrated circuit (IC) device in a first direction that is coplanar with the plane, the wavy interconnect having a wavy profile from a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and coplanar with the plane. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Chuan HU, Adel A. ELSHERBINI, Yoshihiro TOMITA, Shawna LIFF
  • Patent number: 9377594
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a two-dimensional array of lenses to couple optical signals between an optical integrated circuit and an optical fiber. The optical connector has a total-internal-reflection or mirror surface that redirects light between lenses at different surfaces of the optical connector. The lens arrays collimate light directed toward the reflection surface and focuses light received from the reflection surface. The two-dimensional array and prism allows for a low-profile, high-density optical connector based on free space optical light propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shawna Liff, Jia-Hung Tseng, Peter Chang
  • Publication number: 20150163921
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to devices, systems, and methods for making a flexible microelectronic assembly. In an example, a polymer is molded over a microelectronic component, the polymer mold assuming a substantially rigid state following the molding. A routing layer is formed with respect to the microelectronic component and the polymer mold, the routing layer including traces electrically coupled to the microelectronic component. An input is applied to the polymer mold, the polymer mold transitioning from the substantially rigid state to a substantially flexible state upon application of the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Sasha Oster, Robert L. Sankman, Charles Gealer, Omkar Karhade, John S. Guzek, Ravi V. Mahajan, James C. Matayabas, JR., Johanna Swan, Feras Eid, Shawna Liff, Timothy McIntosh, Telesphor Teles Kamgaing, Adel Elsherbini, Kemal Aygun
  • Publication number: 20140153881
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a two-dimensional array of lenses to couple optical signals between an optical integrated circuit and an optical fiber. The optical connector has a total-internal-reflection or mirror surface that redirects light between lenses at different surfaces of the optical connector. The lens arrays collimate light directed toward the reflection surface and focuses light received from the reflection surface. The two-dimensional array and prism allows for a low-profile, high-density optical connector based on free space optical light propagation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Shawna Liff, Jia-Hung Tseng, Peter Chang
  • Publication number: 20080009568
    Abstract: A method of dispersing particles in a medium. The method includes providing a first particle/solvent dispersion comprising the particles and a first solvent, adding a second solvent to the first particle/solvent dispersion to form a second particle/solvent dispersion, wherein the first solvent and the second solvent are miscible, and extracting substantially all of the first solvent from the second particle/solvent dispersion to form a third particle/solvent dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Nitin Kumar, Shawna Liff, Gareth McKinley