Patents by Inventor Siew May Fong

Siew May Fong 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).

  • Mechanism for loading a respective fuzz button into each of a high number of button holes within an IC contactor
    Patent number: 6381841
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for efficiently placing a respective fuzz button into each of a high number of button holes on a fuzz button contactor while also efficiently filtering out defectively shaped fuzz buttons. The fuzz buttons are placed into rows of a predetermined number of button holes on the fuzz button contactor. A slot plate has the predetermined number of slots aligned as a row of slots, and fuzz buttons are placed into each of the slots of the slot plate. The present invention also includes a contactor jig having at least one row of the predetermined number of jig holes. These jig holes are disposed on the contactor jig as a mirror image of the at least one row of the predetermined number of button holes on the fuzz button contactor when the contactor jig is properly aligned with the fuzz button contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Seok Hiong Tan, Siew May Fong, Chew Hsia Fung
  • Mechanism for loading a respective fuzz button into each of a high number of button holes within an IC contactor
    Patent number: 6192576
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for efficiently placing a respective fuzz button into each of a high number of button holes on a fuzz button contactor while also efficiently filtering out defectively shaped fuzz buttons. The fuzz buttons are placed into rows of a predetermined number of button holes on the fuzz button contactor. A slot plate has the predetermined number of slots aligned as a row of slots, and fuzz buttons are placed into each of the slots of the slot plate. The present invention also includes a contactor jig having at least one row of the predetermined number of jig holes. These jig holes are disposed on the contactor jig as a mirror image of the at least one row of the predetermined number of button holes on the fuzz button contactor when the contactor jig is properly aligned with the fuzz button contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Seok Hiong Tan, Siew May Fong, Chew Hsia Fung