Patents by Inventor Sudhaker Bobba

Sudhaker Bobba 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: 6897563
    Abstract: A technique for reducing current crowding on a bump using selective current injection is provided. The technique allows a bump to more uniformly inject current around the bump from vias on a metal layer, where the vias are concentrated on outer regions of the metal layer and have higher via density than that of a central region of vias on the metal layer. Because vias are concentrated on the outer regions of the metal layer, higher current distribution density along current flow paths from the outer regions to the bump compensates for a shorter current path length from the central region to the bump, thus effectively reducing current crowding on the bump. Further, a technique for selectively positioning regions of vias on a metal layer in order to reduce current crowding on a bump is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhaker Bobba, Tyler Thorp