Patents by Inventor Thijs Kniknie

Thijs Kniknie 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: 20230223286
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology of manufacturing electronic components, especially semiconductor components with an irregular shape. The present disclosure provides an improved alignment method and system which may be used in cases, where features on a top surface of the semiconductor component or device are not sufficient due to process limitations and where a bottom surface might also not show any alignment correlation with the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: NEXPERIA B.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Rosmalen, Erik Stens, Thijs Kniknie
  • Publication number: 20220020670
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided that includes a frontside and a backside, four sidewalls, a first solder/glue connection on the frontside and a second solder/glue connection on the backside. The semiconductor device is either connected as a chip scale package to a printed circuit board or inside a semiconductor package via one of the four sidewalls, so that the first solder/glue connection and the second solder/glue connection are visible for a visual solder/glue inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: NEXPERIA B.V.
    Inventors: Hartmut Bünning, Hans-Juergen Funke, Stefan Berglund, Justin Y.H. Tan, Vegneswary Ramalingam, Roelf Groenhuis, Joep Stokkermans, Thijs Kniknie
  • Publication number: 20220020679
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided that includes a substrate, a pocket within the substrate, a solderable/glueable re-distribution layer arranged in the pocket and a die. The die is arranged downwards, so that a base contact and an emitter contact of the die face the bottom of the device, and a collector contact of the die faces the top of the device. The solderable/glueable re-distribution layer includes a first and second re-distribution layer part and the first re-distribution layer part and the second re-distribution layer part are isolated from each other by an isolating material. The emitter contact is connected to the first re-distribution layer part and the base contact is connected to the second re-distribution layer part. The emitter contacts via the first re-distribution layer part, the base contacts via the second re-distribution layer part, and the collector contact are fan out to the top surface of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: NEXPERIA B.V.
    Inventors: Hartmut Bünning, Hans-Juergen Funke, Stefan Berglund, Justin Y.H. Tan, Vegneswary Ramalingam, Roelf Groenhuis, Joep Stokkermans, Thijs Kniknie
  • Patent number: 10192773
    Abstract: A positioning system and method for positioning a semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a positioning system for positioning a semiconductor device includes a long-stroke stage configured to be movable with respect to a supporting structure within a plane and a short-stroke stage attached to the long-stroke stage and configured to carry a semiconductor device and to be rotatable within the plane. The long-stroke stage acts as a balance mass between the short-stroke stage and the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Nexperia B.V.
    Inventors: Thijs Kniknie, Jozef Petrus Wilhelmus Stokkermans
  • Publication number: 20170365502
    Abstract: A positioning system and method for positioning a semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a positioning system for positioning a semiconductor device includes a long-stroke stage configured to be movable with respect to a supporting structure within a plane and a short-stroke stage attached to the long-stroke stage and configured to carry a semiconductor device and to be rotatable within the plane. The long-stroke stage acts as a balance mass between the short-stroke stage and the supporting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Nexperia B.V.
    Inventors: Thijs Kniknie, Jozef Petrus Wilhelmus Stokkermans