Patents by Inventor Timo Schwarz
Timo Schwarz 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).
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Publication number: 20260198362Abstract: A package having a component carrier having at least one exposed electrically conductive carrier contact and an exposed carrier dielectric, and an electronic component having an integrated circuit having at least one exposed component pad and an exposed component dielectric, wherein the component carrier is connected with the electronic component so that there is a connection between the at least one carrier contact and the at least one component pad and so that there is a direct physical contact between the carrier dielectric and the component dielectric, and wherein at least one of the carrier dielectric and the component dielectric comprises a stress release structure at its surface facing the respectively other one of the carrier dielectric and the component dielectric.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: July 9, 2026Applicant: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas ZLUC, Johannes STAHR, Timo SCHWARZ
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Patent number: 12501551Abstract: A method for embedding a component in a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein the printed circuit board or the printed circuit board intermediate product comprises at least one insulating layer made of a prepreg material, and the component is fixed by the resin of the prepreg material, is characterized by the following steps: providing a combination of the layers of the printed circuit board, or of the printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein this combination includes at least one curable prepreg material; creating a clearance in the combination for accommodating the component to be embedded; covering at least the region of the clearance with a first temporary carrier layer on a first side of the combination; positioning the component to be embedded in the clearance by way of the first temporary carrier layer; covering at least the region of the clearance on the second side of the combination with a second temporary carrier layer; compressing the combinatType: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Gregor Langer, Johannes Stahr
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Patent number: 12382585Abstract: A method for embedding a component in a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein the printed circuit board or the printed circuit board intermediate product comprises at least one insulating layer made of a prepreg material, and the component is fixed by the resin of the prepreg material, is characterized by the following steps: providing a combination of the layers of the printed circuit board, or of the printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein this combination includes at least one curable prepreg material; creating a clearance in the combination for accommodating the component to be embedded; covering at least the region of the clearance with a first temporary carrier layer on a first side of the combination; positioning the component to be embedded in the clearance by way of the first temporary carrier layer; covering at least the region of the clearance on the second side of the combination with a second temporary carrier layer; compressing the combinatType: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Gregor Langer, Johannes Stahr
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Publication number: 20250227850Abstract: A printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, comprises a first main surface and a second main surface; a combination of layers including a plurality of insulating layers and at least one first metal layer, wherein the at least one first metal layer extends along a first horizontal plane in parallel to at least one of the first and second main surfaces; at least one cavity in the printed circuit board or the printed circuit board intermediate product, said cavity extending through at least one of the plurality of insulating layers; and a component inserted in the at least one cavity, said component being embedded in said at least one cavity by a material from the at least one insulating layer through which the cavity extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2025Publication date: July 10, 2025Applicant: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Gregor Langer, Johannes Stahr
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Patent number: 12075561Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component carrier includes providing a base structure having a main surface that is at least partially covered by a component fixation structure; providing a component, the component intrinsically comprising warpage; mounting the component on a surface provided on a plate structure and/or on the base structure to remove the warpage of the component at least partially; and fixating the component to the component carrier through the component fixation structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: AT&SAustria Technologie & Systemtechnik AGInventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Mario Schober
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Publication number: 20240030095Abstract: An electronic package having a base structure; a layer stack formed over the base structure; and a component embedded at least partially within the base structure and/or within the layer stack. The layer stack has a decoupling layer structure, the decoupling layer structure with a decoupling material having a Young Modulus being smaller than 1 GPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Mikael Andreas Tuominen, Seok Kim Tay, Johannes Stahr, Andreas Zluc, Timo Schwarz, Gerald Weidinger, Mario Schober
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Publication number: 20220053633Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component carrier, includes providing a base structure having a main surface that is at least partially covered by a component fixation structure; providing a component, the component intrinsically comprising warpage; mounting the component on a surface provided on a plate structure and/or on the base structure to remove the warpage of the component at least partially; and fixating the component to the component carrier through the component fixation structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Mario Schober
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Patent number: 10863631Abstract: A manufacturing method, wherein the method includes providing a layer stack having at least partially uncured component carrier material, arranging a plurality of components in recesses of the layer stack, integrally connecting the components with the layer stack by curing the component carrier material, and applying a high temperature robust dielectric structure on a main surface of the cured layer stack with the components therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes Stahr, Timo Schwarz, Mario Schober
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Publication number: 20200323081Abstract: A method for embedding a component in a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein the printed circuit board or the printed circuit board intermediate product comprises at least one insulating layer made of a prepreg material, and the component is fixed by the resin of the prepreg material, is characterized by the following steps: providing a combination of the layers of the printed circuit board, or of the printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein this combination includes at least one curable prepreg material; creating a clearance in the combination for accommodating the component to be embedded; covering at least the region of the clearance with a first temporary carrier layer on a first side of the combination; positioning the component to be embedded in the clearance by way of the first temporary carrier layer; covering at least the region of the clearance on the second side of the combination with a second temporary carrier layer; compressing the combinatioType: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Gregor Langer, Johannes Stahr
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Patent number: 10779413Abstract: A method for embedding a component in a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein the printed circuit board or the printed circuit board intermediate product comprises at least one insulating layer made of a prepreg material, and the component is fixed by the resin of the prepreg material, is characterized by the following steps: providing a combination of the layers of the printed circuit board, or of the printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein this combination includes at least one curable prepreg material; creating a clearance in the combination for accommodating the component to be embedded; covering at least the region of the clearance with a first temporary carrier layer on a first side of the combination; positioning the component to be embedded in the clearance by way of the first temporary carrier layer; covering at least the region of the clearance on the second side of the combination with a second temporary carrier layer; compressing the combinatioType: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Gregor Langer, Johannes Stahr
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Patent number: 10709023Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit board or a circuit board intermediate product, wherein the method comprises providing a carrier structure, applying a layer of flowable low-viscosity adhesive on the carrier structure over a surface area of the carrier structure which is larger than a mounting area in which an electronic component is to be mounted on the carrier structure, and pressing the electronic component into a subsection of the layer of adhesive in the mounting area so that at least part of the electronic component is immersed within the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerald Weidinger, Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc
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Publication number: 20190281706Abstract: A manufacturing method, wherein the method includes providing a layer stack having at least partially uncured component carrier material, arranging a plurality of components in recesses of the layer stack, integrally connecting the components with the layer stack by curing the component carrier material, and applying a high temperature robust dielectric structure on a main surface of the cured layer stack with the components therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Johannes Stahr, Timo Schwarz, Mario Schober
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Patent number: 10306750Abstract: A circuit board and a method of manufacturing a circuit board or two circuit boards are illustrated and described. The circuit board includes (a) a dielectric layer with a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto and a layer thickness along a z-direction which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; (b) a metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner; and (c) a component which is embedded in the dielectric layer and/or in a dielectric core-layer of the circuit board. The dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has (i) an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and (ii) a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K along the x-axis and along the y-axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hannes Stahr, Andreas Zluc, Timo Schwarz, Gerald Weidinger
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Publication number: 20180177045Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component carrier, wherein the method comprises covering a main surface of a base structure at least partially by a component fixation structure, mounting a component on a carrier, and inter-connecting the base structure with the carrier so that the component extends partially into the component fixation structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Mario Schober
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Patent number: 9967972Abstract: A circuit board is described which includes a layer composite with at least one dielectric layer which includes a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto, and which includes a layer thickness along a z-axis which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; and at least one metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner. The layer composite along the z-axis is free from a symmetry plane which is oriented in parallel with respect to the xy-plane, and the dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and along the x-axis and along the y-axis a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K. A method of manufacturing such a circuit board is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Zluc, Gerald Weidinger, Mario Schober, Hannes Stahr, Timo Schwarz, Benjamin Gruber
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Publication number: 20170339784Abstract: A circuit board is described which includes a layer composite with at least one dielectric layer which includes a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto, and which includes a layer thickness along a z-axis which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; and at least one metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner. The layer composite along the z-axis is free from a symmetry plane which is oriented in parallel with respect to the xy-plane, and the dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and along the x-axis and along the y-axis a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K. A method of manufacturing such a circuit board is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Andreas Zluc, Gerald Weidinger, Mario Schober, Hannes Stahr, Timo Schwarz, Benjamin Gruber
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Publication number: 20170339783Abstract: A circuit board and a method of manufacturing a circuit board or two circuit boards are illustrated and described. The circuit board includes (a) a dielectric layer with a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto and a layer thickness along a z-direction which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; (b) a metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner; and (c) a component which is embedded in the dielectric layer and/or in a dielectric core-layer of the circuit board. The dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has (i) an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and (ii) a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K along the x-axis and along the y-axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Hannes Stahr, Andreas Zluc, Timo Schwarz, Gerald Weidinger
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Publication number: 20170181293Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit board or a circuit board intermediate product, wherein the method comprises providing a carrier structure, applying a layer of flowable low-viscosity adhesive on the carrier structure over a surface area of the carrier structure which is larger than a mounting area in which an electronic component is to be mounted on the carrier structure, and pressing the electronic component into a subsection of the layer of adhesive in the mounting area so that at least part of the electronic component is immersed within the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc
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Publication number: 20160324004Abstract: A method for embedding a component in a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein the printed circuit board or the printed circuit board intermediate product comprises at least one insulating layer made of a prepreg material, and the component is fixed by the resin of the prepreg material, is characterized by the following steps: providing a combination of the layers of the printed circuit board, or of the printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein this combination includes at least one curable prepreg material; creating a clearance in the combination for accommodating the component to be embedded; covering at least the region of the clearance with a first temporary carrier layer on a first side of the combination; positioning the component to be embedded in the clearance by way of the first temporary carrier layer; covering at least the region of the clearance on the second side of the combination with a second temporary carrier layer; compressing the combinatType: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Gregor Langer, Johannes Stahr
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Patent number: 9418930Abstract: A power module, having a printed circuit board core, which contains at least one electronic power component embedded in an insulating layer, the core being arranged between two heat dissipation plates, wherein each heat dissipation plate has a metal outer layer and a metal inner layer electrically separated from said metal outer layer by a thermally conductive, electrically insulating intermediate layer, and electrode terminals of the at least one power component are guided out from the core via terminal lines, wherein the printed circuit board core on both sides of the insulating layer has a conductor layer, at least one conductor layer is structured at least in portions, and each conductor layer is connected at least in portions via a conductive, metal intermediate layer to a metal inner layer of the heat dissipation plate, contacts run from the structured conductor layer to the electrode terminals of the at least one power component, and at least one power terminal of the at least one power component is coType: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes Stahr, Andreas Zluc, Gernot Grober, Timo Schwarz