Patents by Inventor Timothy Allen McMullen

Timothy Allen McMullen 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: 10161994
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electrically testing electromigration in an electromigration test structure are disclosed herein. The systems include a voltage control portion, a current control portion, and a current regulating structure. The systems further include an electric current detector, a first system connection, and a second system connection. The systems also include a voltage detector, and a controller. In some embodiments of the methods, a voltage control portion regulates a high-side signal electric current to maintain a voltage difference below a voltage setpoint while a current control portion maintains the high-side signal electric current below a threshold current value. In some embodiments of the methods, one of the voltage difference and a magnitude of the high-side signal electric current is selected as a primary control parameter while the other is selected as a compliant control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: FormFactor Beaverton, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Allen McMullen, Brent Dale Harry, Eric James Wilcox, James J. Donlin
  • Patent number: 10060963
    Abstract: Probe systems, storage media, and methods for wafer-level testing over extended temperature ranges are disclosed herein. The methods are configured to test a plurality of devices under test (DUTs) present on a substrate. The probe systems are programmed to perform the methods. The storage media include computer-readable instructions that direct a probe system to perform the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FormFactor Beaverton, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Allen McMullen, Jeffery Allan Shepler, Clint Vander Giessen
  • Publication number: 20170356957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electrically testing electromigration in an electromigration test structure are disclosed herein. The systems include a voltage control portion, a current control portion, and a current regulating structure. The systems further include an electric current detector, a first system connection, and a second system connection. The systems also include a voltage detector, and a controller. In some embodiments of the methods, a voltage control portion regulates a high-side signal electric current to maintain a voltage difference below a voltage setpoint while a current control portion maintains the high-side signal electric current below a threshold current value. In some embodiments of the methods, one of the voltage difference and a magnitude of the high-side signal electric current is selected as a primary control parameter while the other is selected as a compliant control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy Allen McMullen, Brent Dale Harry, Eric James Wilcox, James J. Donlin
  • Publication number: 20170285083
    Abstract: Probe systems, storage media, and methods for wafer-level testing over extended temperature ranges are disclosed herein. The methods are configured to test a plurality of devices under test (DUTs) present on a substrate. The probe systems are programmed to perform the methods. The storage media include computer-readable instructions that direct a probe system to perform the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy Allen McMullen, Jeffery Allan Shepler, Clint Vander Giessen