Patents by Inventor Todd Gillenwater

Todd Gillenwater 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: 11961781
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound with nanotube particles. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The nanotube particles are dispersed throughout a bottom portion of the first mold compound, and have a higher thermal conductivity than the first mold compound alone. The bottom portion of the first mold compound resides over the active layer and top surfaces of the isolation sections. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Todd Gillenwater
  • Publication number: 20210134699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound with nanotube particles. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The nanotube particles are dispersed throughout a bottom portion of the first mold compound, and have a higher thermal conductivity than the first mold compound alone. The bottom portion of the first mold compound resides over the active layer and top surfaces of the isolation sections. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Todd Gillenwater
  • Patent number: 9705537
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a multi-mode RF system, which is capable of transmitting and receiving RF signals using any of multiple RF communications bands. The multi-mode RF system may integrate RF band specific bandpass filters and low noise amplifiers (LNAs) into a single front-end module, such that each filter and amplifier pair provide selection and gain for at least one RF communications band. Outputs of the LNAs may be combined to provide one or more common signals to a transceiver module, which processes baseband signals associated with the RF communications bands. By integrating the filters and amplifiers into a single module, the filters and amplifiers may be closely coupled to one another, thereby supporting short signal paths between the filters and amplifiers, and having impedances high enough to provide good filter selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruediger Bauder, Nadim Khlat, Todd Gillenwater, Bob Sowell
  • Patent number: 8838045
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to programmable duplexers. The frequency pass band of the programmable duplexer is changed according to a selection of a channel-pair selection to control or maximize the transition band between the receiver path and the transmitter path. The programmable duplexer permits selections of desired pass bands without the need for multiple duplexer filters. As an additional advantage, the transmission band requirements become less sensitive to manufacturing tolerances and temperature variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua J. Caron, Julio Costa, Todd Gillenwater
  • Patent number: 8680947
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a passive multi-band duplexer having a first bandpass filter and a second bandpass filter. The first bandpass filter includes a first group of sub-band bandpass filters, a first switching circuit, and a first tunable LC bandpass filter. Similarly, the second bandpass filter includes a second group of sub-band bandpass filters, a second switching circuit, and a second tunable LC bandpass filter. A first band of the passive multi-band duplexer, such as a transmit band, is chosen by selecting one of the first group of sub-band bandpass filters and tuning the first tunable LC bandpass filter to the first band. Similarly, a second band of the passive multi-band duplexer, such as a receive band, is chosen by selecting one of the second group of sub-band bandpass filters and tuning the second tunable LC bandpass filter to the second band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Costa, Joshua J. Caron, Todd Gillenwater
  • Publication number: 20110299432
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to programmable duplexers. The frequency pass band of the programmable duplexer is changed according to a selection of a channel-pair selection to control or maximize the transition band between the receiver path and the transmitter path. The programmable duplexer permits selections of desired pass bands without the need for multiple duplexer filters. As an additional advantage, the transmission band requirements become less sensitive to manufacturing tolerances and temperature variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua J. Caron, Julio Costa, Todd Gillenwater