Patents by Inventor Tom Molinaro
Tom Molinaro 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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Patent number: 8446319Abstract: An ordnance usable against a living body, the ordnance having a tracking module with a transmitter that can use at least a portion of the body as an antenna. In preferred embodiments, the tracking module is releasably coupled to a carrier, and a pointed tip is disposed on at least one of the tracking module and the carrier. The module preferably includes a circuit that provides location information to the transmitter, and optionally provides additional information, including at least one of motion, compass, pressure, oxygen, and heart beat information. Transmission can occur at any suitable interval, including for example, at least three times during a ten minute period. The transmitter can optionally transmit a no heart beat signal, failure signal, and/or low battery signal. Preferred systems include a receiver that can send an interrogation signal, and the ordnance can include an interrogation receiving circuit for receiving interrogation signals.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Inventors: Evan Parker, Bruce Hammond, Tom Molinaro, John MacKay
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Publication number: 20110304505Abstract: An ordnance usable against a living body, the ordnance having a tracking module with a transmitter that can use at least a portion of the body as an antenna. In preferred embodiments, the tracking module is releasably coupled to a carrier, and a pointed tip is disposed on at least one of the tracking module and the carrier. The module preferably includes a circuit that provides location information to the transmitter, and optionally provides additional information, including at least one of motion, compass, pressure, oxygen, and heart beat information. Transmission can occur at any suitable interval, including for example, at least three times during a ten minute period. The transmitter can optionally transmit a no heart beat signal, failure signal, and/or low battery signal. Preferred systems include a receiver that can send an interrogation signal, and the ordnance can include an interrogation receiving circuit for receiving interrogation signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Evan Parker, Bruce Hammond, Tom Molinaro, John MacKay
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Patent number: 7837083Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: WSTP, LLCInventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Publication number: 20100089983Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: WSTP, LLCInventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Patent number: 7654432Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: WSTP, LLCInventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Patent number: 7604153Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: WSTP, LLCInventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Publication number: 20090159641Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Publication number: 20060208041Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Patent number: 7007833Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Inventors: John Mackay, Tom Molinaro
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Publication number: 20040110366Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Patent number: 6609652Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2001Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Spheretek, LLCInventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro
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Publication number: 20020084315Abstract: A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: John MaCkay, Tom Molinaro
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Patent number: 6293456Abstract: A mask (110; see also 160, 210, 260, 310, 408, 500, 702, 802, 904) having a plurality of openings (cells) is disposed on, or nearly on, the surface of a substrate (102), the openings (112) of the mask being aligned over a corresponding plurality of pads (104) on the substrate. The openings in the mask are filled with solder material (114). A pressure plate (120) is disposed over the mask to capture the solder material in the cells. Heat is directed at the mask (through the pressure plate) to reflow the solder. This is done in an inverted or partially inverted orientation. The stackup (assembly) of substrate/mask/pressure plate may be un-inverted prior to cooling. Mask configurations, methods of mounting the masks, and solder material compositions are described. The methods are robust, and are well suited to fine pitch as well as coarse pitch ball bumping of substrates.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Spheretek, LLCInventors: John MacKay, Tom Molinaro