Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Nunn

Wayne A. Nunn 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: 9837188
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods and apparatus that include a lead frame with a fixed external pin pitch. A differential signal path is provided that is characterized by bond-pad pitch range, wire length and wire diameter. The differential signal path carries signals in a frequency range between 5 GHz and 16.1 GHz with less than about 25 dB differential return loss (DDRL). Further, the signals are processed at a signal-processing node that is electrically coupled to the differential signal path by using the differential signal path to carry signals in a frequency range between 5 GHz and about 16.1 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Nunn, Joe E. Schulze, Jim R. Spehar
  • Publication number: 20140009001
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods and apparatus that include a lead frame with a fixed external pin pitch. A differential signal path is provided that is characterized by bond-pad pitch range, wire length and wire diameter. The differential signal path carries signals in a frequency range between 5 GHz and 16.1 GHz with less than about 25 dB differential return loss (DDRL). Further, the signals are processed at a signal-processing node that is electrically coupled to the differential signal path by using the differential signal path to carry signals in a frequency range between 5 GHz and about 16.1 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Nunn, Joe E. Schulze, Jim R. Spehar
  • Publication number: 20130268909
    Abstract: A high bandwidth circuit is segmented into a plurality of portions, each portion for implementation on a corresponding semiconductor chip, an arrangement of one or more die bond pads for each corresponding chip is generated, and a chip location for each corresponding chip is generated, given package and given package I/O arrangement is generated, the generation of the die bond arrangements and the chip position being relative to given chip package parameters, and being generated to establish bond wire lengths meeting given characteristic impedance parameters. Boundary parameters for generating the segmenting are provided, including a bound on the number of portions and optionally a including bound on the area parameters of the corresponding semiconductor chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: James Raymond SPEHAR, Christian PAQUET, Wayne A. NUNN, Dominicus Marinus ROOZEBOOM, Joseph SCHULZE, Fatha KHALSA
  • Patent number: 8482114
    Abstract: A high bandwidth circuit is segmented into a plurality of portions, each portion for implementation on a corresponding semiconductor chip, an arrangement of one or more die bond pads for each corresponding chip is generated, and a chip location for each corresponding chip is generated, given package and given package I/O arrangement is generated, the generation of the die bond arrangements and the chip position being relative to given chip package parameters, and being generated to establish bond wire lengths meeting given characteristic impedance parameters. Boundary parameters for generating the segmenting are provided, including a bound on the number of portions and optionally a including bound on the area parameters of the corresponding semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: James Raymond Spehar, Christian Paquet, Wayne A. Nunn, Dominicus M. Roozeboom, Joseph E. Schulze, Fatha Khalsa
  • Publication number: 20110057302
    Abstract: A high bandwidth circuit is segmented into a plurality of portions, each portion for implementation on a corresponding semiconductor chip, an arrangement of one or more die bond pads for each corresponding chip is generated, and a chip location for each corresponding chip is generated, given package and given package I/O arrangement is generated, the generation of the die bond arrangements and the chip position being relative to given chip package parameters, and being generated to establish bond wire lengths meeting given characteristic impedance parameters. Boundary parameters for generating the segmenting are provided, including a bound on the number of portions and optionally a including bound on the area parameters of the corresponding semiconductor chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V
    Inventors: James Raymond Spehar, Christian Paquet, Wayne A. Nunn, Dominicus M. Roozeboom, Joseph E. Schulze, Fatha Khalsa