Patents by Inventor William Gascoyne

William Gascoyne 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).

  • Semiconductor package electrostatic discharge damage protection
    Patent number: 5552951
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit package includes features forming an electrostatic charge distribution network having nodes which are defined by the electrical contact leads of the package for the semiconductor circuit, and which are effectively connected with one another by spark-gaps. In one embodiment electrical leads of the package are provided with pointed protrusions lying in the plane of the electrical leads. Accordingly, an inadvertent electrostatic discharge is distributed throughout the semiconductor circuit at safe voltage levels determined by the characteristics of the spark gaps of the charge distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas F. Pasch, William Gascoyne
  • Semiconductor package electrostatic discharge damage protection
    Patent number: 5424896
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit package includes features forming an electrostatic charge distribution network having nodes which are defined by the electrical contact leads of the package for the semiconductor circuit, and which are effectively connected with one another by spark-gaps. In one embodiment electrical leads of the package are provided with pointed protrusions lying in the plane of the electrical leads. Accordingly, an inadvertent electrostatic discharge is distributed throughout the semiconductor circuit at safe voltage levels determined by the characteristics of the spark gaps of the charge distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas F. Pasch, William Gascoyne