Patents by Inventor William H. Carlson, Jr.

William H. Carlson, Jr. 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: 4646238
    Abstract: A system for controlling the flow of semiconductor products and their components through a production facility including assembly and final testing of a large number of different products with multiple product grades. The system stores information on the demand and inventory of all product grades together with grade distribution data giving the yield of all co-products of a product family from testing the common component of that family. The system includes means for calculating the number of common components to be tested to cover the requirements for all co-products of a family. The distribution data also gives the yield of all by-products of a test for particular products, and the system operates to adjust the inventory status for other products corresponding to such by-products, to avoid excess production of such other products in meeting projected demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Carlson, Jr., Paul H. Shafer