Patents by Inventor William John Antheunisse

William John Antheunisse 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: 8471577
    Abstract: A method of topside only dual-side testing of an electronic assembly includes providing a singulated through substrate via (TSV) die flip chip attached to a die support including a package substrate. The TSVs on the TSV die extend from its frontside to contactable TSV tips on its bottomside. The TSVs on the frontside of the TSV die are coupled to embedded topside substrate pads on a top surface of the ML substrate. The die support includes lateral coupling paths between at least a portion of the embedded topside substrate pads and lateral topside pads on a topside surface of the die support lateral to the die area. The contactable TSV tips are contacted with probes to provide a first topside connection to the TSVs, and the lateral topside pads are contacted with probes to provide a second topside connection. Dual-side testing across the electronic assembly is performed using the first and second topside connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Stillman, James L. Oborny, William John Antheunisse, Norman J. Armendariz, Ramyanshu Datta, Margaret Simmons-Matthews, Jeff West
  • Patent number: 8344749
    Abstract: A method of testing electronic assemblies including singulated TSV die attached to a ML package substrate, on a substrate carrier. The substrate carrier includes through-holes for allowing probe contact to the BGA substrate pads on a bottomside of the package substrate that are coupled to the frontside of the TSVs. Contactable TSV tips on the bottomside of the TSV die are contacted with a topside coupler that includes a pattern of coupling terminals that matches a layout of at least a portion of the TSV tips or pads coupled to the TSV tips. The topside coupler electrically connects pairs of coupling terminals to provide a plurality of TSV loop back paths. The BGA substrate pads are contacted with a plurality of probes tips that extend through the through-holes to couple to the frontside of the TSVs. Electrical testing is performed across the electronic assembly to obtain at least one test parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Stillman, James L. Oborny, William John Antheunisse, Norman J. Armendariz, Ramyanshu Datta, Kenneth M. Butler, Margaret Simmons-Matthews
  • Publication number: 20110304349
    Abstract: A method of topside only dual-side testing of an electronic assembly includes providing a singulated through substrate via (TSV) die flip chip attached to a die support including a package substrate. The TSVs on the TSV die extend from its frontside to contactable TSV tips on its bottomside. The TSVs on the frontside of the TSV die are coupled to embedded topside substrate pads on a top surface of the ML substrate. The die support includes lateral coupling paths between at least a portion of the embedded topside substrate pads and lateral topside pads on a topside surface of the die support lateral to the die area. The contactable TSV tips are contacted with probes to provide a first topside connection to the TSVs, and the lateral topside pads are contacted with probes to provide a second topside connection. Dual-side testing across the electronic assembly is performed using the first and second topside connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Stillman, James L. Oborny, William John Antheunisse, Norman J. Armendariz, Ramyanshu Datta, Margaret Simmons-Matthews, Jeff West
  • Publication number: 20110298488
    Abstract: A method of testing electronic assemblies including singulated TSV die attached to a ML package substrate, on a substrate carrier. The substrate carrier includes through-holes for allowing probe contact to the BGA substrate pads on a bottomside of the package substrate that are coupled to the frontside of the TSVs. Contactable TSV tips on the bottomside of the TSV die are contacted with a topside coupler that includes a pattern of coupling terminals that matches a layout of at least a portion of the TSV tips or pads coupled to the TSV tips. The topside coupler electrically connects pairs of coupling terminals to provide a plurality of TSV loop back paths. The BGA substrate pads are contacted with a plurality of probes tips that extend through the through-holes to couple to the frontside of the TSVs. Electrical testing is performed across the electronic assembly to obtain at least one test parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Stillman, James L. Oborny, William John Antheunisse, Norman J. Armendariz, Ramyanshu Datta, Kenneth M. Butler, Margaret Simmons-Matthews