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Donald S. Gardner, Mountain View US

Donald S. Gardner, Mountain View, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080290980CONTROL OF EDDY CURRENTS IN MAGNETIC VIAS FOR INDUCTORS AND TRANSFORMERS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An embodiment is a magnetic via. More specifically, an embodiment is a magnetic via that increases the inductance of, for example, an integrated inductor or transformer while mitigating eddy currents therein that may limit the operation of the inductor or transformer at high frequency.11-27-2008
20090015363INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER - A transformer comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first conductor over the substrate, a second conductor over the substrate, and a magnetic layer over the substrate. The first conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. The second conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn.01-15-2009
20090166804FORMING INDUCTOR AND TRANSFORMER STRUCTURES WITH MAGNETIC MATERIALS USING DAMASCENE PROCESSING FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Methods and associated structures of forming microelectronic devices are described. Those methods may include forming a first layer of magnetic material and at least one via structure disposed in a first dielectric layer, forming a second dielectric layer disposed on the first magnetic layer, forming at least one conductive structure disposed in the second dielectric layer, forming a third layer of dielectric material disposed on the conductive structure, forming a second layer of magnetic material disposed in the third layer of dielectric material and in the second layer of dielectric material, wherein the first and second layers of the magnetic material are coupled to one another.07-02-2009
20090169874FORMING ELECTROPLATED INDUCTOR STRUCTURES FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Methods and associated structures of forming microelectronic devices are described. Those methods may include forming a magnetic material on a substrate, wherein the magnetic material comprises rhenium, cobalt, iron and phosphorus, and annealing the magnetic material at a temperature below about 330 degrees Celsius, wherein the coercivity of the annealed magnetic material is below about 1 Oersted.07-02-2009
20090207576SLOTTED MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INDUCTORS - An embodiment is an inductor that may include a slotted magnetic material to decrease eddy currents therein that may limit the operation of the inductor at high frequency. An embodiment may employ electro- or electroless plating techniques to form a layer or layers of magnetic material within the slotted magnetic material structure, and in particular those magnetic material layers adjacent to insulator layers.08-20-2009
20100115301CPU POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM - A central processing unit (CPU) is disclosed. The CPU includes a CPU die; and a voltage regulator die bonded to the CPU die in a three dimensional packaging layout.05-06-2010
20100118501Integrated inductor - An inductor and multiple inductors embedded in a substrate (e.g., IC package substrate, board substrate, and/or other substrate) is provided herein.05-13-2010
20100141533ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An antenna structure that includes a magnetic film coated on a textured backside of an antenna substrate to reduce the size of antenna from an average size of the antenna for a predetermined frequency band.06-10-2010
20100259911MAGNETIC MICROINDUCTORS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGING - Magnetic microinductors formed on semiconductor packages are provided. The magnetic microinductors are formed as one or more layers of coplanar magnetic material on a package substrate. Conducting vias extend perpendicularly through the plane of the magnetic film. The magnetic film is a layer of isotropic magnetic material or a plurality of layers of anisotropic magnetic material having differing hard axes of magnetization.10-14-2010
20100295649INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER - A transformer comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first conductor over the substrate, a second conductor over the substrate, and a magnetic layer over the substrate. The first conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. The second conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn.11-25-2010
20110001202FORMING INDUCTOR AND TRANSFORMER STRUCTURES WITH MAGNETIC MATERIALS USING DAMASCENE PROCESSING FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Methods and associated structures of forming microelectronic devices are described. Those methods may include forming a first layer of magnetic material and at least one via structure disposed in a first dielectric layer, forming a second dielectric layer disposed on the first magnetic layer, forming at least one conductive structure disposed in the second dielectric layer, forming a third layer of dielectric material disposed on the conductive structure, forming a second layer of magnetic material disposed in the third layer of dielectric material and in the second layer of dielectric material, wherein the first and second layers of the magnetic material are coupled to one another.01-06-2011
20110068887ON-DIE MICRO-TRANSFORMER STRUCTURES WITH MAGNETIC MATERIALS - Some embodiments include a die having a transformer. The transformer includes windings formed from a set of lines, such that no two lines belonging to any one winding are nearest neighbors. The lines are formed within one layer on the die. Other embodiments are described.03-24-2011

Patent applications by Donald S. Gardner, Mountain View, CA US