Inventor · Danville, CA, US

Benjamin N. Eldridge

230Patents
73h-index
73Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 23, 1993 → Oct 18, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5772451A Sockets for electronic components and methods of connecting to electronic components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 453 Expired
US5974662A Method of planarizing tips of probe elements of a probe card assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 396 Expired
US5994152A Fabricating interconnects and tips using sacrificial substrates Electricity 322 Expired
US6336269B1 Method of fabricating an interconnection element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 312 Expired
US5806181A Contact carriers (tiles) for populating larger substrates with spring contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 304 Expired
US6255126A Lithographic contact elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 265 Expired
US5829128A Method of mounting resilient contact structures to semiconductor devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 254 Expired
US6184053A Method of making microelectronic spring contact elements Electricity 225 Expired
US5832601A Method of making temporary connections between electronic components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 209 Expired
US6110823A Method of modifying the thickness of a plating on a member by creating a temperature gradient on the member, applications for employing such a method, and structures resulting from such a method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 199 Expired
US6778406B2 Resilient contact structures for interconnecting electronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 194 Expired
US6043563A Electronic components with terminals and spring contact elements extending from areas which are remote from the terminals Electricity 191 Expired
US5864946A Method of making contact tip structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 184 Expired
US6520778B1 Microelectronic contact structures, and methods of making same Electricity 182 Expired
US6482013B2 Microelectronic spring contact element and electronic component having a plurality of spring contact elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 182 Expired
US6509751B1 Planarizer for a semiconductor contactor Physics 175 Expired
US6429029B1 Concurrent design and subsequent partitioning of product and test die Electricity 173 Expired
US6032356A Wafer-level test and burn-in, and semiconductor process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 171 Expired
US7225538B2 Resilient contact structures formed and then attached to a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 169 Expired
US6050829A Making discrete power connections to a space transformer of a probe card assembly Physics 169 Expired
US6441315B1 Contact structures with blades having a wiping motion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 162 Expired
US6268015A Method of making and using lithographic contact springs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US6835898B2 ELECTRICAL CONTACT STRUCTURES FORMED BY CONFIGURING A FLEXIBLE WIRE TO HAVE A SPRINGABLE SHAPE AND OVERCOATING THE WIRE WITH AT LEAST ONE LAYER OF A RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, METHODS OF MOUNTING THE CONTACT STRUCTURES TO ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYING THE CONTACT STRUCTURES Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 150 Expired
US6246247A Probe card assembly and kit, and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 139 Expired
US6330164A Interconnect assemblies and methods including ancillary electronic component connected in immediate proximity of semiconductor device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 138 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.