Inventor · Apex, NC, US

Glenn Rinne

81Patents
21h-index
53Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 4, 1992 → Feb 12, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5289631A Method for testing, burn-in, and/or programming of integrated circuit chips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 155 Expired
US6492197B1 Trilayer/bilayer solder bumps and fabrication methods therefor Electricity 75 Expired
US5963793A Microelectronic packaging using arched solder columns Electricity 72 Expired
US5892179A Solder bumps and structures for integrated redistribution routing conductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5447264A Recessed via apparatus for testing, burn-in, and/or programming of integrated circuit chips, and for placing solder bumps thereon Electricity 51 Expired
US6117299A Methods of electroplating solder bumps of uniform height on integrated circuit substrates Electricity 51 Expired
US6392163B1 Controlled-shaped solder reservoirs for increasing the volume of solder bumps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5793116A Microelectronic packaging using arched solder columns Electricity 46 Expired
US6388203B1 Controlled-shaped solder reservoirs for increasing the volume of solder bumps, and structures formed thereby Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US6418033B1 Microelectronic packages in which second microelectronic substrates are oriented relative to first microelectronic substrates at acute angles Electricity 43 Expired
US6329608A Key-shaped solder bumps and under bump metallurgy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US8362612B1 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Electricity 40 Active
US5990472A Microelectronic radiation detectors for detecting and emitting radiation signals Electricity 37 Expired
US5381946A Method of forming differing volume solder bumps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US6137623A Modulatable reflectors and methods for using same Physics 34 Expired
US6389691B1 Methods for forming integrated redistribution routing conductors and solder bumps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5374893A Apparatus for testing, burn-in, and/or programming of integrated circuit chips, and for placing solder bumps thereon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6233088A Methods for modulating a radiation signal Physics 23 Expired
US7932615B2 Electronic devices including solder bumps on compliant dielectric layers Electricity 21 Active
US7297631B2 Methods of forming electronic structures including conductive shunt layers and related structures Electricity 21 Expired
US5315485A Variable size capture pads for multilayer ceramic substrates and connectors therefor Electricity 21 Expired
US7427557B2 Methods of forming bumps using barrier layers as etch masks Electricity 17 Expired
US6863209B2 Low temperature methods of bonding components Physics 16 Expired
US6960828B2 Electronic structures including conductive shunt layers Electricity 14 Expired
US6793792B2 Electroplating methods including maintaining a determined electroplating voltage and related systems Electricity 11 Expired

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