Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Michael Brownell

22Patents
11h-index
22Co-inventors
67Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 1996 → Mar 28, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5990552A Apparatus for attaching a heat sink to the back side of a flip chip package Electricity 65 Expired
US5991161A Multi-chip land grid array carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US6410982B1 Heatpipesink having integrated heat pipe and heat sink Electricity 57 Expired
US6166908A Integrated circuit cartridge Electricity 53 Expired
US5699229A Compliant hinge clip attachment Electricity 43 Expired
US6016006A Thermal grease insertion and retention Electricity 36 Expired
US5699227A Heat pipe to baseplate attachment method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US5949647A Heat pipe to baseplate attachment method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5903436A Emulative lid/heatspreader for processor die attached to an organic substrate Electricity 19 Expired
US6097611A Multi-chip land grid array carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5802707A Controlled bondline thickness attachment mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6164999A Zero insertion force socket and method for employing same to mount a processor Electricity 11 Expired
US5953164A Wide range cylindrical mirror mount with radial clamp Physics 9 Expired
US5847885A Wide range cylindrical mirror mount with radial clamp Physics 8 Expired
US6614829B1 Mechanically grounded tunable laser Electricity 8 Expired
US6506073B2 Mounting bracket for integrated circuit device Electricity 6 Expired
US6443749B2 Fixed position ZIF (zero insertion force) socket system Electricity 6 Expired
US6002591A Printed circuit board mounting assembly and a method for mounting an integrated circuit device Electricity 4 Expired
US6349465B1 Controlled bondline thickness attachment mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US5956229A Injection molded thermal interface system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6782611B2 Method of assembling a multi-chip device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US6490167B1 Semiconductor package ejector Electricity 1 Expired

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