Inventor · South Burlington, VT, US

Patrick H. Buffet

21Patents
7h-index
31Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 13, 2000 → Sep 23, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6499134B1 Method of assigning integrated circuit I/O signals in an integrated circuit package Physics 73 Expired
US6631502B2 Method of analyzing integrated circuit power distribution in chips containing voltage islands Physics 48 Expired
US6523150B1 Method of designing a voltage partitioned wirebond package Electricity 28 Expired
US6584596B2 Method of designing a voltage partitioned solder-bump package Physics 22 Expired
US6538314B1 Power grid wiring for semiconductor devices having voltage islands Electricity 11 Expired
US6586828B2 Integrated circuit bus grid having wires with pre-selected variable widths Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6606732B2 Method for specifying, identifying, selecting or verifying differential signal pairs on IC packages Physics 8 Expired
US6762367B2 Electronic package having high density signal wires with low resistance Electricity 7 Expired
US7146596B2 Integrated circuit chip having a ringed wiring layer interposed between a contact layer and a wiring grid Electricity 6 Expired
US7017128B2 Concurrent electrical signal wiring optimization for an electronic package Electricity 5 Expired
US6495911B1 Scalable high frequency integrated circuit package Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6703706B2 Concurrent electrical signal wiring optimization for an electronic package Electricity 5 Expired
US6477057B1 High frequency de-coupling via short circuits Electricity 5 Expired
US6978214B2 Validation of electrical performance of an electronic package prior to fabrication Physics 5 Expired
US7064570B2 Method for locating IDDQ defects using multiple controlled collapse chip connections current measurement on an automatic tester Physics 4 Expired
US6924661B2 Power switch circuit sizing technique Electricity 4 Expired
US7038319B2 Apparatus and method to reduce signal cross-talk Electricity 4 Expired
US6677774B2 Method for locating IDDQ defects using multiple controlled collapse chip connections current measurement on an automatic tester Physics 3 Expired
US6483720B1 EMC protection in digital computers Physics 3 Expired
US7454723B2 Validation of electrical performance of an electronic package prior to fabrication Physics 1 Active
US7000203B2 Efficient and comprehensive method to calculate IC package or PCB trace mutual inductance using circular segments and lookup tables Physics 0 Expired

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