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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Xiang Yin Zeng, Shanghai, CN;
Ming Dong Cui, Shanghai, CN;
Gregory V. Christensen, Lehi, UT (US);
Mostafa Naguib Abdulla, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Daoqiang LU, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jiangqi He, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jiamiao Tang, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Xiang Yin Zeng, Shanghai, CN;
Ming Dong Cui, Shanghai, CN;
Gregory V. Christensen, Lehi, UT (US);
Mostafa Naguib Abdulla, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Daoqiang Lu, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jiangqi He, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jiamiao Tang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit with reduced pad capacitance, having a trench formed in the silicon substrate below the pad to reduce the pad capacitance. In another embodiment, an encapsulated air cavity is formed underneath the pad.