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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrew J. Ries, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Mark E. Henschel, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Lawrence C. McClure, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Mark S. Ricotta, Tempe, AZ (US);
Lejun Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a packaging technique and apparatus that incorporates a flexible substrate package with a three-axis magnetic sensor for three-axis sensing in an implantable medical device. The apparatus includes three single-axis magnetic sensor integrated circuits (ICs) that are mounted to a substrate and encapsulated with a polymer mold compound. The substrate is excised around each of the sensor ICs to form panels that are folded to align the three single-axis sensors in the x, y and z axis.