James Scott Mckee

6418029, Jul 9, 2002

Feb 28, 2000

09/515078

James S. McKee - Fort Lauderdale FL, 33315
Kevin J. Pieper - Coral Springs FL, 33071
Andrew J. Butterfield - Pembroke Pines FL, 33028

H05K 111

361760, 361763, 361782, 361803, 174260, 174263

An interconnect system for use with interposers or chip carriers provides highly efficient area utilization by attaching very small chip components ( ) such as resistors or capacitors to the solder pads ( ) on the underside of a carrier substrate ( ) such that only one end ( ) of the chip component is attached to the solder pad, while the other end ( ) is suspended free in space. When the interposer or chip carrier is soldered to a main printed circuit board, the free end of the chip component is soldered to a corresponding pad on the printed circuit board. The vertically mounted chip components provide an electrical function, such as decoupling, and also provide an electrical interconnection between the interposer and the printed circuit board. The interposer has electrical vias that pass vertically through the substrate from the solder pads to a conductive circuitry pattern on the top side, which also contains an integrated circuit die or an array of larger discrete chip components. Solder spheres ( ) may also be used on some of the solder pads.

7027840, Apr 11, 2006

Sep 17, 2003

10/665024

James Scott McKee - Jacksonville FL, US
Ruben Rivera - Sunrise FL, US

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04B 1/38

455567, 4555501, 455 903

A wireless communication device () is provided with a movement sensor (), and circuitry for controlling the operation of the wireless communication device. In operation in response to detecting predetermined movement of the wireless communication device, an alert () that was previously activated to alert a user to an incoming wireless communication is muted.