Patents by Inventor Andrew D. Blaikie

Andrew D. Blaikie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Graphene nanomechanical radiation detector
    Patent number: 11099076
    Abstract: A thermo-mechanical resonating microbolometer has a graphene absorber suspended above a metallic silicon substrate to form a mechanical resonator. Microelectronic circuitry electrically connected to the graphene resonator and the metallic silicon substrate drives electronically the motion of the graphene absorber. Shifts in the mechanical resonant frequency of the graphene layer due to the absorption of incident radiation is measured electronically or using optical interferometry. A bolometer sensor array may be fabricated using such graphene microbolometer elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: University of Oregon
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Alemán, Andrew D. Blaikie, David J. Miller
  • Graphene nanomechanical radiation detector
    Publication number: 20190277702
    Abstract: A thermo-mechanical resonating microbolometer has a graphene absorber suspended above a metallic silicon substrate to form a mechanical resonator. Microelectronic circuitry electrically connected to the graphene resonator and the metallic silicon substrate drives electronically the motion of the graphene absorber. Shifts in the mechanical resonant frequency of the graphene layer due to the absorption of incident radiation is measured electronically or using optical interferometry. A bolometer sensor array may be fabricated using such graphene microbolometer elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Alemán, Andrew D. Blaikie, David J. Miller