Patents by Inventor Antonio Facchetti

Antonio Facchetti 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).

  • Low-Temperature Fabrication of Spray-Coated Metal Oxide Thin Film Transistors
    Publication number: 20150087110
    Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method of enabling metal oxide film growth via solution processes at low temperatures (?350° C.) and in a time-efficient manner. The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks, Xinge Yu, Yu Xia, William Christopher Sheets
  • Carbonaceous nanomaterial-based thin-film transistors
    Patent number: 8987710
    Abstract: Disclosed are thin film transistor devices incorporating a thin film semiconductor derived from carbonaceous nanomaterials and a dielectric layer composed of an organic-inorganic hybrid self-assembled multilayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Xia, He Yan, Antonio Facchetti
  • Photopatternable Materials and Related Electronic Devices and Methods
    Publication number: 20150056553
    Abstract: The present inorganic-organic hybrid materials can be patterned with relatively low photo-exposure energies and are thermally stable, mechanically robust, resist water penetration, and show good adhesion to metal oxides, metals, metal alloys, as well as organic materials. The present materials can be solution-processed (e.g., by spin-coating), and can exhibit good chemical (e.g., solvent and etchant) resistance in the cured form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Chun Huang, Zhikai Wang, Yu Xia, Meko McCray, Theresa L. Starck, Darwin Scott Bull, Antonio Facchetti, Xiang Yu
  • Low-temperature fabrication of metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films
    Patent number: 8940579
    Abstract: Disclosed are new methods of fabricating metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Myung-Gil Kim, William Christopher Sheets, He Yan, Yu Xia
  • Low-temperature fabrication of metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films
    Patent number: 8940578
    Abstract: Disclosed are new methods of fabricating metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Myung-Gil Kim, William Christopher Sheets, He Yan, Yu Xia
  • Photopatternable Materials and Related Electronic Devices and Methods
    Publication number: 20150021597
    Abstract: The present polymeric materials can be patterned with relatively low photo-exposure energies and are thermally stable, mechanically robust, resist water penetration, and show good adhesion to metal oxides, metals, metal alloys, as well as organic materials. In addition, these polymeric materials can be solution-processed (e.g., by spin-coating), and can exhibit good chemical (e.g., solvent and etchant) resistance in the cured form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Shaofeng Lu, Daniel Batzel, Chun Huang, Ming Huei Wang, Meko McCray, Yu Xia, Antonio Facchetti
  • Photocurable polymeric dielectrics containing 6-substituted coumarin moieties and methods of preparation and use thereof
    Patent number: 8937301
    Abstract: Disclosed are polymer-based dielectric compositions (e.g., formulations) and materials (e.g. films) and associated devices. The polymers generally include photocrosslinkable pendant groups; for example, the polymers can include one or more coumarin-containing pendant groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: BASF SE, Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan Quinn, He Yan, Yan Zheng, Christopher Newman, Silke Annika Koehler, Antonio Facchetti, Thomas Breiner
  • PHOTOCURABLE POLYMERIC DIELECTRICS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140363690
    Abstract: Disclosed are polymer-based dielectric compositions (e.g., formulations) and materials (e.g. films) and associated devices. The polymers generally include photocrosslinkable pendant groups; for example, the polymers can include one or more coumarin-containing pendant groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: BASF SE, POLYERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jordan QUINN, He Yan, Yan Zheng, Christopher Newman, Silke Annika Koehler, Antonio Facchetti, Thomas Breiner
  • Inorganic-organic hybrid thin-film transistors using inorganic semiconducting films
    Patent number: 8907337
    Abstract: Inorganic semiconducting compounds, composites and compositions thereof, and related device structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Tobin J. Marks, Antonio Facchetti, Lian Wang, Myung-Han Yoon, Yu Yang
  • Heteroaromatic Semiconducting polymers
    Publication number: 20140353628
    Abstract: The present teachings relate to new semiconducting polymers. The polymers disclosed herein can exhibit high carrier mobility and/or efficient light absorption/emission characteristics, and can possess certain processing advantages such as solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Antonio Facchetti
  • Stacked structure organic light-emitting transistors
    Patent number: 8901547
    Abstract: The present stacked structure organic light-emitting transistors include new arrangements of electrodes that can favor carrier recombination and exciton formation. More specifically, the stacked structure includes a substrate, a gate electrode, a channel layer having one or more organic sublayers, a dielectric layer positioned between the gate electrode and the channel layer, and a hole electrode and an electron electrode that are spaced apart from each other at a planar distance defining the length of a channel region in between. Each of the hole electrode and the electron electrode is positioned either within the channel layer or on top of a first side of the channel layer. Additionally, the hole electrode and the electron electrode are positioned away from a second side of the channel layer at different distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Polyera Corporation
    Inventor: Antonio Facchetti
  • Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices
    Patent number: 8883958
    Abstract: Disclosed are certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The disclosed compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The disclosed compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Raynergy Tek Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Hakan Usta, Hualong Pan, Martin Drees, Mitchell Denti
  • Photocurable polymeric materials and related electronic devices
    Patent number: 8878169
    Abstract: Disclosed are photocurable polymers that can be used as active and/or passive organic materials in various electronic, optical, and optoelectronic devices. In some embodiments, the device can include a dielectric layer prepared from such photocurable polymers. In some embodiments, the device can include a passivation layer prepared from the polymers described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Hakan Usta, Huei Shuan Phoebe Tan, Yu Xia, Zhihua Chen, Yan Zheng, Antonio Facchetti
  • Polymeric semiconductors and related devices
    Patent number: 8859714
    Abstract: Disclosed are new organic semiconductor materials prepared from polymers based on N-alkyl-2,2?-bithiophene-3,3?-dicarboximide (BTI) repeating units. Such polymers can exhibit desirable electronic properties and can possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Tobin J. Marks, Antonio Facchetti
  • Semiconducting Compounds and Devices Incorporating Same
    Publication number: 20140288313
    Abstract: Disclosed are molecular and polymeric compounds having desirable properties as semiconducting materials. Such compounds can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability. Organic transistor and photovoltaic devices incorporating the present compounds as the active layer exhibit good device performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Tobin J. Marks, Antonio Facchetti, Pierre-Luc Boudreault, Hiroyuki Miyauchi
  • Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices
    Patent number: 8841409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The present compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The present compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Kap-Soo Cheon, Hualong Pan, Martin Drees
  • Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices
    Patent number: 8835598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The present compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The present compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Hualong Pan, Martin Drees, Antonio Facchetti
  • Polymeric Materials for Use in Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors
    Publication number: 20140217395
    Abstract: Disclosed are polysulfone-based materials that can be used as active and/or passive components in various electronic, optical, and optoelectronic devices, particularly, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors. For example, various metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors can include a dielectric layer and/or a passivation layer prepared from such polysulfone-based materials and exhibit good device performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: POLYERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, Daniel Batzel, Jing Chen, Chun Huang, Shaofeng Lu, William Christopher Sheets, Jingqi Wang, Yu Xia
  • Perylene-imide semiconductor polymers
    Patent number: 8796672
    Abstract: Disclosed are new semiconductor materials prepared from perylene-imide copolymers. Such polymers can exhibit high n-type carrier mobility and/or good current modulation characteristics. In addition, the compounds of the present teachings can possess certain processing advantages such as solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Polyera Corporation, BASF SE
    Inventors: Antonio Facchetti, He Yan, Zhihua Chen, Marcel Kastler, Florian Doetz
  • Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices
    Patent number: 8772442
    Abstract: Disclosed are certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The disclosed compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The disclosed compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Polyera Corporation
    Inventors: Zhengguo Zhu, Hualong Pan, Martin Drees, Hakan Usta, Shaofeng Lu, Antonio Facchetti