Patents by Inventor Bland B. Houston, Jr.

Bland B. Houston, Jr. 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).

  • Vacuum deposition method for fabricating an epitaxial PbSnTe rectifying metal semiconductor contact photodetector
    Patent number: 3961998
    Abstract: A junction photodetector employing Pb.sub.1-x Sn.sub.x Te in narrow film strips grown epitaxially on an appropriate substrate. An appropriate metal overlaps the film to form a metal-semiconductor contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kurt Peter Scharnhorst, Richard F. Bis, Jack R. Dixon, Bland B. Houston, Jr., Richard W. Brown, Harold R. Riedl