Patents by Inventor David H. Tomich

David H. Tomich 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).

  • Publication number: 20230327011
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structure configured to generate a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) combined with a grating structure which interacts with the 2DEG when a bias voltage is applied across the HEMT structure to responsively generate Smith-Purcell radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: John S Cetnar, David H Tomich, Shivashankar R Vangala
  • Patent number: 11646201
    Abstract: A method for preparation of orientation-patterned (OP) templates comprising the steps of: depositing a first layer of a first material on a common substrate by a far-from-equilibrium process; and depositing a first layer of a second material on the first layer of the first material by a close-to-equilibrium process, wherein a first assembly is formed. The first material and the second material may be the same material or different materials. The substrate material may be Al2O3 (sapphire), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), GaAs, GaP, GaSb, InAs, InP, CdTe, CdS, CdSe, or GaSe. The first material deposited on the common substrate may be one or more electronic or optical binary materials from the group consisting of AlN, GaN, GaP, InP, GaAs, InAs, AlAs, ZnSe, GaSe, ZnTe, CdTe, HgTe, GaSb, SiC, CdS, CdSe, or their ternaries or quaternaries. The far-from-equilibrium process is one of MOCVD and MBE, and the close-to-equilibrium process is HVPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Vladimir Tassev, Shivashankar Vangala, David H Tomich
  • Patent number: 11087975
    Abstract: A method for preparation of orientation-patterned (OP) templates comprising the steps of: depositing a first layer of a first material on a common substrate by a far-from-equilibrium process; and depositing a first layer of a second material on the first layer of the first material by a close-to-equilibrium process, wherein a first assembly is formed. The first material and the second material may be the same material or different materials. The substrate material may be Al2O3 (sapphire), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), GaAs, GaP, GaSb, InAs, InP, CdTe, CdS, CdSe, or GaSe. The first material deposited on the common substrate may be one or more electronic or optical binary materials from the group consisting of AlN, GaN, GaP, InP, GaAs, InAs, AlAs, ZnSe, GaSe, ZnTe, CdTe, HgTe, GaSb, SiC, CdS, CdSe, or their ternaries or quaternaries. The far-from-equilibrium process is one of MOCVD and MBE, and the close-to-equilibrium process is HVPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Vladimir Tassev, Shivashankar Vangala, David H Tomich
  • Patent number: 7618905
    Abstract: A method and device for a heterostructure self-assembled quantum dot based on inherent strain present in underlying self-assembled quantum dots for the purpose of modification and control of the properties of the self assembled quantum dots structures formed on semiconductor surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Kurt G. Eyink, David H. Tomich, Lawrence Grazulis
  • Patent number: 6117697
    Abstract: A method for making a magnetoresistive sensing device including depositing an ultrathin active film responsive to changes in magnetic field energy onto a compliant layer of periodic table group III-V semiconductor material on a semiconductor substrate wafer, the compliant layer being capable of retaining strain energy resulting from the layering semiconductor materials with different lattice constants. This method produces a battery operable ultrathin device highly sensitive to changes in magnetic field flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Matthew L. Seaford, Kurt G. Eyink, David H. Tomich, William V. Lampert