Patents by Inventor Fengnian Xia

Fengnian Xia 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).

  • Patent number: 8614141
    Abstract: A fabrication process for a nanoelectronic device and a device are provided. Channel material is deposited on a substrate to form a channel. A source metal contact and a drain metal contact are deposited on the channel material, and the source metal contact and the drain metal contact are on opposing ends of the channel material. A polyhydroxystyrene derivative is deposited on the channel material. A top gate oxide is deposited on the polymer layer. A top gate metal is deposited on the top gate oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Damon B. Farmer, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 8614435
    Abstract: A fabrication process for a nanoelectronic device and a device are provided. Channel material is deposited on a substrate to form a channel. A source metal contact and a drain metal contact are deposited on the channel material, and the source metal contact and the drain metal contact are on opposing ends of the channel material. A polyhydroxystyrene derivative is deposited on the channel material. A top gate oxide is deposited on the polymer layer. A top gate metal is deposited on the top gate oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Damon B. Farmer, Fengnian Xia
  • Publication number: 20130335255
    Abstract: Structures and methods for cloaking an object to electromagnetic radiation at the microwave and terahertz frequencies include disposing a plurality of graphene sheets about the object. Intermediate layers of a transparent dielectric material can be disposed between graphene sheets to optimize the performance. In other embodiments, the graphene can be formulated into a paint formulation or a fabric and applied to the object. The structures and methods absorb at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation at the microwave and terabyte frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: PHAEDON AVOURIS, ALBERTO V. GARCIA, CHUN-YUNG SUNG, FENGNIAN XIA, HUGEN YAN
  • Publication number: 20130333937
    Abstract: Electromagnetic interference shielding structures and methods of shielding an object form electromagnetic radiation at frequencies greater than a megahertz generally include providing highly doped graphene sheets about the object to be shielded. The highly doped graphene sheets may have a dopant concentration greater than >1e1013 cm?2, which is effective to reflect the electromagnetic radiation or a dopant concentration of 1e1013 cm?2>n>0 cm?2, which is effective to absorb the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: PHAEDON AVOURIS, ALBERTO V. GARCIA, CHUN-YUNG SUNG, FENGNIAN XIA, HUGEN YAN
  • Publication number: 20130335254
    Abstract: Structures and methods for cloaking an object to electromagnetic radiation at the microwave and terahertz frequencies include disposing a plurality of graphene sheets about the object. Intermediate layers of a transparent dielectric material can be disposed between graphene sheets to optimize the performance. In other embodiments, the graphene can be formulated into a paint formulation or a fabric and applied to the object. The structures and methods absorb at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation at the microwave and terabyte frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: PHAEDON AVOURIS, ALBERTO V. GARCIA, CHUN-YUNG SUNG, FENGNIAN XIA, HUGEN YAN
  • Publication number: 20130334472
    Abstract: Electromagnetic interference shielding structures and methods of shielding an object form electromagnetic radiation at frequencies greater than a megahertz generally include providing doped graphene sheets about the object to be shielded. The doped graphene sheets have a dopant concentration that is effective to reflect and/or absorb the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: PHAEDON AVOURIS, ALBERTO V. GARCIA, CHUN-YUNG SUNG, FENGNIAN XIA, HUGEN YAN
  • Patent number: 8610617
    Abstract: Structures and methods for cloaking an object to electromagnetic radiation at the microwave and terahertz frequencies include disposing a plurality of graphene sheets about the object. Intermediate layers of a transparent dielectric material can be disposed between graphene sheets to optimize the performance. In other embodiments, the graphene can be formulated into a paint formulation or a fabric and applied to the object. The structures and methods absorb at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation at the microwave and terabyte frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Alberto V. Garcia, Chun-Yung Sung, Fengnian Xia, Hugen Yan
  • Patent number: 8541734
    Abstract: A semiconductor photodetector may provide charge carrier avalanche multiplication at high field regions of a semiconductor material layer. A semiconductor current amplifier may provide current amplification by impact ionization near a high field region. A plurality of metal electrodes are formed on a surface of a semiconductor material layer and electrically biased to produce a non-uniform high electric field in which the high electric field strength accelerates avalanche electron-hole pair generation, which is employed as an effective avalanche multiplication photodetection mechanism or as an avalanche impact ionization current amplification mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Solomon Assefa, Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia
  • Publication number: 20130134391
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for doping a graphene and nanotube thin-film transistor field-effect transistor device to decrease contact resistance with a metal electrode. The method includes selectively applying a dopant to a metal contact region of a graphene and nanotube field-effect transistor device to decrease the contact resistance of the field-effect transistor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Bhupesh Chandra, George S. Tulevski, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 8395103
    Abstract: A semiconductor photodetector may provide charge carrier avalanche multiplication at high field regions of a semiconductor material layer. A semiconductor current amplifier may provide current amplification by impact ionization near a high field region. A plurality of metal electrodes are formed on a surface of a semiconductor material layer and electrically biased to produce a non-uniform high electric field in which the high electric field strength accelerates avalanche electron-hole pair generation, which is employed as an effective avalanche multiplication photodetection mechanism or as an avalanche impact ionization current amplification mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Solomon Assefa, Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 8378465
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for optical modulation, for example for use in optical communications links. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical modulation includes a first silicon layer having one or more trenches formed therein, a dielectric layer lining the first silicon layer, and a second silicon layer disposed on the dielectric layer and filling the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia
  • Publication number: 20130015375
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device and method for fabrication includes a substrate and a layer of graphene formed on the substrate. A metallization layer is patterned on the graphene. The metallization layer forms electrodes such that when the graphene is excited by light, terahertz frequency radiation is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: PHAEDON AVOURIS, Chun-Yung Sung, Alberto Valdes Garcia, Fengnian Xia
  • Publication number: 20120326012
    Abstract: A semiconductor photodetector may provide charge carrier avalanche multiplication at high field regions of a semiconductor material layer. A semiconductor current amplifier may provide current amplification by impact ionization near a high field region. A plurality of metal electrodes are formed on a surface of a semiconductor material layer and electrically biased to produce a non-uniform high electric field in which the high electric field strength accelerates avalanche electron-hole pair generation, which is employed as an effective avalanche multiplication photodetection mechanism or as an avalanche impact ionization current amplification mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Solomon Assefa, Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia
  • Publication number: 20120298962
    Abstract: A fabrication process for a nanoelectronic device and a device are provided. Channel material is deposited on a substrate to form a channel. A source metal contact and a drain metal contact are deposited on the channel material, and the source metal contact and the drain metal contact are on opposing ends of the channel material. A polyhydroxystyrene derivative is deposited on the channel material. A top gate oxide is deposited on the polymer layer. A top gate metal is deposited on the top gate oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Damon B. Farmer, Fengnian Xia
  • Publication number: 20120205523
    Abstract: A semiconductor photodetector may provide charge carrier avalanche multiplication at high field regions of a semiconductor material layer. A semiconductor current amplifier may provide current amplification by impact ionization near a high field region. A plurality of metal electrodes are formed on a surface of a semiconductor material layer and electrically biased to produce a non-uniform high electric field in which the high electric field strength accelerates avalanche electron-hole pair generation, which is employed as an effective avalanche multiplication photodetection mechanism or as an avalanche impact ionization current amplification mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Solomon Assefa, Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 8232516
    Abstract: A semiconductor photodetector may provide charge carrier avalanche multiplication at high field regions of a semiconductor material layer. A semiconductor current amplifier may provide current amplification by impact ionization near a high field region. A plurality of metal electrodes are formed on a surface of a semiconductor material layer and electrically biased to produce a non-uniform high electric field in which the high electric field strength accelerates avalanche electron-hole pair generation, which is employed as an effective avalanche multiplication photodetection mechanism or as an avalanche impact ionization current amplification mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Solomon Assefa, Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 8139904
    Abstract: A method of implementing optical deflection switching includes directing a tuning operation at a specific region of coupled optical resonators coupled to an input port, a first output port and a second output port, the coupled optical resonator including a plurality of cascaded unit cells; wherein the tuning operation interrupts a resonant coupling between one or more of the unit cells of the coupled resonators so as to cause an input optical signal from the input port to be directed from the first output port to the second output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Green, Fengnian Xia, Yurii Vlasov
  • Patent number: 8053782
    Abstract: A photodetector which uses single or multi-layer graphene as the photon detecting layer is disclosed. Multiple embodiments are disclosed with different configurations of electrodes. In addition, a photodetector array comprising multiple photodetecting elements is disclosed for applications such as imaging and monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Yu-Ming Lin, Thomas Mueller, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 7999344
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprises a photodetector feature, an interfacial layer disposed above at least a portion of the photodetector feature, and a vertical contact disposed on at least a portion of the interfacial layer. The photodetector feature comprises germanium and is operative to convert a light signal into an electrical signal. The interfacial layer comprises nickel. Finally, the vertical contact is operative to transmit the electrical signal from the photodetector feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Solomon Assefa, Stephen Walter Bedell, Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia
  • Publication number: 20110111564
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for optical modulation, for example for use in optical communications links. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical modulation includes a first silicon layer having one or more trenches formed therein, a dielectric layer lining the first silicon layer, and a second silicon layer disposed on the dielectric layer and filling the trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: YURII A VLASOV, Fengnian Xia