Patents by Inventor Merel Philippe

Merel Philippe 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).

  • Regionally thinned microstructures for microbolometers
    Patent number: 7303997
    Abstract: Microbolometers with regionally thinned microbridges are produced by depositing a thin film (0.6 ?m) of silicon nitride on a silicon substrate, forming microbridges on the substrate, etching the thin film to define windows in a pixel area, thinning the windows, releasing the silicon nitride, depositing a conductive YBaCuO film on the bridges, depositing a conductive film (Au) on the YBaCuO film, and removing selected areas of the YBaCuO and conductive films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of National Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government
    Inventors: Philips Laou, Merel Philippe