Patents by Inventor Terry Lee Clites

Terry Lee Clites 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).

  • Non-polar and semi-polar GaN substrates, devices, and methods for making them
    Patent number: 7727874
    Abstract: Non-polar or semi-polar (Al, Ga, In)N substrates are fabricated by re-growth of (Al, Ga, In)N crystal on (Al, Ga, In)N seed crystals, wherein the size of the seed crystal expands or is increased in the lateral and vertical directions, resulting in larger sizes of non-polar and semi-polar substrates useful for optoelectronic and microelectronic devices. One or more non-polar or semi-polar substrates may be sliced from the re-grown crystal. The lateral growth rate may be greater than the vertical growth rate. The seed crystal may be a non-polar seed crystal. The seed crystal may have crystalline edges of equivalent crystallographic orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Kyma Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew David Hanser, Edward Alfred Preble, Lianghong Liu, Terry Lee Clites, Keith Richard Evans
  • Non-polar and semi-polar GaN substrates, devices, and methods for making them
    Publication number: 20090081857
    Abstract: Non-polar or semi-polar (Al, Ga, In)N substrates are fabricated by re-growth of (Al, Ga, In)N crystal on (Al, Ga, In)N seed crystals, wherein the size of the seed crystal expands or is increased in the lateral and vertical directions, resulting in larger sizes of non-polar and semi-polar substrates useful for optoelectronic and microelectronic devices. One or more non-polar or semi-polar substrates may be sliced from the re-grown crystal. The lateral growth rate may be greater than the vertical growth rate. The seed crystal may be a non-polar seed crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Kyma Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew David Hanser, Edward Alfred Preble, Lianghong Liu, Terry Lee Clites, Keith Richard Evans