Patents Assigned to Electronic Power Research Institute, Incorporated
  • Surface control alloy substrates and methods of manufacture therefor
    Patent number: 6730410
    Abstract: Methods and articles for controlling the surface of an alloy substrate for deposition of an epitaxial layer. The invention includes the use of an intermediate layer to stabilize the substrate surface against oxidation for subsequent deposition of an epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignees: Electronic Power Research Institute, Incorporated, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Leslie G. Fritzemeier, Qi Li, Martin W. Rupich, Elliott D. Thompson, Edward J. Siegal, Cornelis Leo Hans Thieme, Suresh Annavarapu, Paul N. Arendt, Stephen R. Foltyn