Patents Assigned to Lucent Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130308179
    Abstract: In one aspect, an optical gain device is provided. The optical gain device comprises a metallic film and an optical gain medium. The metallic film has a plurality of slits therethrough. The plurality of slits are configured such that the film selectively and resonantly transmits light over a preselected frequency range. The optical gain medium is situated within or substantially near at least one slit of the plurality of slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Chen, Ronen Rapaport
  • Publication number: 20130202582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for selectively delivering an active agent to a portion of an organism. The composition comprises first and second polymer portions, having first and second functional groups attached as a side-chain thereto, respectively. The first and second functional groups form cross-links between the first and second polymer portions. The cross-links are capable of being broken by a substance of the organism, thereby resulting in release of the active agent. The composition provides a novel means for controlling the selective release of the active agent in the organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicants: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Noshir Langrana, David Lin, Bernard Yurke
  • Publication number: 20120174274
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a multi-layered armor. The multi-layered armor includes a stack of layers, each layer including a mesh of fibers of first polymer molecules, surfaces of the fibers being functionalized by at least one of hydroxyl, ketone, and amine groups. The multilayered armor also includes second polymer molecules being hydrogen bonded to the fiber surfaces, some of the second polymer molecules having hydroxyl, ketone, amine or carboxylic acid groups. The multilayered armor further includes a composition of third polymer molecules molded over the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Ashok J. Maliakal
  • Publication number: 20120122300
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a microelectromechanical system. The microelectromechanical system includes a crystalline structural element having dislocations therein. For at least about 60 percent of adjacent pairs of the dislocations, direction vectors of the dislocations form acute angles of less than about 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: George Patrick Watson
  • Publication number: 20120038010
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a microelectromechanical system. The microelectromechanical system includes a crystalline structural element having dislocations therein. For at least about 60 percent of adjacent pairs of the dislocations, direction vectors of the dislocations form acute angles of less than about 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: George Patrick Watson
  • Patent number: 8116638
    Abstract: A signal receiver, such as an RF-matched filter receiver, includes an optical source (e.g. a mode-locked laser) providing an optical signal, and a first optical modulator to modulate the optical signal with a received RF signal and provide a modulated optical signal. A second optical modulator modulates the modulated optical signal with a reference signal and provides a twice modulated optical signal. The modulators may be Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM) and/or Indium Phosphide (InP) modulators. An optical detector receives the twice modulated optical signal and provides a detected signal, and a processing unit receives the detected signal and extracts or measures cross-correlation between the received RF signal and the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Harris Corporation, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Fitzgerald, Richard DeSalvo, Young Kai Chen, Andreas Leven, Peter J. Delfyett
  • Publication number: 20110295029
    Abstract: A composition includes an inorganic particle core and an initiator molecule chemically bonded thereto. The particle core is formed of a material having a dielectric constant of about fifteen or more. The initiator molecule includes a chain having about twenty or fewer carbon atoms and a phosphorous atom chemically bonded to an end of the chain. An alkyl derivative of an aryl moiety terminates another end of the chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ashok J. Maliakal
  • Publication number: 20110294296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a structure over a semiconductor substrate. To form a trench, a patterned layer is formed on a portion of a substrate such that the patterned layer forms a target area located adjacent an edge of the patterned layer. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is coupled to the substrate up to the patterned layer, but excluded from the patterned layer. The substrate is then removed within the target area. A wire is formed in a similar fashion except that the first SAM is exchanged with a second SAM in the target area. Then either the substrate outside of the target area is removed, or conductive metal crystals are grown within the target area. Such structures may be advantageously used in the manufacture of a number of active or passive electronic devices, such as a field effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joanna Aizenberg, Vikram Sundar
  • Publication number: 20110244189
    Abstract: Superlyophobic Surface Structure, including a substrate having a surface; a plurality of nanoscale raised features on the substrate surface, each nanoscale raised feature having a length measured in a direction approximately perpendicular to the substrate surface, each nanoscale raised feature having a raised feature diameter along the length and measured in a direction approximately parallel to the substrate surface; a nanoscale top feature on each of a plurality of the nanoscale raised features, each nanoscale top feature having a top feature diameter measured in a direction approximately parallel to the substrate surface; in which an average top feature diameter is greater than an average raised feature diameter. Method of fabricating a Superlyophobic Surface Structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Joseph Ashley Taylor
  • Publication number: 20110033972
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first solid electrode on a substrate, a polyelectrolyte layer over a part of the first solid electrode, a second solid electrode on a portion of the polyelectrolyte layer, and an anchoring layer on the part of the first solid electrode. The polyelectrolyte layer is either chemically bonded to the anchoring layer or has a thickness of less than about 20 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Oleksandr Sydorenko, Nikolai Zhitenev
  • Publication number: 20100330737
    Abstract: A method includes the steps of forming a contiguous semiconducting region and heating the region. The semiconducting region includes polyaromatic molecules. The heating raises the semiconducting region to a temperature above room temperature. The heating is performed in the presence of a dopant gas and the absence of light to form a doped organic semiconducting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: Lucent Technologies Inc., The Trustees of Columbia University
    Inventors: Christian Leo Kloc, Arthur Penn Ramirez, Woo-Young So
  • Publication number: 20100304516
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an apparatus, comprising forming a light-emitting crystalline structure. Forming the light-emitting crystalline structure includes forming a first barrier region on a substrate, the first barrier region having one or more inclined surfaces relative to a planar surface of the substrate. Forming the light-emitting crystalline structure also includes forming a second barrier region over the first barrier region, to form a junction at the inclined surfaces, wherein the first barrier region comprises one of an n-type or p-type semiconductor crystal, and the second barrier region comprises the other of the n-type or p-type semiconductor crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Hock Min Ng
  • Publication number: 20100292402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a first polymer and a second polymer cross-linked by the association of functional groups attached as side chains to the polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Allen P. Mills, JR., Bernard Yurke
  • Publication number: 20100247982
    Abstract: A battery having an electrode with at least one nanostructured surface is disclosed wherein the nanostructured surface is divided into cells and is disposed in a way such that an electrolyte fluid of the battery is prevented from contacting the portion of electrode associated with each cell. When a voltage is passed over the nanostructured surface associated with a particular cell, the electrolyte fluid is caused to penetrate the nanostructured surface of that cell and to contact the electrode, thus activating the portion of the battery associated with that cell. The current/voltage generated by the battery is controlled by selectively activating only a portion of the cells. Multiple cells can be active simultaneously to produce the desired voltage. The more cells that are active, the higher the current/voltage and the lower the overall life of the battery. The life of the battery can be extended by activating fewer cells simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Scott Hodes, Paul Robert Kolodner, Thomas Nikita Krupenkln, Alan Michael Lyons, Mary Louise Mandich, Joseph Ashley Taylor, Donald Weiss
  • Publication number: 20100221597
    Abstract: A battery having a nanostructured battery electrode is disclosed wherein it is possible to reverse the contact of the electrolyte with the battery electrode and, thus, to return a battery to a reserve state after it has been used to generate current. In order to achieve this reversibility, the nanostructures on the battery electrode comprise a plurality of closed cells and the pressure within the enclosed cells is varied. In a first embodiment, the pressure is varied by varying the temperature of a fluid within the cells by, for example, applying a voltage to electrodes disposed within said cells. In a second illustrative embodiment, once the battery has been fully discharged, the battery is recharged and then the electrolyte fluid is expelled from the cells in a way such that it is no longer in contact with the battery electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Scott Hodes, Paul Robert Kolodner, Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine, Alan Michael Lyons, Mary Louise Mandich, Joseph Ashley Taylor, Donald Weiss
  • Publication number: 20100182120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bi-directional microelectromechanical element, a microelectromechanical switch including the bi-directional element, and a method to reduce mechanical creep in the bi-directional element. In one embodiment, the bi-directional microelectromechanical element includes a cold beam having a free end and a first end connected to a cold beam anchor. The cold beam anchor is attached to a substrate. A first beam pair is coupled to the cold beam by a free end tether and is configured to elongate when heated thereby to a greater temperature than a temperature of the cold beam. A second beam pair is located on an opposing side of the cold beam from the first beam pair and is coupled to the first beam pair and the cold beam by the free end tether. The second beam pair is configured to elongate when heated thereby to the greater temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Arman Gasparyan, John VanAtta Gates, II, Maria Elina Simon
  • Patent number: 7755755
    Abstract: A method is provided for identifying a contaminant in a gaseous space. The method includes: generating a broadband optical waveform; shaping the optical waveform to match an expected waveform for a known contaminant; and transmitting the shaped optical waveform towards an unknown contaminant. Upon receiving a reflected optical waveform from the unknown contaminant, determining whether the unknown contaminant correlates to the known contaminant based on the reflected waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Harris Corporation, Lucents Technologies Inc., University of Central Florida Foundations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Richard DeSalvo, Geoffrey Lynn Burdge, Bruce W. FitzGerald, Young-Kai Chen, Andreas Leven, Peter Delfyett
  • Publication number: 20100144086
    Abstract: A method comprising reducing an acenequinone to form an acenepolyhydrodiol by exposing the acenequinone to a reducing environment comprising an alkoxyaluminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: Lucent Technologies Inc., Columbia University
    Inventor: Xiaoliu Chi
  • Publication number: 20100136741
    Abstract: A composition comprising a plurality of molecules. Each of the molecules has a core comprising at least one aromatic ring and at least three pendant arms chemically bonded to the core. The pendant arms comprise a phenylene-terminated thiophene oligomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok J. Maliakal, Ming L. Tang
  • Publication number: 20100110264
    Abstract: System including image projector and video camera. System further includes signal processor configured to be in communication with image projector and video camera, and with a video monitor. Image projector is configured for receiving and projecting first image onto surface of an object. Video camera is configured for capturing second image including first image as projected onto object. System is configured for transmitting second image for display by video monitor. Method that includes providing image projector and video camera. Method further includes providing signal processor configured to be in communication with image projector, video camera, and a video monitor. Method also includes causing image projector to receive and to project first image onto surface of an object, causing video camera to capture second image including first image as projected onto object, and causing system to transmit second image for display by video monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin D. Carroll