Patents Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Commerce
  • Temperature calibration wafer for rapid thermal processing using thin-film thermocouples
    Patent number: 6037645
    Abstract: A thin-film thermocouple is provided which can be used at temperature of up to 900.degree. C. The thin-film thermocouple includes: a silicon substrate; an SiO.sub.2 diffusion barrier layer formed on the substrate; a titanium oxide adhesion layer formed on the diffusion barrier layer; a palladium thin film formed on the diffusion barrier layer; and a platinum thin film formed on the diffusion barrier layer and overlapping a portion of the palladium thin film to form a thermocouple junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Commerce
    Inventor: Kenneth G. Kreider
  • Modified sulfur cement
    Patent number: 4311826
    Abstract: A modified sulfur cement comprising the polymeric reaction product of elemental sulfur and a cyclopentadiene oligomer containing reactant.Cement compositions can be formulated by blending an aggregate material with the modified sulfur cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Commerce
    Inventors: William C. McBee, Thomas A. Sullivan