Patents by Inventor Anita Lloyd Spetz

Anita Lloyd Spetz 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).

  • Patent number: 9157888
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (20) for chemical sensing, comprising an electrically conducting and chemically sensitive channel (2) extending between drain (5) and source (6) electrodes. A gate electrode (7) is separated from the channel (2) by a gap (10) through which a chemical to be sensed can reach the channel (2) which comprises a continuous monocrystalline graphene layer (2a) arranged on an electrically insulating graphene layer substrate (1). The graphene layer (2a) extends between and is electrically connected to the source electrode (5) and the drain electrode (6). The substrate supports the graphene layer, allowing it to stay 2-dimensional and continuous, and enables it to be provided on a well defined surface, and be produced and added to the transistor as a separate part. This is beneficial for reproducibility and reduces the risk of damage to the graphene layer during production and after. Low detection limits with low variability between individual transistors are also enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: GRAPHENSIC AB
    Inventors: Mike Andersson, Lars Hultman, Anita Lloyd Spetz, Ruth Pearce, Rositsa Yakimova
  • Publication number: 20140070170
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (20) for chemical sensing, comprising an electrically conducting and chemically sensitive channel (2) extending between drain (5) and source (6) electrodes. A gate electrode (7) is separated from the channel (2) by a gap (10) through which a chemical to be sensed can reach the channel (2) which comprises a continuous monocrystalline graphene layer (2a) arranged on an electrically insulating graphene layer substrate (1). The graphene layer (2a) extends between and is electrically connected to the source electrode (5) and the drain electrode (6). The substrate supports the graphene layer, allowing it to stay 2-dimensional and continuous, and enables it to be provided on a well defined surface, and be produced and added to the transistor as a separate part. This is beneficial for reproducibility and reduces the risk of damage to the graphene layer during production and after. Low detection limits with low variability between individual transistors are also enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SENSIC AB
    Inventors: Mike Andersson, Lars Hultman, Anita Lloyd Spetz, Ruth Pearce, Rositsa Yakimova
  • Publication number: 20110197571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting particles and a particle sensor arrangement. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and arrangement for detecting particles in a gas flow, e.g. from a diesel combustion engine. The method comprises the steps of; forcing a particle build up on a sensor element of a particle sensor arrangement by regulating the sensor element to a second temperature; wherein the second temperature is lower than a first temperature, the first temperature being the gas flow temperature. Additionally is the particle build up detected at the sensor element by means of a detector. The present invention provides for an accurate method and arrangement to detect and thereby measure particles present in a gas flow, e.g. from a combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: VOLVO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jacobus Hendrik Visser, Peter Jozsa MĂ„rdberg, Doina Lutic, Anita Lloyd Spetz, Mehri Sanati
  • Patent number: 6109094
    Abstract: A gas sensing device having a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate is covered by an insulator layer, on which an intermediate layer is formed, and subsequently covered by a gas sensing catalytic layer, wherein the intermediate layer and the catalytic layer are made of different materials. The gas sensing device may optionally have dispersed between the insulator layer and the intermediate layer a catalytic metal layer. The gas sensing device provides improved stability and speed of response, even when used at high ambient temperatures, such as temperatures found in combustion systems. A method for making the gas sensing device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Forskarpatent I Linkoping Ab
    Inventors: Amir Baranzahi, Ingemar Lundstrom, Anita Lloyd Spetz