Patents by Inventor ANUSHA BALACHANDRAN

ANUSHA BALACHANDRAN 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: 11973160
    Abstract: A voltage tunable solar-blind UV detector using a EG/SiC heterojunction based Schottky emitter bipolar phototransistor with EG grown on p-SiC epi-layer using a chemically accelerated selective etching process of Si using TFS precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Venkata Surya N. Chava, MVS Chandrashekhar, Anusha Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20220216359
    Abstract: A voltage tunable solar-blind UV detector using a EG/SiC heterojunction based Schottky emitter bipolar phototransistor with EG grown on p-SiC epi-layer using a chemically accelerated selective etching process of Si using TFS precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Venkata Surya N. Chava, MVS Chandrashekhar, Anusha Balachandran
  • Patent number: 11309449
    Abstract: A voltage tunable solar-blind UV detector using a EG/SiC heterojunction based Schottky emitter bipolar phototransistor with EG grown on p-SiC epi-layer using a chemically accelerated selective etching process of Si using TFS precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Venkata Surya N. Chava, MVS Chandrashekhar, Anusha Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20200119217
    Abstract: A voltage tunable solar-blind UV detector using a EG/SiC heterojunction based Schottky emitter bipolar phototransistor with EG grown on p-SiC epi-layer using a chemically accelerated selective etching process of Si using TFS precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Venkata Surya N. Chava, MVS Chandrashekhar, Anusha Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20200056302
    Abstract: Methods are provided for growing basal plane dislocation (BPD)-free SiC device-ready epilayers, particularly suitable for 4H-SiC devices. The devices are formed via a substantially 100% conversion of BPDs to threading edge dislocations (TEDs) while pinning the conversion point below the epilayer interface. Methods include the formation of a recombination layer on a previously formed and etched buffer layer. Devices allow for improved reliability and efficiency of high voltage switches used in the day-to-day applications such as inverters, uninterrupted power supplies, and other high power handling devices employed in hybrid electric vehicles, aircraft electronic systems, etc. by enabling the manufacture of smaller, lighter, and more efficient, high power SiC devices in a cost effective, reliable platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: ANUSHA BALACHANDRAN, MVS CHANDRASHEKHAR, TANGALI S. SUDARSHAN