Patents by Inventor Arthur E. Horton

Arthur E. Horton 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: 3950843
    Abstract: A continuous film transistor fabrication process utilizes a roll of polyimide substrate film on which a plurality of groups of three metal contacts is patterned. The edges of the film are turned under, including portions of the metal contacts, to facilitate the ohmic bonding of the substrate contacts to other respective contacts on a support member. Holes are formed in the film between each pattern to act as indexing means for feeding the film through a series of processing stations. As the film passes through each station, a separate step in the fabrication takes place, until the completed, tested, and sorted transistors are removed from the last station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1971
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Arthur E. Horton, Jordan W. Brantley, Paul R. Smith, Cecil W. Lightfoot, Richard L. Hanneman