Patents by Inventor Casey Eben SMITH

Casey Eben SMITH 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).

  • Apparatuses and systems for embedded thermoelectric generators
    Patent number: 9203010
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system for embedded thermoelectric generators are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is embedded in an interface where the ambient temperatures on two sides of the interface are different. In one embodiment, the apparatus is fabricated with the interface in integrity as a unitary piece. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first thermoelectric material embedded through the interface. The apparatus further includes a second thermoelectric material embedded through the interface. The first thermoelectric material is electrically coupled to the second thermoelectric material. In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes an output structure coupled to the first thermoelectric material and the second thermoelectric material and configured to output a voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Muhammad M. Hussain, Salman Bin Inayat, Casey Eben Smith
  • CYLINDRICAL-SHAPED NANOTUBE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR
    Publication number: 20140008606
    Abstract: A cylindrical-shaped nanotube FET may be manufactured on silicon (Si) substrates as a ring etched into a gate stack and filled with semiconductor material. An inner gate electrode couples to a region of the gate stack inside the inner circumference of the ring. An outer gate electrode couples to a region of the gate stack outside the outer circumference of the ring. The multi-gate cylindrical-shaped nanotube FET operates in volume inversion for ring widths below 15 nanometers. The cylindrical-shaped nanotube FET demonstrates better short channel effect (SCE) mitigation and higher performance (Ion/Ioff) than conventional transistor devices. The cylindrical-shaped nanotube FET may also be manufactured with higher yields and cheaper costs than conventional transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Muhammad M. Hussain, Hossain M. Fahad, Casey Eben Smith, Jhonathan P. Rojas
  • APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR EMBEDDED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS
    Publication number: 20130199592
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system for embedded thermoelectric generators are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is embedded in an interface where the ambient temperatures on two sides of the interface are different. In one embodiment, the apparatus is fabricated with the interface in integrity as a unitary piece. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first thermoelectric material embedded through the interface. The apparatus further includes a second thermoelectric material embedded through the interface. The first thermoelectric material is electrically coupled to the second thermoelectric material. In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes an output structure coupled to the first thermoelectric material and the second thermoelectric material and configured to output a voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Muhammad M. Hussain, Salman Bin INAYAT, Casey Eben SMITH