Patents by Inventor Charles E. Mackin

Charles E. Mackin 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: 10871466
    Abstract: A sensor device including a substrate that is transparent and/or flexible, and a transparent sensor array disposed on the substrate. The transparent sensor array includes transparent sensor circuits and transparent interconnects electrically coupled to the transparent sensor circuits. Each of the transparent sensor circuits includes a transparent transistor. A transparent slide may include a transparent sensor circuit disposed on a transparent substrate. The slide may be prepared for observation of a specimen by placing the specimen in fluidic communication with the transparent sensor circuit. A flexible sensor device may include an array of transparent sensor circuits disposed on a flexible substrate. The flexible sensor device may be placed on the surface of an object to determine parameters at locations adjacent to the surface of the object. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit may include using a multilayer etch mask of electron-beam resist and photoresist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Charles E. Mackin, Tomás Apostol Palacios
  • Publication number: 20180321184
    Abstract: A sensor device including a substrate that is transparent and/or flexible, and a transparent sensor array disposed on the substrate. The transparent sensor array includes transparent sensor circuits and transparent interconnects electrically coupled to the transparent sensor circuits. Each of the transparent sensor circuits includes a transparent transistor. A transparent slide may include a transparent sensor circuit disposed on a transparent substrate. The slide may be prepared for observation of a specimen by placing the specimen in fluidic communication with the transparent sensor circuit. A flexible sensor device may include an array of transparent sensor circuits disposed on a flexible substrate. The flexible sensor device may be placed on the surface of an object to determine parameters at locations adjacent to the surface of the object. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit may include using a multilayer etch mask of electron-beam resist and photoresist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Charles E. Mackin, Tomás Apostol Palacios