Patents by Inventor D. Kurt Gaskill

D. Kurt Gaskill 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: 10562278
    Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a first graphene layer, a second graphene layer over the first graphene layer, the second graphene layer oriented at a first interlayer twist angle with respect to the first graphene layer and bonded by interlayer covalent bonds to the first graphene layer, and a third graphene layer over the second graphene layer, the third graphene layer oriented at a second interlayer twist angle with respect to the second graphene layer and bonded by interlayer covalent bonds to the second graphene layer. A multi-layer graphene article includes at least three graphene layers, each graphene layer being oriented at an interlayer twist angle with respect to an adjacent graphene layer and bonded by interlayer covalent bonds to the adjacent graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: University of Massachusetts, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SuI-UFRGS, The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Christos Dimitrakopoulos, Dimitrios Maroudas, Andre R. Muniz, D. Kurt Gaskill
  • Publication number: 20160207291
    Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a first graphene layer, a second graphene layer over the first graphene layer, the second graphene layer oriented at a first interlayer twist angle with respect to the first graphene layer and bonded by interlayer covalent bonds to the first graphene layer, and a third graphene layer over the second graphene layer, the third graphene layer oriented at a second interlayer twist angle with respect to the second graphene layer and bonded by interlayer covalent bonds to the second graphene layer. A multi-layer graphene article includes at least three graphene layers, each graphene layer being oriented at an interlayer twist angle with respect to an adjacent graphene layer and bonded by interlayer covalent bonds to the adjacent graphene layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Christos Dimitrakopoulos, Dimitrios Maroudas, Andre R. Muniz, D. Kurt Gaskill
  • Patent number: 5379109
    Abstract: An apparatus for non-destructively measuring resistivity of a semiconductor, such as InP, comprises light sources for illuminating a preselected portion of the semiconductor with first and second light beams, each of a preselected single wavelength, the first light beam operating to excite the semiconductor by photo injecting carriers, and the second light beam bombarding the local portion of the semiconductor with a preselected photon energy. The apparatus measures a fractional change in reflectance of the second light beam responsive to the first light beam, and records this fractional change in reflectance for various values of photon energy of the second light beam, to generate a photoreflectance line-shape. The photoreflectance line-shape is used to calculate a photoreflectance line-shape phase angle, which is used to determine the resistivity of the preselected portion of the semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: D. Kurt Gaskill, Nicholas Bottka, Alok K. Berry
  • Patent number: 4953983
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for non-destructive measuring of local carrier concentration and bandgap in a semiconductor such as gallium arsenide or gallium aluminum arsenide. A high energy source of photons, e.g. a laser, photo injects carriers on the surface of the semiconductor causing a change in the semiconductor's surface photo reflectance. The fractional change in photo reflectance is measured for a plurality of the photon energies sufficient to identify several Franz-Keldysh peaks, and the photon energies corresponding to these peaks. This information is used to infer the local electric field strength and carrier concentration of the semiconductor as well as semiconductor's bandgap. By noting variations in these parameters throughout the bulk semiconductor, one can identify fatal fabrication flaws in the semiconductor crystal before time and money is expended to fabricate complicated semiconductor architectures in the crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Inventors: Nicholas Bottka, D. Kurt Gaskill, Robert Glosser