Patents by Inventor Douglas MacFarlane
Douglas MacFarlane 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).
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Patent number: 11887924Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip scale package (CSP) comprising: a first set of CSP contact balls or bumps; a second set of CSP contact balls or bumps; and a channel routing region, the channel routing region being devoid of any CSP contact balls or bumps.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.Inventors: Craig McAdam, Jonathan Taylor, Douglas Macfarlane, John Kerr, James Munger, John Pavelka, Steven A. Atherton
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Publication number: 20230088252Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip scale package (CSP) comprising: a first set of CSP contact balls or bumps; a second set of CSP contact balls or bumps; and a channel routing region, the channel routing region being devoid of any CSP contact balls or bumps.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Craig MCADAM, Jonathan TAYLOR, Douglas MACFARLANE, John KERR, James MUNGER, John PAVELKA, Steven A. ATHERTON
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Patent number: 11562952Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip scale package (CSP) comprising: a first set of CSP contact balls or bumps; a second set of CSP contact balls or bumps; and a channel routing region, the channel routing region being devoid of any CSP contact balls or bumps.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Craig McAdam, Jonathan Taylor, Douglas Macfarlane, John Kerr, James Munger, John Pavelka, Steven A. Atherton
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Publication number: 20220246514Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip scale package (CSP) comprising: a first set of CSP contact balls or bumps; a second set of CSP contact balls or bumps; and a channel routing region, the channel routing region being devoid of any CSP contact balls or bumps.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Craig MCADAM, Jonathan TAYLOR, Douglas MACFARLANE, John KERR, James MUNGER, John PAVELKA, Steven A. ATHERTON
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Publication number: 20210079534Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, and a cell for carrying out the method for the electrochemical reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia. The method comprises the steps of: (1) contacting a cathodic working electrode comprising a nanostructured catalyst with an electrolyte comprising (a) one or more liquid salts optionally in combination with (b) one or more organic solvents having low viscosity and supporting high ionic conductivity, and (2) introducing dinitrogen and a source of hydrogen to the electrolyte, wherein the dinitrogen is reduced to ammonia at the cathodic working electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Douglas MACFARLANE, Mega KAR, Jacinta BAKKER, Ciaran James MCDONNELL-WORTH, Colin Suk Mo KANG, Fengling ZHOU, Xinyi ZHANG, Bryan Harry Rahmat SURYANTO
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Publication number: 20200317976Abstract: The invention relates to a phase change material including one or more salts of low vapour pressure and low flammability and an energy storage system, method and device comprising the phase change material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Douglas MacFARLANE, Vijayaraghavan RANGANATHAN, Mega KAR
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Patent number: 10577700Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTDInventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
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Publication number: 20190093244Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
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Publication number: 20190040535Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an electrochemical cell comprising a cathodic working electrode comprising a nanostructured catalyst, a counter electrode and an electrolyte for the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia. The invention includes introducing dinitrogen and a source of hydrogen to the electrolyte, wherein the dinitrogen is reduced to ammonia at the cathodic working electrode. The electrolyte comprises one or more liquid salts formed from the combination of a specified set of cations and a specified set of anions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Douglas MacFARLANE, Xinyi ZHANG, Fengling ZHOU, Ciaran James McDONNELL-WORTH, Colin Suk Mo KANG, Mega KAR
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Patent number: 10087536Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTDInventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
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Patent number: 9938627Abstract: A gas permeable or breathable electrode and method of manufacture thereof. In one example there is an electrolytic cell having an electrode comprising a porous material, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous material. In operation the gas is produced at the at least one electrode without substantial bubble formation. In another example there is an electrode having a porous conducting material with a hydrophobic layer or coating applied to a side of the porous conducting material. A catalyst may be applied to another side. The gas permeable or breathable electrode can be used in an electrolytic cell, electrochemical cell, battery and/or fuel cell. Gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of a cell via at least part of the electrode, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTDInventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
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Publication number: 20170356094Abstract: A gas permeable or breathable electrode and method of manufacture thereof. In one example there is an electrolytic cell having an electrode comprising a porous material, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous material. In operation the gas is produced at the at least one electrode without substantial bubble formation. In another example there is an electrode having a porous conducting material with a hydrophobic layer or coating applied to a side of the porous conducting material. A catalyst may be applied to another side. The gas permeable or breathable electrode can be used in an electrolytic cell, electrochemical cell, battery and/or fuel cell. Gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of a cell via at least part of the electrode, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
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Patent number: 9790603Abstract: The invention relates to a process for electrolysis comprising a cathode and an anode comprising a catalyst, both the cathode and anode at least partly immersed in an electrolyte, the process characterised in that the electrolyte at least partly inhibits further oxidation of a product formed at the anode. Typically the catalyst comprises one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and one or more metal-(GroupVIb))-phosphorous species.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: AQUAHYDREX PTY LTDInventors: Douglas MacFarlane, Alexey Izgorodin
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Patent number: 9680229Abstract: An modular reflector assembly may include a shell and a support frame. The modular reflector assembly may also include a plurality of support links that mechanically couple the shell to the support frame. The shell may be thermally decoupled from the support frame by the plurality of support links.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jerry Douglas Macfarlane, Joel Mendoza, Ray Amoranto, Brian E. Park, Nicholas James Smith, Mark E. Ankrom, Jeffrey Wallace, David B. Robinson
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Patent number: 9403154Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising (i) a semiconductor preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and (ii) a semiconductor material having elevated phosphorous content preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb))-phosphorous species.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: MONASH UNIVERSITYInventors: Douglas MacFarlane, Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Alexey Izgorodin
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Patent number: 9289381Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, stabilization, and/or storage of active agents, particularly therapeutic proteins and polypeptides such as Interleukin-2.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Monash UniversityInventors: Gloria Elliott, Douglas MacFarlane, David M. Foureau, Iain McKillop
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Patent number: 9278134Abstract: Disclosed herein are ionic liquid compositions comprising active pharmaceutical, biological, and nutritional compounds, and methods of use. Further disclosed are compositions of matter including liquid ion pairs alone or in solution and their use; compositions of ionic liquids that are ‘solvated,’ for example, ‘hydrated’ and their uses.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, Monash University, Queen's University BelfastInventors: Robin D. Rogers, Daniel T. Daly, Douglas MacFarlane, Janet L. Scott, Kenneth R. Seddon, Gabriela Gurau, Katharina Bica, Jelena Turanjanin, Pamela M. Dean
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Publication number: 20150167185Abstract: The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2012Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Monash UniversityInventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
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Publication number: 20150129431Abstract: A gas permeable or breathable electrode and method of manufacture thereof. In one example there is an electrolytic cell having an electrode comprising a porous material, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous material. In operation the gas is produced at the at least one electrode without substantial bubble formation. In another example there is an electrode having a porous conducting material with a hydrophobic layer or coating applied to a side of the porous conducting material. A catalyst may be applied to another side. The gas permeable or breathable electrode can be used in an electrolytic cell, electrochemical cell, battery and/or fuel cell. Gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of a cell via at least part of the electrode, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Douglas MacFarlane, Orawan Winther-Jensen
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Publication number: 20150108006Abstract: The invention relates to a process for electrolysis comprising a cathode and an anode comprising a catalyst, both the cathode and anode at least partly immersed in an electrolyte, the process characterised in that the electrolyte at least partly inhibits further oxidation of a product formed at the anode. Typically the catalyst comprises one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and one or more metal-(GroupVIb))-phosphorous species.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: MONASH UNIVERSITYInventors: Douglas MACFARLANE, Alexey IZGORODIN