Patents by Inventor Edward B. Rock

Edward B. Rock 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).

  • Thermal decomposition of silane to form hydrogenated amorphous Si film
    Patent number: 4237151
    Abstract: This invention relates to hydrogenated amorphous silicon produced by thermally decomposing silano (SiH.sub.4) or other gases comprising H and Si, at elevated temperatures of about 1700.degree.-2300.degree. C., and preferably in a vacuum of about 10.sup.-8 to 10.sup.-4 torr, to form a gaseous mixture of atomic hydrogen and atomic silicon, and depositing said gaseous mixture onto a substrate outside said source of thermal decomposition to form hydrogenated amorphous silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Myron Strongin, Arup K. Ghosh, Harold J. Wiesmann, Edward B. Rock, Harry A. Lutz, III