Patents by Inventor Francis Kub

Francis Kub 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).

  • Publication number: 20120141799
    Abstract: A structure having a semiconductor material film formed graphene material layer that is disposed on a substrate is provided. The structure consists of a heterostructure comprising a semiconductor material film, a substrate, and a graphene material layer consisting of one or more sheets of graphene situated between the semiconductor material film and the substrate. The structure also can further include a graphene interface transition layer at the semiconductor material film interface with the graphene material layer and/or a substrate transition layer at the graphene material layer interface with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Francis Kub, Travis Anderson, Michael Mastro
  • Publication number: 20110297958
    Abstract: A gate after diamond transistor and method of making comprising the steps of depositing a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, depositing a diamond particle nucleation layer on the first dielectric layer, growing a diamond thin film layer on the first dielectric layer, defining an opening for the gate in the diamond thin film layer, patterning of the diamond thin film layer for a gate metal to first dielectric layer surface, etching the first dielectric layer, depositing and defining a gate metal, and forming a contact window opening in the diamond thin film layer and the first dielectric layer to the ohmic contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Francis Kub, Karl Hobart
  • Patent number: 8039301
    Abstract: A gate after diamond transistor and method of making comprising the steps of depositing a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, depositing a diamond particle nucleation layer on the first dielectric layer, growing a diamond thin film layer on the first dielectric layer, defining an opening for the gate in the diamond thin film layer, patterning of the diamond thin film layer for a gate metal to first dielectric layer surface, etching the first dielectric layer, depositing and defining a gate metal, and forming a contact window opening in the diamond thin film layer and the first dielectric layer to the ohmic contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Francis Kub, Karl Hobart
  • Publication number: 20090146186
    Abstract: A gate after diamond transistor and method of making comprising the steps of depositing a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, depositing a diamond particle nucleation layer on the first dielectric layer, growing a diamond thin film layer on the first dielectric layer, defining an opening for the gate in the diamond thin film layer, patterning of the diamond thin film layer for a gate metal to first dielectric layer surface, etching the first dielectric layer, depositing and defining a gate metal, and forming a contact window opening in the diamond thin film layer and the first dielectric layer to the ohmic contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: The Government of the United State of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Francis Kub, Karl Hobart
  • Patent number: 7358152
    Abstract: A method of bonding a wafer to a substrate comprising the steps of: providing a wafer having a front surface and a back surface; attaching the front surface of the wafer to a support; thinning the wafer from the back surface; bonding the back surface of the wafer to a substrate using a thin bonding technique; and removing the support from the front surface of the wafer. A circuit comprising: a substrate; and a wafer; wherein the wafer is at most about 50 microns thick; wherein the wafer has a front surface comprising features; and wherein the wafer has a back surface bonded to the substrate using a thin bonding technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Francis Kub, Karl Hobart
  • Publication number: 20070018179
    Abstract: The Invention Is A Method For Making Power Device On A Semiconductor Wafer, Where The Backside Of The Wafer Has Been Thinned In Selected Regions To A Thickness Of About 25 Um By Reactive Ion Etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Francis Kub, Karl Hobart
  • Publication number: 20060199353
    Abstract: A method of bonding a wafer to a substrate comprising the steps of: providing a wafer having a front surface and a back surface; attaching the front surface of the wafer to a support; thinning the wafer from the back surface; bonding the back surface of the wafer to a substrate using a thin bonding technique; and removing the support from the front surface of the wafer. A circuit comprising: a substrate; and a wafer; wherein the wafer is at most about 50 microns thick; wherein the wafer has a front surface comprising features; and wherein the wafer has a back surface bonded to the substrate using a thin bonding technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: The Government of the USA, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy Naval Research Laboratory
    Inventors: Francis Kub, Karl Hobart
  • Publication number: 20060118728
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating a direct wafer bonded semiconductor radiation detector includes bonding a plurality of wafers, receiving a radiation signal from a radiation source thereby producing electron and hole pairs via the radiation signal interacting with the detecting device. A voltage source produces a voltage across the direct bonded wafers, thereby drifting the electrons and holes through the plurality of bonded layers. The drifted electrons and/or holes include total drifted charge information of the detector and are collected and processed either at the detector or remote from the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Bernard Phlips, Francis Kub, Karl Hobart, James Kurfess