Patents by Inventor Franco A. Mori

Franco A. Mori 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).

  • Amorphous silicon sensor
    Patent number: 5291036
    Abstract: A photosensor device includes doped and undoped hydrogenated amorphous silicon layers adjacent each other and sandwiched between a conductive layer on one side and a metal layer on the other side with the sensor having been annealed under a hydrogen atmosphere and exhibiting low dark currents. The photosensor device is particularly useful as an X-ray image sensing device with the addition of a luminescent layer having at least one X-ray phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Nang T. Tran, William C. Tait, Franco A. Mori