Patents by Inventor Grady Endsley

Grady Endsley 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).

  • Method for manufacturing strained silicon
    Publication number: 20060148214
    Abstract: In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a method for manufacturing strained silicon is provided. In one embodiment, the method for manufacturing strained silicon includes inducing a curvature in a silicon wafer, depositing an epitaxial layer of silicon upon an upper surface of the silicon water while the silicon wafer is under the induced curvature, and releasing the silicon wafer from the induced curvature, after depositing the epitaxial layer, such that a strain is induced in the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Knipe, Grady Endsley