Patents by Inventor Gregory Mark Venzor

Gregory Mark Venzor 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).

  • Epitaxially-grown position sensitive detector
    Patent number: 8669588
    Abstract: A unit cell for use in an imaging system may include an absorber layer of semiconductor material formed on a semiconductor substrate, at least one contact including semiconductor material formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to the absorber layer, and a cap layer of semiconductor material formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to and formed between the absorber layer and the at least one contact. The absorber layer may be configured to absorb incident photons such that the absorbed photons excite electrons in the absorber layer to generate a photocurrent. The at least one contact may be configured to conduct the photocurrent to one or more electrical components external to the unit cell. The cap layer may be configured to conduct the photocurrent between the absorber layer and the at least one contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Edward Peter Gordon Smith, Gregory Mark Venzor, Eric J. Beuville
  • EPITAXIALLY-GROWN POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20110001165
    Abstract: A unit cell for use in an imaging system may include an absorber layer of semiconductor material formed on a semiconductor substrate, at least one contact including semiconductor material formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to the absorber layer, and a cap layer of semiconductor material formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to and formed between the absorber layer and the at least one contact. The absorber layer may be configured to absorb incident photons such that the absorbed photons excite electrons in the absorber layer to generate a photocurrent. The at least one contact may be configured to conduct the photocurrent to one or more electrical components external to the unit cell. The cap layer may be configured to conduct the photocurrent between the absorber layer and the at least one contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Edward Peter Gordon Smith, Gregory Mark Venzor, Eric J. Beuville