Patents by Inventor Igor Bargatin
Igor Bargatin 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).
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Patent number: 11939672Abstract: A nanoscale plate structure includes base plates and rib plates with nanoscale thickness and macroscopic lateral dimensions. The base plate resides in the first plane, the ribs can reside out-of-plane and form at least one strengthening rib, and additional base plates can reside in planes parallel to the first plane. The strengthening rib can be patterned such that there is no straight line path extending through a lateral dimension of the plate structure that does not intersect the at least one base plate and the at least one strengthening rib. The plates and ribs used in the structure have a thickness between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The plate structures can be fabricated using a conformal deposition method including atomic layer deposition.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Igor Bargatin, Keivan Davami
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Publication number: 20230420233Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
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Patent number: 11791142Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignees: Spark Thermionics, Inc., The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Matthew Campbell, Mohsen Azadi, Kyana Van Houten, Jared William Schwede, Samuel M. Nicaise, Igor Bargatin
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Patent number: 11791143Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignees: Spark Thermionics, Inc., The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
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Publication number: 20220380039Abstract: Systems and methods for achieving levitation via a photophoretic effect are provided. In certain embodiments, a structure of ultralight materials is provided, for example a BoPET film and carbon nanotubes and has a top and bottom side, made of two separate materials. When the bottom side is illuminated by light at certain intensity, it can result in an upward lift force being applied to the entire structure, causing the structure to levitate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Igor Bargatin, Zhipeng Lu, Mohsen Azadi
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Publication number: 20220154334Abstract: A nanoscale plate structure includes base plates and rib plates with nanoscale thickness and macroscopic lateral dimensions. The base plate resides in the first plane, the ribs can reside out-of-plane and form at least one strengthening rib, and additional base plates can reside in planes parallel to the first plane. The strengthening rib can be patterned such that there is no straight line path extending through a lateral dimension of the plate structure that does not intersect the at least one base plate and the at least one strengthening rib. The plates and ribs used in the structure have a thickness between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The plate structures can be fabricated using a conformal deposition method including atomic layer deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Igor Bargatin, Keivan Davami
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Publication number: 20220139687Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Matthew Campbell, Mohsen Azadi, Kyana Van Houten, Jared William Schwede, Samuel M. Nicaise, Igor Bargatin
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Publication number: 20220093357Abstract: The embodiments provide a thermionic emission device and a method for tuning a work function in a thermionic emission device is provided. The method includes illuminating an N type semiconductor material of a first member of a thermionic emission device, wherein a work function of the N type semiconductor material is lowered by the illuminating. The method includes collecting, on one of the first member or a second member of the thermionic emission device, electrons emitted from one of the first member or the second member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Daniel Riley, Kunal Sahasrabuddhe, Igor Bargatin, Jared Schwede, Zhixun Shen, Nicholas A. Melosh
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Publication number: 20220037138Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
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Patent number: 11205554Abstract: The embodiments provide a thermionic emission device and a method for tuning a work function in a thermionic emission device is provided. The method includes illuminating an N type semiconductor material of a first member of a thermionic emission device, wherein a work function of the N type semiconductor material is lowered by the illuminating. The method includes collecting, on one of the first member or a second member of the thermionic emission device, electrons emitted from one of the first member or the second member.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Daniel Riley, Kunal Sahasrabuddhe, Igor Bargatin, Jared W. Schwede, Zhi-Xun Shen, Nicholas A. Melosh
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Patent number: 11198938Abstract: A nanoscale plate structure includes base plates and rib plates with nanoscale thickness and macroscopic lateral dimensions. The base plate resides in the first plane, the ribs can reside out-of-plane and form at least one strengthening rib, and additional base plates can reside in planes parallel to the first plane. The strengthening rib can be patterned such that there is no straight line path extending through a lateral dimension of the plate structure that does not intersect the at least one base plate and the at least one strengthening rib. The plates and ribs used in the structure have a thickness between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The plate structures can be fabricated using a conformal deposition method including atomic layer deposition.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Igor Bargatin, Keivan Davami
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Patent number: 11170984Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignees: Spark Thermionics, Inc., The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
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Patent number: 11027514Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to nanocardboard structures and methods of fabrication thereof. An exemplary nanocardboard structure includes at least two parallel planar films and webbing. The planar films can be separated from each other by a gap of from about 0.1 micrometers to about 1000 micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Igor Bargatin, Chen Lin, Samuel Nicaise
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Publication number: 20200173019Abstract: A nanoscale plate structure includes base plates and rib plates with nanoscale thickness and macroscopic lateral dimensions. The base plate resides in the first plane, the ribs can reside out-of-plane and form at least one strengthening rib, and additional base plates can reside in planes parallel to the first plane. The strengthening rib can be patterned such that there is no straight line path extending through a lateral dimension of the plate structure that does not intersect the at least one base plate and the at least one strengthening rib. The plates and ribs used in the structure have a thickness between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The plate structures can be fabricated using a conformal deposition method including atomic layer deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Igor BARGATIN, Keivan DAVAMI
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Patent number: 10612138Abstract: A nanoscale plate structure includes base plates and rib plates with nanoscale thickness and macroscopic lateral dimensions. The base plate resides in the first plane, the ribs can reside out-of-plane and form at least one strengthening rib, and additional base plates can reside in planes parallel to the first plane. The strengthening rib can be patterned such that there is no straight line path extending through a lateral dimension of the plate structure that does not intersect the at least one base plate and the at least one strengthening rib. The plates and ribs used in the structure have a thickness between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The plate structures can be fabricated using a conformal deposition method including atomic layer deposition.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Igor Bargatin, Keivan Davami
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Publication number: 20190070824Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to nanocardboard structures and methods of fabrication thereof. An exemplary nanocardboard structure includes at least two parallel planar films and webbing. The planar films can be separated from each other by a gap of from about 0.1 micrometers to about 1000 micrometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Igor Bargatin, Chen Lin, Samuel Nicaise
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Publication number: 20190027347Abstract: A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Jared William Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Samuel M. Nicaise, Chen Lin, John Provine
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Publication number: 20170183772Abstract: A nanoscale plate structure includes base plates and rib plates with nanoscale thickness and macroscopic lateral dimensions. The base plate resides in the first plane, the ribs can reside out-of-plane and form at least one strengthening rib, and additional base plates can reside in planes parallel to the first plane. The strengthening rib can be patterned such that there is no straight line path extending through a lateral dimension of the plate structure that does not intersect the at least one base plate and the at least one strengthening rib. The plates and ribs used in the structure have a thickness between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The plate structures can be fabricated using a conformal deposition method including atomic layer deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Igor Bargatin, Keivan Davami
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Patent number: 9607815Abstract: Improved thermionic energy converters are provided by electrodes that include a silicon carbide support structure, a tungsten adhesion layer disposed on the silicon carbide support structure, and an activation layer disposed on the tungsten adhesion layer. The activation layer is a material that lowers the electrode work function, such as BaO, SrO and/or CaO.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Jae Hyung Lee, Igor Bargatin, Bernard Vancil, Roger T. Howe
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Patent number: 9590535Abstract: A thermionic energy converter is provided that includes an anode, a cathode, where the anode is disposed opposite the cathode, and a suspension, where a first end of the suspension is connected to the cathode and a second end of the suspension is connected to the anode, where the suspension moveably supports the cathode above the anode to form a variable gap between the anode and the cathode, where the variable gap is capable of enabling a variable thermionic current between the anode and the cathode, where the thermionic converter is capable of an AC power output.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Igor Bargatin, Roger T. Howe