Patents by Inventor Jeffrey T. Carey

Jeffrey T. Carey 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: 20140206137
    Abstract: A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material, wherein one or more of the gas flows provides a pressure that at least contributes to the separation of the surface of the substrate from the face of the delivery head. A system capable of carrying out such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: David H. Levy, Roger S. Kerr, Jeffrey T. Carey
  • Patent number: 8398770
    Abstract: A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material, wherein one or more of the gas flows provides a pressure that at least contributes to the separation of the surface of the substrate from the face of the delivery head. A system capable of carrying out such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David H. Levy, Roger S. Kerr, Jeffrey T. Carey
  • Patent number: 7850780
    Abstract: A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material. A system capable of carrying out such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David H. Levy, Roger S. Kerr, Jeffrey T. Carey
  • Patent number: 7807994
    Abstract: A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, an aromatic moiety, at least one of which moieties is substituted with at least one electron donating group. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating an organic thin-film transistor device, preferably by sublimation deposition onto a substrate, wherein the substrate temperature is no more than 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Diane C. Freeman, Shelby F. Nelson, Jeffrey T. Carey, Wendy G. Ahearn
  • Patent number: 7804087
    Abstract: A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a configurationally controlled N,N?-dicycloalkyl-substituted naphthalene-1,4,5,8-bis-carboximide compound having a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic ring independently attached to each imide nitrogen atom with the proviso that at least one of the two alicyclic rings is necessarily a 4-substituted cyclohexyl ring in which a substituent at the 4-position is the sole substituent on the 4-substituted cyclohexyl ring other than the imide attachment; with such substituent being stereochemically disposed as only one of either an essentially trans or cis position, respectively, to the imide nitrogen substituent. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Thomas R. Welter, Jeffrey T. Carey, Manju Rajeswaran, Wendy G. Ahearn
  • Publication number: 20090312553
    Abstract: A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, an aromatic moiety, at least one of which moieties is substituted with at least one electron donating group. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating an organic thin-film transistor device, preferably by sublimation deposition onto a substrate, wherein the substrate temperature is no more than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Diane C. Freeman, Shelby F. Nelson, Jeffrey T. Carey, Wendy G. Ahearn
  • Patent number: 7629605
    Abstract: A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, an aromatic moiety, at least one of which moieties is substituted with at least one electron donating group. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating an organic thin-film transistor device, preferably by sublimation deposition onto a substrate, wherein the substrate temperature is no more than 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Diane C. Freeman, Shelby F. Nelson, Jeffrey T. Carey, Wendy G. Ahearn
  • Publication number: 20090217878
    Abstract: A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material. A system capable of carrying out such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: David H. Levy, Roger S. Kerr, Jeffrey T. Carey
  • Patent number: 7572686
    Abstract: A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material. A system capable of carrying out such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David H. Levy, Roger S. Kerr, Jeffrey T. Carey
  • Publication number: 20090081886
    Abstract: A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material. A system capable of carrying out such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: David H. Levy, Roger S. Kerr, Jeffrey T. Carey
  • Publication number: 20090081885
    Abstract: A process for depositing a thin film material on a substrate is disclosed, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows from the output face of a delivery head of a thin film deposition system toward the surface of a substrate, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material, wherein one or more of the gas flows provides a pressure that at least contributes to the separation of the surface of the substrate from the face of the delivery head. A system capable of carrying out such a process is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: David H. Levy, Roger S. Kerr, Jeffrey T. Carey
  • Patent number: 7422777
    Abstract: A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic ring system, optionally substituted with electron donating groups. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating an organic thin-film transistor device, preferably by sublimation deposition onto a substrate, wherein the substrate temperature is no more than 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Diane C. Freeman, Shelby F. Nelson, Jeffrey T. Carey, Wendy G. Ahearn
  • Publication number: 20080135833
    Abstract: A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a configurationally controlled N,N?-dicycloalkyl-substituted naphthalene-1,4,5,8-bis-carboximide compound having a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic ring independently attached to each imide nitrogen atom with the proviso that at least one of the two alicyclic rings is necessarily a 4-substituted cyclohexyl ring in which a substituent at the 4-position is the sole substituent on the 4-substituted cyclohexyl ring other than the imide attachment; with such substituent being stereochemically disposed as only one of either an essentially trans or cis position, respectively, to the imide nitrogen substituent. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Thomas R. Welter, Jeffrey T. Carey, Manju Rajeswaran, Wendy G. Ahearn