Patents by Inventor John Heron

John Heron 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).

  • Semiconductor circuits and devices based on low-energy consumption semiconductor structures exhibiting multi-valued magnetoelectric spin hall effect
    Patent number: 11996129
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes ferromagnetic, magnetostrictive layer that exhibits a biaxial magnetic anisotropy and an underlying structure exhibits a spin Hall effect to provide a conversion between electrical energy and magnetic energy with more than two distinctive magnetic states, wherein the underlying structure includes a piezoelectric material structure and a spin Hall metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Cornell University, The Curators of the University of Missouri, The Regents of the University of Michigan, Oregon State University
    Inventors: Darrell Schlom, Mostafizur Rahman, Kelin Kuhn, John Heron
  • SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS AND DEVICES BASED ON LOW-ENERGY CONSUMPTION SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES EXHIBITING MULTI-VALUED MAGNETOELECTRIC SPIN HALL EFFECT
    Publication number: 20230186961
    Abstract: This patent document provides implementations and examples of circuits and devices based on low-energy consumption semiconductor structures exhibiting multi-valued states. In one aspect, a semiconductor device is configured to comprise: a multi-layer structure forming a magnetoelectric or multiferroic system to include a ferromagnetic, magnetostrictive layer that exhibits a biaxial magnetic anisotropy and an underlying metal structure exhibits a spin Hall effect to provide a conversion between electrical energy and magnetic energy with more than two distinctive magnetic states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Darrell Schlom, Mostafizur Rahman, Kelin Kuhn, John Heron