Patents by Inventor Linus A. Fetter

Linus A. Fetter 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).

  • Patent number: 4370359
    Abstract: A self-aligning technique is used to produce small area junctions such as small area Josephson junctions. A base layer having a thickness corresponding to one dimension of the junction is first deposited. An insulating material is then deposited from a source positioned so that the base layer itself masks its edge from the insulator being formed. This procedure coats the base layer with an insulator, but leaves an edge of this layer free of insulation. A junction is then completed on this uncoated edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Linus A. Fetter, Richard E. Howard, Evelyn L. Hu, Lawrence D. Jackel