Patents by Inventor Mark A. Hadley

Mark A. Hadley 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for fluidic self assembly
    Patent number: 7531218
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for assembling a structure onto a substrate. A method according to one aspect of the invention includes dispensing a slurry onto a substrate wherein the slurry includes a first plurality of elements, each of which is designed to mate with a receptor region on said substrate and each of which comprises a functional element, and wherein the slurry also includes a second plurality of elements which are not designed to mate with receptor regions on the substrate. Typically, these second plurality of elements help movement of the first plurality of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John Stephen Smith, Mark A. Hadley, Gordon S. W. Craig, Frank Lowe
  • ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FUNCTIONAL DEVICE AND A RESONATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20090109002
    Abstract: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device. The RFID device comprises an antenna assembly and a resonator assembly. The antenna assembly comprises a first substrate and an antenna element. The resonator assembly comprises a second substrate having an integrated circuit connected to a resonator loop. The first substrate and the second substrate are attached to one another. The integrated circuit electrically couples to the antenna element without a direct mechanical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Mark A. Hadley, Curt L. Carrender, John Stephen Smith, Gordon S.W. Craig
  • Method and apparatus for testing RFID devices
    Patent number: 7522055
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing RFID straps. Arrays of RFID straps in a roll-to-roll process are coupled to an array of test elements. RF programming and interrogation signals are frequency and time multiplexed to the RFID array. Return signals are detected to determine sensitivity and programmability parameters of the RFID straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis Lee Carrender, Mark A. Hadley
  • Assembly comprising a functional device and a resonator and method of making same
    Patent number: 7500610
    Abstract: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device. The RFID device comprises an antenna assembly and a resonator assembly. The antenna assembly comprises a first substrate and an antenna element. The resonator assembly comprises a second substrate having an integrated circuit connected to a resonator loop. The first substrate and the second substrate are attached to one another. The integrated circuit electrically couples to the antenna element without a direct mechanical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Hadley, Curt L. Carrender, John Stephen Smith, Gordon S. W. Craig
  • RFID tags and processes for producing RFID tags
    Patent number: 7489248
    Abstract: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag comprises a flexible substrate and an integrated circuit embedded within the flexible substrate. The top surface of the integrated circuit is coplanar with the flexible substrate. At least one conductive element is formed on the flexible substrate. The conductive element is electrically connected to the integrated circuit. The conductive element serves as an antenna for the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn W. Gengel, Mark A. Hadley, Tom Pounds, Kenneth D. Schatz, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Wobbe control and enhanced operability through in-line fuel reforming
    Publication number: 20090031731
    Abstract: A method of regulating the Wobbe number of a multi-composition gas fuel supplied to one or more combustors of a gas turbine comprising: (a) providing a control system for regulating fuel and air flow to the one or more combustors; and (b) reforming a fraction of the gas fuel upstream of the one or more combustors to form hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to the one or more combustors with a remaining fraction of the fuel; wherein the fraction of fuel reformed is adjusted to maintain the Wobbe number of the fuel supplied to the one or more combustors within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Willy S. Ziminsky, Gilbert O. Kraemer, Girard A. Simons, Mark A. Hadley
  • Web process interconnect in electronic assemblies
    Patent number: 7425467
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for forming displays are claimed. One embodiment of the invention relates to depositing a plurality of blocks onto a substrate and is coupled to a flexible layer having interconnect deposited thereon. Another embodiment of the invention relates to forming a display along a length of a flexible layer wherein a slurry containing a plurality of elements with circuit elements thereon washes over the flexible layer and slides into recessed regions or holes found in the flexible layer. Interconnect is then deposited thereon. In another embodiment, interconnect is placed on the flexible layer followed by a slurry containing a plurality of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jay Jacobsen, Glenn Wilhelm Gengel, Mark A. Hadley, Gordon S. W. Craig, John Stephen Smith
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING RFID DEVICES
    Publication number: 20080204244
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing RFID straps. Arrays of RFID straps in a roll-to-roll process are coupled to an array of test elements. RF programming and interrogation signals are frequency and time multiplexed to the RFID array. Return signals are detected to determine sensitivity and programmability parameters of the RFID straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Curtis Lee Carrender, Mark A. Hadley
  • Transfer assembly for manufacturing electronic devices
    Publication number: 20080156445
    Abstract: A method for assembling a device. The method comprises placing a functional element in a first opening formed in a template substrate and transferring the functional element to a device substrate having a second opening formed therein wherein the functional element is held within the second opening and against an adhesive film coupled to the device substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Gordon S.W. Craig, Kenneth D. Schatz, Mark A. Hadley, Paul S. Drzaic
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING RFID DEVICES
    Publication number: 20080117051
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing RFID straps. Arrays of RFID straps in a roll-to-roll process are coupled to an array of test elements. RF programming and interrogation signals are frequency and time multiplexed to the RFID array. Return signals are detected to determine sensitivity and programmability parameters of the RFID straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Curtis Lee Carrender, Mark A. Hadley
  • DOUBLE INDUCTOR LOOP TAG ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20080100420
    Abstract: An RFID tag in one embodiment. The RFID tag includes at least one integrated circuit and an antenna pattern coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein the antenna pattern has an inductor pattern which limits the effect of misplacement of the integrated circuit relative to the inductor pattern. Other embodiments and methods of making these apparatuses are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventor: Mark Hadley
  • Assembly comprising functional devices and method of making same
    Patent number: 7353598
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for an electronic assembly. A material is selectively printed on a web substrate at one or more selected areas. The web substrate includes a plurality of functional components having integrated circuits. A local printing system equipped with a print head that dispenses the selected material is used to print. The print head is coupled to a guidance system capable of registering an alignment feature on the web substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon S. W. Craig, Ali A. Tootoonchi, Randolph W. Eisenhardt, Scott Herrmann, Mark A. Hadley, Paul S. Drzaic
  • WEB PROCESS INTERCONNECT IN ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20080036087
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for forming displays are claimed. One embodiment of the invention relates to depositing a plurality of blocks onto a substrate and is coupled to a flexible layer having interconnect deposited thereon. Another embodiment of the invention relates to forming a display along a length of a flexible layer wherein a slurry containing a plurality of elements with circuit elements thereon washes over the flexible layer and slides into recessed regions or holes found in the flexible layer. Interconnect is then deposited thereon. In another embodiment, interconnect is placed on the flexible layer followed by a slurry containing a plurality of elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jacobsen, Glenn Gengel, Mark Hadley, Gordon Craig, John Smith
  • Double inductor loop tag antenna
    Patent number: 7324061
    Abstract: An RFID tag in one embodiment. The RFID tag includes at least one integrated circuit and an antenna pattern coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein the antenna pattern has an inductor pattern which limits the effect of misplacement of the integrated circuit relative to the inductor pattern. Other embodiments and methods of making these apparatuses are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Mark A. Hadley
  • Method and apparatus for testing RFID devices
    Patent number: 7301458
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing RFID straps. Arrays of RFID straps in a roll-to-roll process are coupled to an array of test elements. RF programming and interrogation signals are frequency and time multiplexed to the RFID array. Return signals are detected to determine sensitivity and programmability parameters of the RFID straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis Lee Carrender, Mark A. Hadley
  • Electronic devices with small functional elements supported on a carrier
    Patent number: 7288432
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for forming displays are claimed. One embodiment of the invention relates to depositing a plurality of blocks onto a substrate and is coupled to a flexible layer having interconnect deposited thereon. Another embodiment of the invention relates to forming a display along a length of a flexible layer wherein a slurry containing a plurality of elements with circuit elements thereon washes over the flexible layer and slides into recessed regions or holes found in the flexible layer. Interconnect is then deposited thereon. In another embodiment, interconnect is placed on the flexible layer followed by a slurry containing a plurality of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jay Jacobsen, Glenn Wilhelm Gengel, Mark A. Hadley, Gordon S. W. Craig, John Stephen Smith
  • Method and apparatus for generating combustion products within a gas turbine engine
    Publication number: 20070245740
    Abstract: A method for generating combustion products within a gas turbine engine includes directing an internal air/fuel mixture towards a stagnation point in close proximity to an inner surface of a porous wall defining a combustion chamber. The internal air/fuel mixture is ignited to generate combustion products including a pilot flame. A quantity of air is externally mixed with a quantity of fuel to produce an external air/fuel mixture. The external air/fuel mixture is directed through the porous wall and into the combustion chamber such that the external air/fuel mixture is ignited by the pilot flame. A direction of flow of the combustion products is reversed at the stagnation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Mark Hadley
  • RFID tags and processes for producing RFID tags
    Patent number: 7253735
    Abstract: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag comprises a flexible substrate and an integrated circuit embedded within the flexible substrate. The top surface of the integrated circuit is coplanar with the flexible substrate. At least one conductive element is formed on the flexible substrate. The conductive element is electrically connected to the integrated circuit. The conductive element serves as an antenna for the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn W. Gengel, Mark A. Hadley, Tom Pounds, Kenneth D. Schatz, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Transfer assembly for manufacturing electronic devices
    Patent number: 7244326
    Abstract: A method for assembling a device. The method comprises placing a functional element in a first opening formed in a template substrate and transferring the functional element to a device substrate having a second opening formed therein wherein the functional element is held within the second opening and against an adhesive film coupled to the device substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon S. W. Craig, Kenneth D. Schatz, Mark A. Hadley, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Apparatus incorporating small-feature-size and large-feature-size components and method for making same
    Publication number: 20070117274
    Abstract: An apparatus incorporating small-feature size and large-feature-size components. The apparatus comprise a strap including a substrate with an integrated circuit contained therein. The integrated circuit coupling to a first conductor disposed on the substrate. The first conductor is made of a thermosetting or a thermoplastic material including conductive fillers. A large-scale component having a second conductor is electrically coupled to the first conductor to electrically couple the large-scale component to the integrated circuit. The large-scale component includes a second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Susan Swindlehurst, Mark Hadley, Paul Drzaic, Gordon Craig, Glenn Gengel, Scott Herrmann, Aly Tootoochi, Randolph Eisenhardt