Patents by Inventor Mark John Kerr

Mark John Kerr 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).

  • Separating and assembling semiconductor strips
    Patent number: 8017500
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating elongated semiconductor strips from a wafer of semiconductor material are disclosed. Vacuum is applied to the face of each elongated semiconductor strip forming an edge of the wafer or being adjacent to the edge. The wafer and a source of the vacuum are displaced to separate each elongated semiconductor strip from the wafer. Further, a method and an apparatus for assembling elongated semiconductor strips separated from a wafer of semiconductor material into an array of the strips are disclosed. Still further, methods, apparatuses, and systems for assembling an array of elongated semiconductor strips on a substrate are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Transform Solar Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Charles Wong, Razmik Abnoos, Vernie Allan Everett, Mark John Kerr
  • Separating and assembling semiconductor strips
    Publication number: 20090272421
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating elongated semiconductor strips from a wafer of semiconductor material are disclosed. Vacuum is applied to the face of each elongated semiconductor strip forming an edge of the wafer or being adjacent to the edge. The wafer and a source of the vacuum are displaced to separate each elongated semiconductor strip from the wafer. Further, a method and an apparatus for assembling elongated semiconductor strips separated from a wafer of semiconductor material into an array of the strips are disclosed. Still further, methods, apparatuses, and systems for assembling an array of elongated semiconductor strips on a substrate are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Charles Wong, Razmik Abnoos, Vernie Allan Everett, Mark John Kerr
  • Separating and assembling semiconductor strips
    Patent number: 7534699
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating elongated semiconductor strips from a wafer of semiconductor material are disclosed. Vacuum is applied to the face of each semiconductor strip forming an edge of the wafer or being adjacent to the edge. The wafer and the source of the vacuum are displaced to separate each elongated semiconductor strip from the wafer. Further, a method and an apparatus for assembling elongated semiconductor strips separated from a wafer of semiconductor material into an array of strips are disclosed. Still further, methods, apparatuses, and systems for assembling an array of elongated semiconductor strips on a substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Origin Energy Solar Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Charles Wong, Razmik Abnoos, Vernie Allan Everett, Mark John Kerr
  • Modular Sub-Assembly of Semiconductor Strips
    Publication number: 20080264465
    Abstract: A modular subassembly (100) of elongated semiconductor strips (110) and a method of making the same are disclosed. Supporting media (120) supports the elongated semiconductor strips (110). Elongated semiconductor strips (110) are disposed on and affixed to the supporting media (120). The supporting media (120) may be configured in a number of ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Mark John Kerr, Pierre Jacques Verlinden