Patents by Inventor Masatsugo Izu

Masatsugo Izu 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).

  • Apparatus for the simultaneous deposition by physical vapor deposition and chemical vapor deposition and method therefor
    Patent number: 6463874
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for the vacuum deposition of at least two different layers of thin film material onto a substrate by two different vacuum deposition processes. Also disclosed is a novel linear applicator for using microwave enhanced CVD to uniformly deposit a thin film of material over an elongated substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Buddie R. Dotter, II, Joachim Doehler, Timothy Ellison, Masatsugo Izu, Herbert C. Ovshinsky
  • Apparatus for the simultaneous deposition by physical vapor deposition and chemical vapor deposition and method therefor
    Patent number: 6186090
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for the vacuum deposition of at least two different layers of thin film material onto a substrate by two different vacuum deposition processes. Also disclosed is a novel linear applicator for using microwave enhanced CVD to uniformly deposit a thin film of material over an elongated substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Buddy R. Dotter, II, Joachim Doehler, Timothy Ellison, Masatsugo Izu, Herbert C. Ovshinsky