Patents by Inventor N. Theodore

N. Theodore 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).

  • Method of transferring a thin crystalline semiconductor layer
    Publication number: 20060270190
    Abstract: A method for transferring a monocrystalline, thin layer from a first substrate onto a second substrate involves deposition of a doped semiconductor layer on a substrate and epitaxial growth of a thin, monocrystalline, semiconductor layer on the doped layer. After bonding the thin epitaxial monocrystalline semiconductor layer to a second substrate, hydrogen is introduced into the doped layer, and the thin layer is cleaved and transferred to the second substrate, with the cleaving controlled to happen at the doped layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Nastasi, Lin Shao, Phillip Thompson, Silvanus Lau, N. Theodore, Terry Alford, James Mayer
  • Method of transferring a thin crystalline semiconductor layer
    Publication number: 20060234474
    Abstract: A method for transferring a monocrystalline, thin layer from a first substrate onto a second substrate involves epitaxial growth of a sandwich structure with a strained epitaxial layer buried below a monocrystalline thin layer, and lift-off and transfer of the monocrystalline thin layer with the cleaving controlled to happen within the buried strained layer in conjunction with the introduction of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Nastasi, Lin Shao, Phillip Thompson, Silvanus Lau, Terry Alford, James Mayer, N. Theodore