Patents by Inventor Nancy Y. C. Yang

Nancy Y. C. Yang 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 to fabricate micro and nano diamond devices
    Patent number: 9620596
    Abstract: A method including forming a diamond material on the surface of a substrate; forming a first contact and a separate second contact; and patterning the diamond material to form a nanowire between the first contact and the second contact. An apparatus including a first contact and a separate second contact on a substrate; and a nanowire including a single crystalline or polycrystalline diamond material on the substrate and connected to each of the first contact and the second contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Alfredo M. Morales, Richard J. Anderson, Nancy Y. C. Yang, Jack L. Skinner, Michael J. Rye
  • METHOD TO FABRICATE MICRO AND NANO DIAMOND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150041810
    Abstract: A method including forming a diamond material on the surface of a substrate; forming a first contact and a separate second contact; and patterning the diamond material to form a nanowire between the first contact and the second contact. An apparatus including a first contact and a separate second contact on a substrate; and a nanowire including a single crystalline or polycrystalline diamond material on the substrate and connected to each of the first contact and the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Alfredo M. Morales, Richard J. Anderson, Nancy Y.C. Yang, Jack L. Skinner, Michael J. Rye
  • Method to fabricate micro and nano diamond devices
    Patent number: 8852998
    Abstract: A method including forming a diamond material on the surface of a substrate; forming a first contact and a separate second contact; and patterning the diamond material to form a nanowire between the first contact and the second contact. An apparatus including a first contact and a separate second contact on a substrate; and a nanowire including a single crystalline or polycrystalline diamond material on the substrate and connected to each of the first contact and the second contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Alfredo M. Morales, Richard J. Anderson, Nancy Y. C. Yang, Jack L. Skinner, Michael J. Rye