Patents by Inventor Petar Atanackovic
Petar Atanackovic 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).
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Publication number: 20220005973Abstract: Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices are disclosed, where the device includes a substrate, a first spacer region, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a reflector. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The reflector may be a distributed Bragg reflector. The device has an optical cavity comprising the first spacer region, the second spacer region and the light emitting region, where the optical cavity has a total thickness less than or equal to K·?/n. K is a constant ranging from 0.25 to 10, ? is the target wavelength, and n is an effective refractive index of the optical cavity at the target wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20210351321Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor light emitting device configured to emit light having a wavelength in the range from about 150 nm to about 425 nm is disclosed. In embodiments, the device comprises a substrate having at least one epitaxial semiconductor layer disposed thereon, wherein each of the one or more epitaxial semiconductor layers comprises a metal oxide. Also disclosed is an optoelectronic semiconductor device for generating light of a predetermined wavelength comprising a substrate and an optical emission region. The optical emission region has an optical emission region band structure configured for generating light of the predetermined wavelength and comprises one or more epitaxial metal oxide layers supported by the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 11158994Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a first active layer, and a plurality of mesa regions. A portion of the first active layer includes a first electrical polarity. The plurality of mesa regions includes at least a portion of the first active layer, a light emitting region on the portion of the first active layer, and a second active layer on the light emitting region. A portion of the second active layer includes a second electrical polarity. The light emitting region is configured to emit light which has a target wavelength between 200 nm to 300 nm. A thickness of the light emitting region is a multiple of the target wavelength, and a dimension of the light emitting region parallel to the substrate is smaller than 10 times the target wavelength, such that the emitted light is confined to fewer than 10 transverse modes.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventors: Johnny Cai Tang, Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 11127882Abstract: Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices are disclosed, where the device includes an opaque substrate, a first reflective layer, a first spacer region, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a second reflective layer. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The second reflective layer may have a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum and a thickness less than 15 nm. The device has an optical cavity comprising the first spacer region, the second spacer region and the light emitting region, where the optical cavity has a total thickness less than or equal to K·?/n. K is a constant ranging from 0.25 to 10, ? is the target wavelength, and n is an effective refractive index of the optical cavity at the target wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 11114585Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for forming those semiconductor structures are disclosed. For example, a semiconductor structure with a p-type superlattice region, an i-type superlattice region, and an n-type superlattice region is disclosed. The semiconductor structure can have a polar crystal structure with a growth axis that is substantially parallel to a spontaneous polarization axis of the polar crystal structure. In some cases, there are no abrupt changes in polarisation at interfaces between each region. At least one of the p-type superlattice region, the i-type superlattice region and the n-type superlattice region can comprise a plurality of unit cells exhibiting a monotonic change in composition from a wider band gap (WBG) material to a narrower band gap (NBG) material or from a NBG material to a WBG material along the growth axis to induce p-type or n-type conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventors: Petar Atanackovic, Matthew Godfrey
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Patent number: 10964537Abstract: Systems and methods for forming semiconductor layers, including oxide-based layers, are disclosed in which a material deposition system has a rotation mechanism that rotates a substrate around a center axis of a substrate deposition plane of the substrate. A material source that supplies a material to the substrate has i) an exit aperture with an exit aperture plane and ii) a predetermined material ejection spatial distribution from the exit aperture plane. The exit aperture is positioned at an orthogonal distance, a lateral distance, and a tilt angle relative to the center axis of the substrate. The system can be configured for either i) minimum values for the orthogonal distance and the lateral distance to achieve a desired layer deposition uniformity using a set tilt angle, or ii) the tilt angle to achieve the desired layer deposition uniformity using a set orthogonal distance and a set lateral distance.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20210074542Abstract: Systems and methods for forming semiconductor layers, including oxide-based layers, are disclosed in which a material deposition system has a rotation mechanism that rotates a substrate around a center axis of a substrate deposition plane of the substrate. A material source that supplies a material to the substrate has i) an exit aperture with an exit aperture plane and ii) a predetermined material ejection spatial distribution from the exit aperture plane. The exit aperture is positioned at an orthogonal distance, a lateral distance, and a tilt angle relative to the center axis of the substrate. The system can be configured for either i) minimum values for the orthogonal distance and the lateral distance to achieve a desired layer deposition uniformity using a set tilt angle, or ii) the tilt angle to achieve the desired layer deposition uniformity using a set orthogonal distance and a set lateral distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20210074541Abstract: Systems and methods for forming semiconductor layers, including oxide-based layers, are disclosed in which a material deposition system has a rotation mechanism that rotates a substrate around a center axis of a substrate deposition plane of the substrate. A material source that supplies a material to the substrate has i) an exit aperture with an exit aperture plane and ii) a predetermined material ejection spatial distribution from the exit aperture plane. The exit aperture is positioned at an orthogonal distance, a lateral distance, and a tilt angle relative to the center axis of the substrate. The system can be configured for either i) minimum values for the orthogonal distance and the lateral distance to achieve a desired layer deposition uniformity using a set tilt angle, or ii) the tilt angle to achieve the desired layer deposition uniformity using a set orthogonal distance and a set lateral distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20200243715Abstract: Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices are disclosed, where the device includes an opaque substrate, a first reflective layer, a first spacer region, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a second reflective layer. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The second reflective layer may have a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum and a thickness less than 15 nm. The device has an optical cavity comprising the first spacer region, the second spacer region and the light emitting region, where the optical cavity has a total thickness less than or equal to K·?/n. K is a constant ranging from 0.25 to 10, ? is the target wavelength, and n is an effective refractive index of the optical cavity at the target wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 10656088Abstract: In some embodiments, a semiconductor biosensor includes a plurality of wells, a plurality of detectors, and processing circuitry. Each well is configured to hold a test sample and to allow the test sample to be irradiated with ultraviolet radiation. The plurality of detectors are configured to capture a spectral response of the test sample irradiated with the ultraviolet radiation. Each well is coupled directly onto a detector, and each detector includes a) a photodiode and b) a planar optical antenna tuned to a particular wavelength. The planar optical antenna is between the photodiode and the well. The processing circuitry is coupled to the plurality of detectors, the processing circuitry being configured to calculate an average spectral response for the plurality of detectors.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20200144795Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a first active layer, and a plurality of mesa regions. A portion of the first active layer includes a first electrical polarity. The plurality of mesa regions includes at least a portion of the first active layer, a light emitting region on the portion of the first active layer, and a second active layer on the light emitting region. A portion of the second active layer includes a second electrical polarity. The light emitting region is configured to emit light which has a target wavelength between 200 nm to 300 nm. A thickness of the light emitting region is a multiple of the target wavelength, and a dimension of the light emitting region parallel to the substrate is smaller than 10 times the target wavelength, such that the emitted light is confined to fewer than 10 transverse modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventors: Johnny Cai Tang, Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20200119226Abstract: Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices are disclosed, where the device includes an opaque substrate, a first spacer region, a first reflective layer, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a second reflective layer. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength, and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The second reflective layer may have a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum and a thickness less than 15 nm. The device has an optical cavity comprising the first spacer region, the second spacer region and the light emitting region, where the optical cavity has a total thickness less than or equal to K·?/n. K is a constant ranging from 0.25 to 10, ? is the target wavelength, and n is an effective refractive index of the optical cavity at the target wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 10622514Abstract: Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices are disclosed, where the device includes an opaque substrate, a first spacer region, a first reflective layer, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a second reflective layer. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength, and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The second reflective layer may have a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum and a thickness less than 15 nm. The device has an optical cavity comprising the first spacer region, the second spacer region and the light emitting region, where the optical cavity has a total thickness less than or equal to K·?/n. K is a constant ranging from 0.25 to 10, ? is the target wavelength, and n is an effective refractive index of the optical cavity at the target wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20200091371Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprising a semiconductor structure includes a p-type active region, an n-type active region, and an i-type active region. The semiconductor structure is comprised solely of one or more superlattices, where each superlattice is comprised of a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell can comprise a layer of GaN and a layer of AlN. In some cases, a combined thickness of the layers comprising the unit cells in the i-type active region is thicker than a combined thickness of the unit cells in the n-type active region, and is thicker than a combined thickness of the unit cells in the p-type active region. The layers in the unit cells in each of the three regions can all have thicknesses that are less than or equal to a critical layer thickness required to maintain elastic strain.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Publication number: 20200075799Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for forming those semiconductor structures are disclosed. For example, a semiconductor structure with a p-type superlattice region, an i-type superlattice region, and an n-type superlattice region is disclosed. The semiconductor structure can have a polar crystal structure with a growth axis that is substantially parallel to a spontaneous polarization axis of the polar crystal structure. In some cases, there are no abrupt changes in polarisation at interfaces between each region. At least one of the p-type superlattice region, the i-type superlattice region and the n-type superlattice region can comprise a plurality of unit cells exhibiting a monotonic change in composition from a wider band gap (WBG) material to a narrower band gap (NBG) material or from a NBG material to a WBG material along the growth axis to induce p-type or n-type conductivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventors: Petar Atanackovic, Matthew Godfrey
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Patent number: 10554020Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a first active layer, and a plurality of mesa regions. A portion of the first active layer includes a first electrical polarity. The plurality of mesa regions includes at least a portion of the first active layer, a light emitting region on the portion of the first active layer, and a second active layer on the light emitting region. A portion of the second active layer includes a second electrical polarity. The light emitting region is configured to emit light which has a target wavelength between 200 nm to 300 nm. A thickness of the light emitting region is a multiple of the target wavelength, and a dimension of the light emitting region parallel to the substrate is smaller than 10 times the target wavelength, such that the emitted light is confined to fewer than 10 transverse modes.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventors: Johnny Cai Tang, Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 10483432Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for forming those semiconductor structures are disclosed. For example, a p-type or n-type semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure has a polar crystal structure with a growth axis that is substantially parallel to a spontaneous polarization axis of the polar crystal structure. The semiconductor structure changes in composition from a wider band gap (WBG) material to a narrower band gap (NBG) material or from a NBG material to a WBG material along the growth axis to induce p-type or n-type conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventors: Petar Atanackovic, Matthew Godfrey
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Patent number: 10475956Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprising a semiconductor structure includes a p-type active region and an n-type active region. The semiconductor structure is comprised solely of one or more superlattices, where each superlattice is comprised of a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell comprises at least two distinct substantially single crystal layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 10475954Abstract: A superlattice and method for forming that superlattice are disclosed. In particular, an engineered layered single crystal structure forming a superlattice is disclosed. The superlattice provides p-type or n-type conductivity, and comprises alternating host layers and impurity layers, wherein: the host layers consist essentially of a semiconductor material; and the impurity layers consist of a donor or acceptor material.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic
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Patent number: 10418517Abstract: Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices are disclosed, where the device includes a substrate, a first spacer region, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a reflector. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength, and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The reflector may have a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum or may be a distributed Bragg reflector. The device has an optical cavity comprising the first spacer region, the second spacer region and the light emitting region, where the optical cavity has a total thickness less than or equal to K·?/n. K is a constant ranging from 0.25 to less than 1, ? is the target wavelength, and n is an effective refractive index of the optical cavity at the target wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte LtdInventor: Petar Atanackovic