Patents by Inventor Peter Benkart

Peter Benkart 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).

  • Patent number: 7504658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor element which has a semiconductor structure based on a Group III-nitride. The semiconductor sensor element serves for determining the pressure, the temperature, a force, a deflection or an acceleration. It has a substrate base 1, disposed thereon, a homogeneous semiconductor layer based on a Group III-nitride, the surface of the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2 orientated towards the substrate base 1 having at least partially a spacing from the surface of the substrate base orientated towards the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2, 2f, and being distinguished in that at least two electrical conducting contacts 5 for conducting an electrical output signal, which can be generated by the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2, 2f, are disposed on, at or under the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2, 2f or are integrated in the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Inventors: Mike Kunze, Ingo Daumiller, Peter Benkart, Erhard Kohn
  • Publication number: 20070176211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor element which has a semiconductor structure based on a Group III-nitride. The semiconductor sensor element serves for determining the pressure, the temperature, a force, a deflection or an acceleration. It has a substrate base 1, disposed thereon, a homogeneous semiconductor layer based on a Group III-nitride, the surface of the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2 orientated towards the substrate base 1 having at least partially a spacing from the surface of the substrate base orientated towards the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2, 2f, and being distinguished in that at least two electrical conducting contacts 5 for conducting an electrical output signal, which can be generated by the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2, 2f, are disposed on, at or under the homogeneous semiconductor layer 2, 2f or are integrated in the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Mike Kunze, Ingo Daumiller, Peter Benkart, Erhard Kohn