Patents by Inventor Peter Blau

Peter Blau 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).

  • Ion beam sputter target and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 8821701
    Abstract: A target for use in an ion beam sputtering apparatus made of at least two target tiles where at least two of the target tiles are made of different chemical compositions and are mounted on a main tile and geometrically arranged on the main tile to yield a desired chemical composition on a sputtered substrate. In an alternate embodiment, the tiles are of varied thickness according to the desired chemical properties of the sputtered film. In yet another alternate embodiment, the target is comprised of plugs pressed in a green state which are disposed in cavities formed in a main tile also formed in a green state and the assembly can then be compacted and then sintered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventors: Clifton Higdon, Alaa A. Elmoursi, Jason Goldsmith, Bruce Cook, Peter Blau, Qu Jun, Robert Milner
  • ION BEAM SPUTTER TARGET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20110297535
    Abstract: A target for use in an ion beam sputtering apparatus made of at least two target tiles where at least two of the target tiles are made of different chemical compositions and are mounted on a main tile and geometrically arranged on the main tile to yield a desired chemical composition on a sputtered substrate. In an alternate embodiment, the tiles are of varied thickness according to the desired chemical properties of the sputtered film. In yet another alternate embodiment, the target is comprised of plugs pressed in a green state which are disposed in cavities formed in a main tile also formed in a green state and the assembly can then be compacted and then sintered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Clifton Higdon, Alaa A. Elmoursi, Jason Goldsmith, Bruce Cook, Peter Blau, Qu Jun, Robert Milner
  • Mercury vapor arch discharge lamp and method for suppressing leachable mercury formation
    Publication number: 20030011309
    Abstract: The formation of leachable mercury upon disposal of a mercury vapor arc discharge lamp is suppressed by fabricating the end caps of the lamp of iron, preferably steel, coated with a nickel-zinc alloy or with tin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Deborah Ann Haitko, Andrew Peter Blau, Stanlee Teresa Buddle, Bill Kengliem Lui