Patents by Inventor Peter Dowben

Peter Dowben 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: 10177303
    Abstract: A magneto-electric magnetic tunnel junction device (ME-MTJ) that permits direct driving of ME-MTJ devices by a prior ME-MTJ device is the unipolar magneto-electric magnetic tunnel junction (UMMTJ) device. The UMMTJ device enables full logic circuitry to be implemented without level shifting between each logic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma, Peter Dowben, Andrew Marshall
  • Publication number: 20180212141
    Abstract: A magneto-electric magnetic tunnel junction device (ME-MTJ) that permits direct driving of ME-MTJ devices by a prior ME-MTJ device is the unipolar magneto-electric magnetic tunnel junction (UMMTJ) device. The UMMTJ device enables full logic circuitry to be implemented without level shifting between each logic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicants: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma, Peter Dowben, Andrew Marshall
  • Patent number: 9799815
    Abstract: A thermoelectric converter is provided where an n-type boron carbide element is paired with a p-type boron carbide element and placed between a eat sink and a high temperature are, such as the ocean in which a submarine operates, and the interior of that submarine, respectively. Boron carbide elements suitable for use in this invention are deposited from meta carborane (n-type) together with dopants to emphasize n-type character, such as chromocene, and orthocarborane, together with dopants to emphasize p-type character, such as 1,4 diaminobenzene to form the p-type element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTUM DEVICES, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Dowben
  • Patent number: 9718700
    Abstract: A magnetoelectric composition of boron and chromia is provided. The boron and chromia alloy can contain boron doping of 1%-10% in place of the oxygen in the chromia. The boron-doped chromia exhibits an increased critical temperature while maintaining magnetoelectric characteristics. The composition can be fabricated by depositing chromia in the presence of borane. The boron substitutes oxygen in the chromia, enhancing the exchange energy and thereby increasing Néel temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Christian Binek, Peter Dowben, Kirill Belashchenko, Aleksander Wysocki, Sai Mu, Mike Street
  • Patent number: 9620654
    Abstract: A voltage switchable coherent spin field effect transistor is provided by depositing a ferromagnetic base like cobalt on a substrate. A chrome oxide layer is formed on the cobalt by MBE at room at UHV at room temperature. There was thin cobalt oxide interface between the chrome oxide and the cobalt. Other magnetic materials may be employed. A few ML field of graphene is deposited on the chrome oxide by molecular beam epitaxy, and a source and drain are deposited of base material. The resulting device is scalable, provides high on/off rates, is stable and operable at room temperature and easily fabricated with existing technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTUM DEVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffry Kelber, Peter Dowben
  • Patent number: 9614149
    Abstract: A coherent spin field effect transistor is provided by depositing a ferromagnetic base like cobalt on a substrate. A magnetic oxide layer is formed on the cobalt by annealing at temperatures on the order of 1000° K to provide a few monolayer thick layer. Where the gate is cobalt, the resulting magnetic oxide is Co3O4 (111). Other magnetic materials and oxides may be employed. A few ML field of graphene is deposited on the cobalt (III) oxide by molecular beam epitaxy, and a source and drain are deposited of base material. The resulting device is scalable, provides high on/off rates, is stable and operable at room temperature and easily fabricated with existing technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Quantum Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffry A. Kelber, Peter Dowben
  • Patent number: 9349958
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of zwitterionic molecules for forming a hole or electron transport layer. The preferred zwitterionic molecules of the invention are derivatives of p-benzoquinonemonoimines. The invention is useful in the field of electronic devices in particular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
    Inventors: Bernard Doudin, Pierre Braunstein, Lucie Routaboul, Guillaume Dalmas, Zhengzheng Zhang, Peter Dowben
  • Patent number: 9324960
    Abstract: Novel semiconducting polymers have been formed via the electron-induced cross-linking of orthocarborane B10C2H2 and 1,4-diaminobenzene. The films were formed by co-condensation of the molecular precursors and 200 eV electron-induced cross-linking under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Ultraviolet photoemission spectra show that the compound films display a shift of the valence band maximum from ˜4.3 eV below the Fermi level for pure boron carbide to ?1.7 eV below the Fermi level when diaminobenzene is added. The surface photovoltage effect decreases with decreasing B/N atomic ratio. A neutron detector comprises the polymer as the p-type semiconductor to be paired with an n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUANTUM DEVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Dowben, Jeffry Kelber
  • Patent number: 9324938
    Abstract: Boron carbide polymers prepared from orthocarborane icosahedra cross-linked with a moiety A wherein A is selected from the group consisting of benzene, pyridine. 1,4-diaminobenzene and mixtures thereof give positive magnetoresistance effects of 30%-80% at room temperature. The novel polymers may be doped with transitional metals to improve electronic and spin performance. These polymers may be deposited by any of a variety of techniques, and may be used in a wide variety of devices including magnetic tunnel junctions, spin-memristors and non-local spin valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
    Inventors: Jeffry Kelber, Peter Dowben
  • Publication number: 20160093746
    Abstract: A voltage switchable coherent spin field effect transistor is provided by depositing a ferromagnetic base like cobalt on a substrate. A chrome oxide layer is formed on the cobalt by MBE at room at UHV at room temperature. There was thin cobalt oxide interface between the chrome oxide and the cobalt. Other magnetic materials may be employed. A few ML field of graphene is deposited on the chrome oxide by molecular beam epitaxy, and a source and drain are deposited of base material. The resulting device is scalable, provides high on/off rates, is stable and operable at room temperature and easily fabricated with existing technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: QUANTUM DEVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffry KELBER, Peter DOWBEN
  • Publication number: 20150243414
    Abstract: A magnetoelectric composition of boron and chromia is provided. The boron and chromia alloy can contain boron doping of 1%-10% in place of the oxygen in the chromia. The boron-doped chromia exhibits an increased critical temperature while maintaining magnetoelectric characteristics. The composition can be fabricated by depositing chromia in the presence of borane. The boron substitutes oxygen in the chromia, enhancing the exchange energy and thereby increasing Neel temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN BINEK, PETER DOWBEN, KIRILL BELASHCHENKO, ALEKSANDER WYSOCKI, SAI MU, MIKE STREET
  • Publication number: 20140217375
    Abstract: Novel semiconducting polymers have been formed via the electron-induced cross-linking of orthocarborane B10C2H2 and 1,4-diaminobenzene. The films were formed by co-condensation of the molecular precursors and 200 eV electron-induced cross-linking under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Ultraviolet photoemission spectra show that the compound films display a shift of the valence band maximum from ˜4.3 eV below the Fermi level for pure boron carbide to ?1.7 eV below the Fermi level when diaminobenzene is added. The surface photovoltage effect decreases with decreasing B/N atomic ratio. A neutron detector comprises the polymer as the p-type semiconductor to be paired with an n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: QUANTUM DEVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Dowben, Jeffry Kelber
  • Publication number: 20140203382
    Abstract: Boron carbide polymers prepared from orthocarborane icosahedra cross-linked with a moiety A wherein A is selected from the group consisting of benzene, pyridine. 1, 4-diaminobenzene and mixtures thereof give positive magnetoresistance effects of 30%-80% at room temperature. The novel polymers may be doped with transitional metals to improve electronic and spin performance. These polymers may be deposited by any of a variety of techniques, and may be used in a wide variety of devices including magnetic tunnel junctions, spin-memristors and non-local spin valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Quantum Devices, LLC
    Inventors: JEFFRY KELBER, Peter Dowben
  • Publication number: 20140170779
    Abstract: A coherent spin field effect transistor is provided by depositing a ferromagnetic base like cobalt on a substrate. A magnetic oxide layer is formed on the cobalt by annealing at temperatures on the order of 1000° K to provide a few monolayer thick layer. Where the gate is cobalt, the resulting magnetic oxide is Co3O4 (111). Other magnetic materials and oxides may be employed. A few ML field of graphene is deposited on the cobalt (III) oxide by molecular beam epitaxy, and a source and drain are deposited of base material. The resulting device is scalable, provides high on/off rates, is stable and operable at room temperature and easily fabricated with existing technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Quantum Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffry A. Kelber, Peter Dowben
  • Patent number: 8748957
    Abstract: A coherent spin field effect transistor is provided by depositing a ferromagnetic base like cobalt on a substrate. A magnetic oxide layer is formed on the cobalt by annealing at temperatures on the order of 1000° K to provide a few monolayer thick layer. Where the gate is cobalt, the resulting magnetic oxide is Co3O4(111). Other magnetic materials and oxides may be employed. A few ML field of graphene is deposited on the cobalt (III) oxide by molecular beam epitaxy, and a source and drain are deposited of base material. The resulting device is scalable, provides high on/off rates, is stable and operable at room temperature and easily fabricated with existing technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Quantum Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffry Kelber, Peter Dowben
  • Publication number: 20130233368
    Abstract: A thermoelectric converter is provided where an n-type boron carbide element is paired with a p-type boron carbide element and placed between a eat sink and a high temperature are, such as the ocean in which a submarine operates, and the interior of that submarine, respectively. Boron carbide elements suitable for use in this invention are deposited from meta carborane (n-type) together with dopants to emphasize n-type character, such as chromocene, and orthocarborane, together with dopants to emphasize p-type character, such as 1,4 diaminobenzene to form the p-type element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: QUANTUM DEVICES, LLC
    Inventor: PETER DOWBEN
  • Publication number: 20130193426
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of zwitterionic molecules for forming a hole or electron transport layer. The preferred zwitterionic molecules of the invention are derivatives of p-benzoquinonemonoimines. The invention is useful in the field of electronic devices in particular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN, UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG
    Inventors: Bernard Doudin, Pierre Braunstein, Lucie Routaboul, Guillaume Dalmas, Zhengzheng Zhang, Peter Dowben
  • Publication number: 20130175588
    Abstract: A coherent spin field effect transistor is provided by depositing a ferromagnetic base like cobalt on a substrate. A magnetic oxide layer is formed on the cobalt by annealing at temperatures on the order of 1000° K to provide a few monolayer thick layer. Where the gate is cobalt, the resulting magnetic oxide is Co3O4 (111). Other magnetic materials and oxides may be employed. A few ML field of graphene is deposited on the cobalt (III) oxide by molecular beam epitaxy, and a source and drain are deposited of base material. The resulting device is scalable, provides high on/off rates, is stable and operable at room temperature and easily fabricated with existing technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: QUANTUM DEVICES CORP.
    Inventors: JEFFRY KELBER, PETER DOWBEN
  • Publication number: 20100224912
    Abstract: A heterojunction is provided for spin electronics applications. The heterojunction includes an n-type silicon semiconductor and a hydrogenated diamond-like carbon film deposited on the n-type silicon semiconductor. The hydrogenated diamond-like carbon film is doped with chromium. The concentration of the chromium dopant in the chromium doped diamond-like carbon film may be configured such that the heterojunction has an increase in forward bias current ranging from about 50% to about 150% in a small magnetic field at about room temperature. The heterojunction has spin electronics properties at about room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Varshni Singh, Peter Dowben, Ihor Ketsman, Juan Colon-Santana, Yaroslav Losovyj, Vadim Palshin
  • Publication number: 20060131589
    Abstract: Boron carbide heteroisomer semiconductor devices are used as particle detectors. The boron carbide semiconductor devices produce electric current in response to incident particles, such as alpha particles, neutrons, or photons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Anthony Caruso, Peter Dowben, Jennifer Brand