Patents by Inventor Peter J. Thomas

Peter J. Thomas 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: 8569809
    Abstract: Sensor cells are arranged in an array in an organic semiconductor layer. Row and column select circuitry addresses the cells of the array one cell at a time to determine the presence of an object, such as a fingerprint ridge or valley, contacting or proximate to a sensing surface above each cell. Control circuitry can be provided in a companion silicon chip or in a second layer of organic semiconductor material to communicate with the array and an associated system processor. The array of sensor cells can be fabricated using a flexible polymer substrate that is peeled off and disposed of after contacts have been patterned on the organic semiconductor layer. The organic semiconductor layer can be used with a superimposed reactive interface layer to detect specific chemical substances in a test medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Danielle A. Thomas, Bruno J. Debeurre, Peter J. Thoma
  • Patent number: 7141839
    Abstract: Sensor cells are arranged in an array in an organic semiconductor layer. Row and column select circuitry addresses the cells of the array one cell at a time to determine the presence of an object, such as a fingerprint ridge or valley, contacting or proximate to a sensing surface above each cell. Control circuitry can be provided in a companion silicon chip or in a second layer of organic semiconductor material to communicate with the array and an associated system processor. The array of sensor cells can be fabricated using a flexible polymer substrate that is peeled off and disposed of after contacts have been patterned on the organic semiconductor layer. The organic semiconductor layer can be used with a superimposed reactive interface layer to detect specific chemical substances in a test medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Danielle A. Thomas, Bruno J. Debeurre, Peter J. Thoma
  • Patent number: 6852996
    Abstract: Sensor cells are arranged in an array in an organic semiconductor layer. Row and column select circuitry addresses the cells of the array one cell at a time to determine the presence of an object, such as a fingerprint ridge or valley, contacting or proximate to a sensing surface above each cell. Control circuitry can be provided in a companion silicon chip or in a second layer of organic semiconductor material to communicate with the array and an associated system processor. The array of sensor cells can be fabricated using a flexible polymer substrate that is peeled off and disposed of after contacts have been patterned on the organic semiconductor layer. The organic semiconductor layer can be used with a superimposed reactive interface layer to detect specific chemical substances in a test medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Danielle A. Thomas, Bruno J. Debeurre, Peter J. Thoma
  • Publication number: 20040056245
    Abstract: Sensor cells are arranged in an array in an organic semiconductor layer. Row and column select circuitry addresses the cells of the array one cell at a time to determine the presence of an object, such as a fingerprint ridge or valley, contacting or proximate to a sensing surface above each cell. Control circuitry can be provided in a companion silicon chip or in a second layer of organic semiconductor material to communicate with the array and an associated system processor. The array of sensor cells can be fabricated using a flexible polymer substrate that is peeled off and disposed of after contacts have been patterned on the organic semiconductor layer. The organic semiconductor layer can be used with a superimposed reactive interface layer to detect specific chemical substances in a test medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Danielle A. Thomas, Bruno J. Debeurre, Peter J. Thoma
  • Patent number: 4881392
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of, and apparatus for, controlling a levelling machine for metal plates and, more particularly, to control flatness in a plate mill hot leveller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignees: Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, Industrial Automation Services Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Noel E. Thompson, Richard Martin Johns, Gregory Rozmus, George F. Voss, William J. Edwards, Peter J. Thomas