Patents by Inventor Philip B. Van Stockum

Philip B. Van Stockum 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).

  • High energy storage capacitor by embedding tunneling nano-structures
    Patent number: 8877367
    Abstract: In an All-Electron Battery (AEB), inclusions embedded in an active region between two electrodes of a capacitor provide enhanced energy storage. Electrons can tunnel to/from and/or between the inclusions, thereby increasing the charge storage density relative to a conventional capacitor. One or more barrier layers is present in an AEB to block DC current flow through the device. The AEB effect can be enhanced by using multi-layer active regions having inclusion layers with the inclusions separated by spacer layers that don't have the inclusions. The use of cylindrical geometry or wrap around electrodes and/or barrier layers in a planar geometry can enhance the basic AEB effect. Other physical effects that can be employed in connection with the AEB effect are excited state energy storage, and formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Timothy P. Holme, Friedrich B. Prinz, Philip B. Van Stockum
  • High energy storage capacitor by embedding tunneling nano-structures
    Publication number: 20120156545
    Abstract: In an All-Electron Battery (AEB), inclusions embedded in an active region between two electrodes of a capacitor provide enhanced energy storage. Electrons can tunnel to/from and/or between the inclusions, thereby increasing the charge storage density relative to a conventional capacitor. One or more barrier layers is present in an AEB to block DC current flow through the device. The AEB effect can be enhanced by using multi-layer active regions having inclusion layers with the inclusions separated by spacer layers that don't have the inclusions. The use of cylindrical geometry or wrap around electrodes and/or barrier layers in a planar geometry can enhance the basic AEB effect. Other physical effects that can be employed in connection with the AEB effect are excited state energy storage, and formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy P. Holme, Friedrich B. Prinz, Philip B. Van Stockum