Patents by Inventor Ralph Krupke

Ralph Krupke 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: 9412815
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one electrically insulating portion. A first graphene electrode is formed on a surface of the substrate such that the electrically insulating portion is interposed between a bulk portion of the substrate and the first graphene electrode. A second graphene electrode formed on the surface of the substrate. The electrically insulating portion of the substrate is interposed between the bulk portion of the substrate and the second graphene electrode. The second graphene electrode is disposed opposite the first graphene electrode to define an exposed substrate area therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TAIWAN BLUESTONE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Christos Dimitrakopoulos, Damon B. Farmer, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael Engel, Ralph Krupke, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 8987705
    Abstract: Carbon nanotubes can be aligned with compatibility with semiconductor manufacturing processes, with scalability for forming smaller devices, and without performance degradation related to structural damages. A planar structure including a buried gate electrode and two embedded electrodes are formed. After forming a gate dielectric, carbon nanotubes are assembled in a solution on a surface of the gate dielectric along the direction of an alternating current (AC) electrical field generated by applying a voltage between the two embedded electrodes. A source contact electrode and a drain contact electrode are formed by depositing a conductive material on both ends of the carbon nanotubes. Each of the source and drain contact electrodes can be electrically shorted to an underlying embedded electrode to reduce parasitic capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie (KIT)
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Yu-ming Lin, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael W. Engel, Ralph Krupke
  • Publication number: 20150048312
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one electrically insulating portion. A first graphene electrode is formed on a surface of the substrate such that the electrically insulating portion is interposed between a bulk portion of the substrate and the first graphene electrode. A second graphene electrode formed on the surface of the substrate. The electrically insulating portion of the substrate is interposed between the bulk portion of the substrate and the second graphene electrode. The second graphene electrode is disposed opposite the first graphene electrode to define an exposed substrate area therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Christos Dimitrakopoulos, Damon B. Farmer, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael Engel, Ralph Krupke, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 8859439
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one electrically insulating portion. A first graphene electrode is formed on a surface of the substrate such that the electrically insulating portion is interposed between a bulk portion of the substrate and the first graphene electrode. A second graphene electrode formed on the surface of the substrate. The electrically insulating portion of the substrate is interposed between the bulk portion of the substrate and the second graphene electrode. The second graphene electrode is disposed opposite the first graphene electrode to define an exposed substrate area therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Taiwan Bluestone Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Christos Dimitrakopoulos, Damon B. Farmer, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael Engel, Ralph Krupke, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20140291606
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one electrically insulating portion. A first graphene electrode is formed on a surface of the substrate such that the electrically insulating portion is interposed between a bulk portion of the substrate and the first graphene electrode. A second graphene electrode formed on the surface of the substrate. The electrically insulating portion of the substrate is interposed between the bulk portion of the substrate and the second graphene electrode. The second graphene electrode is disposed opposite the first graphene electrode to define an exposed substrate area therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Christos Dimitrakopoulos, Damon B. Farmer, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael Engel, Ralph Krupke, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20140124736
    Abstract: Carbon nanotubes can be aligned with compatibility with semiconductor manufacturing processes, with scalability for forming smaller devices, and without performance degradation related to structural damages. A planar structure including a buried gate electrode and two embedded electrodes are formed. After forming a gate dielectric, carbon nanotubes are assembled in a solution on a surface of the gate dielectric along the direction of an alternating current (AC) electrical field generated by applying a voltage between the two embedded electrodes. A source contact electrode and a drain contact electrode are formed by depositing a conductive material on both ends of the carbon nanotubes. Each of the source and drain contact electrodes can be electrically shorted to an underlying embedded electrode to reduce parasitic capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Yu-ming Lin, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael W. Engel, Ralph Krupke
  • Patent number: 8629010
    Abstract: Carbon nanotubes can be aligned with compatibility with semiconductor manufacturing processes, with scalability for forming smaller devices, and without performance degradation related to structural damages. A planar structure including a buried gate electrode and two embedded electrodes are formed. After forming a gate dielectric, carbon nanotubes are assembled in a solution on a surface of the gate dielectric along the direction of an alternating current (AC) electrical field generated by applying a voltage between the two embedded electrodes. A source contact electrode and a drain contact electrode are formed by depositing a conductive material on both ends of the carbon nanotubes. Each of the source and drain contact electrodes can be electrically shorted to an underlying embedded electrode to reduce parasitic capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Karlsruher Institut Fuer Technologie (KIT)
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Yu-Ming Lin, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael W. Engel, Ralph Krupke
  • Patent number: 8610989
    Abstract: A microcavity-controlled two-dimensional carbon lattice structure device selectively modifies to reflect or to transmit, or emits, or absorbs, electromagnetic radiation depending on the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation. The microcavity-controlled two-dimensional carbon lattice structure device employs a graphene layer or at least one carbon nanotube located within an optical center of a microcavity defined by a pair of partial mirrors that partially reflect electromagnetic radiation. The spacing between the mirror determines the efficiency of elastic and inelastic scattering of electromagnetic radiation inside the microcavity, and hence, determines a resonance wavelength of electronic radiation that is coupled to the microcavity. The resonance wavelength is tunable by selecting the dimensional and material parameters of the microcavity. The process for manufacturing this device is compatible with standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Karlsruher Institut Fuer Technologie (KIT), Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael Engel, Ralph Krupke, Andrea C. Ferrari, Antonio Lombardo
  • Publication number: 20130107344
    Abstract: A microcavity-controlled two-dimensional carbon lattice structure device selectively modifies to reflect or to transmit, or emits, or absorbs, electromagnetic radiation depending on the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation. The microcavity-controlled two-dimensional carbon lattice structure device employs a graphene layer or at least one carbon nanotube located within an optical center of a microcavity defined by a pair of partial mirrors that partially reflect electromagnetic radiation. The spacing between the mirror determines the efficiency of elastic and inelastic scattering of electromagnetic radiation inside the microcavity, and hence, determines a resonance wavelength of electronic radiation that is coupled to the microcavity. The resonance wavelength is tunable by selecting the dimensional and material parameters of the microcavity. The process for manufacturing this device is compatible with standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation, Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael Engel, Ralph Krupke, Andrea C. Ferrari, Antonio Lombardo
  • Publication number: 20130099204
    Abstract: Carbon nanotubes can be aligned with compatibility with semiconductor manufacturing processes, with scalability for forming smaller devices, and without performance degradation related to structural damages. A planar structure including a buried gate electrode and two embedded electrodes are formed. After forming a gate dielectric, carbon nanotubes are assembled in a solution on a surface of the gate dielectric along the direction of an alternating current (AC) electrical field generated by applying a voltage between the two embedded electrodes. A source contact electrode and a drain contact electrode are formed by depositing a conductive material on both ends of the carbon nanotubes. Each of the source and drain contact electrodes can be electrically shorted to an underlying embedded electrode to reduce parasitic capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Yu-Ming Lin, Mathias B. Steiner, Michael Engel, Ralph Krupke
  • Patent number: 7161107
    Abstract: A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ?L meets the requirement: ?M>?L>?H, wherein ?M is the dieletric constant of the metallic carbon nanotubes and ?H is the dielectric constant of the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. A a non-homogeneous electric alternating field is applied to the suspension to create spatially separate species of the metallic carbon nanotubes and the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. At least one of the separate species is then removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Krupke, Frank Hennrich
  • Publication number: 20060266675
    Abstract: A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ?L meets the requirement: ?M>?L>?H, wherein ?M is the dieletric constant of the metallic carbon nanotubes and ?H is the dielectric constant of the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. A a non-homogeneous electric alternating field is applied to the suspension to create spatially separate species of the metallic carbon nanotubes and the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. At least one of the separate species is then removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Krupke, Frank Hennrich
  • Publication number: 20060242741
    Abstract: A method for separating metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes includes providing a suspension containing a plurality of individual metallic carbon nanotubes and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes in a liquid, for which the dielectric constant ?L meets the requirement: ?M>?L>?H, wherein ?M is the dieletric constant of the metallic carbon nanotubes and ?H is the dielectric constant of the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. A a non-homogeneous electric alternating field is applied to the suspension to create spatially separate species of the metallic carbon nanotubes and the semi-conducting carbon nanotubes. At least one of the separate species is then removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Krupke, Frank Hennrich