Patents by Inventor Robin Altman Wanner

Robin Altman Wanner 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).

  • Method and system for forming a thermoelement for a thermoelectric cooler
    Patent number: 6613602
    Abstract: A method and system for forming a thermoelement for a thermoelectric cooler is provided. In one embodiment a substrate having a plurality of pointed tips covered by a metallic layer is formed. Portions of the metallic layer are covered by an insulator and other portions of the metallic layer are exposed. Next, a patterned layer of thermoelectric material is formed by depositions extending from the exposed portions of the metallic layer in the presence of a deposition mask. Finally, a metallic layer is formed to selectively contact the patterned layer of thermoelectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Emanuel Israel Cooper, Steven Alan Cordes, David R. DiMilia, Bruce Bennett Doris, James Patrick Doyle, Uttam Shyamalindu Ghoshal, Robin Altman Wanner
  • MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED COLD POINT THERMOELECTRIC COOLER
    Publication number: 20030113950
    Abstract: A method and system for forming a thermoelement for a thermoelectric cooler is provided. In one embodiment a substrate having a plurality of pointed tips covered by a metallic layer is formed. Portions of the metallic layer are covered by an insulator and other portions of the metallic layer are exposed. Next, a patterned layer of thermoelectric material is formed by depositions extending from the exposed portions of the metallic layer in the presence of a deposition mask. Finally, a metallic layer is formed to selectively contact the patterned layer of thermoelectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Emanuel Israel Cooper, Steven Alan Cordes, David R. Dimilia, Bruce Bennett Doris, James Patrick Doyle, Uttam Shyamalindu Ghoshal, Robin Altman Wanner