Patents by Inventor Roy E. Fauber

Roy E. Fauber 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).

  • Methods for forming smooth diamond-based mesa structures
    Patent number: 5672240
    Abstract: A diamond-based structure includes a substrate, an adhesive material on a face of the substrate, and an array of spaced apart diamond mesas bonded to the substrate by the adhesive material. In particular, each of the diamond mesas can have a growth surface adjacent the substrate and an interfacial surface opposite the substrate, and the interfacial surface can be smooth relative to the growth surface. This structure can be fabricated by providing a sacrificial substrate, forming a plurality of diamond mesas on a face of the sacrificial substrate, bonding the diamond mesas to a transfer substrate, and removing the sacrificial substrate. Accordingly, the interfacial surfaces of the diamond, which are formed adjacent the sacrificial substrate and then exposed by removing the substrate are smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Kobe Steel USA Inc.
    Inventors: Brian R. Stoner, Joseph S. Holmes, Jr., David L. Dreifus, Scott R. Sahaida, Roy E. Fauber, Michelle L. Hartsell, Dean Malta
  • Smooth diamond based mesa structures
    Patent number: 5652436
    Abstract: A diamond-based structure includes a substrate, an adhesive material on a face of the substrate, and an array of spaced apart diamond mesas bonded to the substrate by the adhesive material. In particular, each of the diamond mesas can have a growth surface adjacent the substrate and an interfacial surface opposite the substrate, and the interfacial surface can be smooth relative to the growth surface. This structure can be fabricated by providing a sacrificial substrate, forming a plurality of diamond mesas on a face of the sacrificial substrate, bonding the diamond mesas to a transfer substrate, and removing the sacrificial substrate. Accordingly, the interfacial surfaces of the diamond, which are formed adjacent the sacrificial substrate and then exposed by removing the substrate are smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Kobe Steel USA Inc.
    Inventors: Brian R. Stoner, Joseph S. Holmes, Jr., David L. Dreifus, Scott R. Sahaida, Roy E. Fauber, Michelle L. Hartsell, Dean Malta
  • Electrode designs for high pressure magnetically assisted inductively coupled plasmas
    Patent number: 5648701
    Abstract: A plasma system is disclosed comprising a vessel suitable for containing a plasma at a pressure of at least about 100 mtorr, a plasma gas in the vessel at a pressure of at least 100 mtorr, an antenna with a substantially planar face positioned adjacent a portion of the vessel for applying an electromagnetic field to the plasma gas to thereby generate and maintain a plasma, and means for applying an external magnetic field to the plasma gas other than the field generated by the antenna, and having a component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the planar face of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kobel Steel USA, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Hooke, Brian R. Stoner, Steven P. Bozeman, Roy E. Fauber, Tobin L. Munsat, Sean Washburn