Patents by Inventor Sambasivan Sankar

Sambasivan Sankar 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).

  • Conductive and robust nitride buffer layers on biaxially textured substrates
    Patent number: 7510997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to epitaxial, electrically conducting and mechanically robust, cubic nitride buffer layers deposited epitaxially on biaxially textured substrates such as metals and alloys. The invention comprises of a biaxially textured substrate with epitaxial layers of nitrides. The invention also discloses a method to form such epitaxial layers using a high rate deposition method as well as without the use of forming gases. The invention further comprises epitaxial layers of oxides on the biaxially textured nitride layer. In some embodiments the article further comprises electromagnetic devices which may have superconducting properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignees: Applied Thin Films, Inc., UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Sambasivan Sankar, Amit Goyal, Scott A. Barnett, Ilwon Kim, Donald M. Kroeger
  • Conductive and robust nitride buffer layers on biaxially textured substrates
    Patent number: 6784139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to epitaxial, electrically conducting and mechanically robust, cubic nitride buffer layers deposited epitaxially on biaxially textured substrates such as metal and alloys. The invention comprises of a biaxially textured substrate with epitaxial layers of nitrides. The invention also discloses a method to form such epitaxial layers using a high rate deposition method as well as without the use of forming gases. The invention further comprises epitaxial layers of oxides on the biaxially textured nitride layers. In some embodiments the article further comprises electromagnetic devices which may be super conducting properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignees: Applied Thin Films, Inc., UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Sambasivan Sankar, Amit Goyal, Scott A. Barnett, Ilwon Kim, Donald M. Kroeger