Patents by Inventor Scott Penner

Scott Penner 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: 11711675
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide for wireless sensor packages to monitor various oilfield equipment health status, such as bearing wear and detect out-of-balance condition on reciprocating rod lifts (RRLs). Equipment health data can be collected, analyzed and stored by an IoT gateway, which is a small form-factor, ruggedized, low-power Intel processor computer running a novel message-oriented middleware software stack that leverages the MQTT protocol. Data may subsequently be transmitted to a cloud service via the internet via to a datacenter through SCADA, for analysis and action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jimmy Dale Stout, Jason Scott Penner, Colin Albert Tait, Mehrzad Mahdavi
  • Publication number: 20200157922
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes implementation of wireless sensor packages to monitor various oilfield equipment health status, such as bearing wear and detect out-of-balance condition on reciprocating rod lifts (RRLs). Equipment health data can be collected, analyzed and stored by an IoT gateway, which is a small form-factor, ruggedized, low-power Intel processor computer running a novel message-oriented middleware software stack that leverages the MQTT protocol. Data may subsequently be transmitted to a cloud service via the internet via to a datacenter through SCADA, for analysis and action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Jimmy Dale STOUT, Jason Scott PENNER, Colin Albert TAIT, Mehrzad MAHDAVI
  • Patent number: 10079183
    Abstract: Methods and systems of process control and yield management for semiconductor device manufacturing based on predictions of final device performance are presented herein. Estimated device performance metric values are calculated based on one or more device performance models that link parameter values capable of measurement during process to final device performance metrics. In some examples, an estimated value of a device performance metric is based on at least one structural characteristic and at least one band structure characteristic of an unfinished, multi-layer wafer. In some examples, a prediction of whether a device under process will fail a final device performance test is based on the difference between an estimated value of a final device performance metric and a specified value. In some examples, an adjustment in one or more subsequent process steps is determined based at least in part on the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: KLA-Tenor Corporation
    Inventors: Xiang Gao, Philip D. Flanner, III, Leonid Poslavsky, Ming Di, Qiang Zhao, Scott Penner
  • Patent number: 9384523
    Abstract: The subject technology discloses configurations for receiving, by a first process, a set of input events from an application in which the set of input events includes a set of input update commands. The first process writes the set of input update commands into a low-latency graphics pipeline. The subject technology dispatches, by the first process, the set of input update commands from the low-latency graphics pipeline to a second process. The second process receives the set of input update commands from the low-latency graphics pipeline. The subject technology then writes, by the second process, a set of input data into a shared graphics processing unit (GPU) texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Scott Penner, Simon Hatch
  • Patent number: 9124069
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate, and a periodically doped conduction layer is coupled to the undoped top minor. A periodically doped spacer layer is coupled to an active region. An undoped bottom minor coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer. A first intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped conduction layer and a second intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard
  • Patent number: 8973016
    Abstract: Processing an input event within an application includes detecting an input event within an application executing on a first thread, the input event being associated with an event handler. A separate execution corresponding to a current state of the application is performed on a second thread based on the event handler associated with the input event. Within the separate execution, a determination is made whether the event handler modifies at least one of a document associated with the application or a default behavior of the application. In a case where the event handler does not modify at least one of the document or the behavior, the subject technology refrains from invoking the event handler on the first thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Hatch, Eric Scott Penner
  • Publication number: 20150006097
    Abstract: Methods and systems of process control and yield management for semiconductor device manufacturing based on predictions of final device performance are presented herein. Estimated device performance metric values are calculated based on one or more device performance models that link parameter values capable of measurement during process to final device performance metrics. In some examples, an estimated value of a device performance metric is based on at least one structural characteristic and at least one band structure characteristic of an unfinished, multi-layer wafer. In some examples, a prediction of whether a device under process will fail a final device performance test is based on the difference between an estimated value of a final device performance metric and a specified value. In some examples, an adjustment in one or more subsequent process steps is determined based at least in part on the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Xiang Gao, Philip D. Flanner, III, Leonid Poslavsky, Ming Di, Qiang Zhao, Scott Penner
  • Publication number: 20120213243
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate, and a periodically doped conduction layer is coupled to the undoped top minor. A periodically doped spacer layer is coupled to an active region. An undoped bottom minor coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer. A first intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped conduction layer and a second intracavity contact is coupled to the periodically doped spacer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard
  • Patent number: 8193019
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped mirrors. An essentially undoped bottom DBR mirror is formed on a substrate. A periodically doped first conduction layer region is formed on the bottom DBR mirror. The first conduction layer region is heavily doped at a location where the optical electric field is at about a minimum. An active layer, including quantum wells, is on the first conduction layer region. A periodically doped second conduction layer region is connected to the active layer. The second conduction layer region is heavily doped where the optical electric field is at a minimum. An aperture is formed in the epitaxial structure above the quantum wells. A top mirror coupled to the periodically doped second conduction layer region. The top mirror is essentially undoped and formed in a mesa structure. An oxide is formed around the mesa structure to protect the top mirror during wet oxidation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard, Colby Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 8168456
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate. A doped bottom mirror is formed on the substrate. An active layer that includes quantum wells is formed on the bottom mirror. A periodically doped conduction layer is formed on the active layer. The periodically doped conduction layer is heavily doped at locations where the optical energy is at a minimum when the VCSEL is in operation. A current aperture is used between the conduction layer and the active region. An undoped top mirror is formed on the heavily doped conduction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard
  • Publication number: 20110090930
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate. A doped bottom mirror is formed on the substrate. An active layer that includes quantum wells is formed on the bottom mirror. A periodically doped conduction layer is formed on the active layer. The periodically doped conduction layer is heavily doped at locations where the optical energy is at a minimum when the VCSEL is in operation. A current aperture is used between the conduction layer and the active region. An undoped top mirror is formed on the heavily doped conduction layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard
  • Publication number: 20110045621
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped mirrors. An essentially undoped bottom DBR mirror is formed on a substrate. A periodically doped first conduction layer region is formed on the bottom DBR mirror. The first conduction layer region is heavily doped at a location where the optical electric field is at about a minimum. An active layer, including quantum wells, is on the first conduction layer region. A periodically doped second conduction layer region is connected to the active layer. The second conduction layer region is heavily doped where the optical electric field is at a minimum. An aperture is formed in the epitaxial structure above the quantum wells. A top mirror coupled to the periodically doped second conduction layer region. The top mirror is essentially undoped and formed in a mesa structure. An oxide is formed around the mesa structure to protect the top mirror during wet oxidation processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard, Colby Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 7860137
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped top mirror. The VCSEL is formed from an epitaxial structure deposited on a substrate. A doped bottom mirror is formed on the substrate. An active layer that includes quantum wells is formed on the bottom mirror. A periodically doped conduction layer is formed on the active layer. The periodically doped conduction layer is heavily doped at locations where the optical energy is at a minimum when the VCSEL is in operation. A current aperture is used between the conduction layer and the active region. An undoped top mirror is formed on the heavily doped conduction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard
  • Patent number: 7826506
    Abstract: A VCSEL with undoped mirrors. An essentially undoped bottom DBR mirror is formed on a substrate. A periodically doped first conduction layer region is formed on the bottom DBR mirror. The first conduction layer region is heavily doped at a location where the optical electric field is at about a minimum. An active layer, including quantum wells, is on the first conduction layer region. A periodically doped second conduction layer region is connected to the active layer. The second conduction layer region is heavily doped where the optical electric field is at a minimum. An aperture is formed in the epitaxial structure above the quantum wells. A top mirror coupled to the periodically doped second conduction layer region. The top mirror is essentially undoped and formed in a mesa structure. An oxide is formed around the mesa structure to protect the top mirror during wet oxidation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard, Colby Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 7346090
    Abstract: A VCSEL with nearly planar intracavity contact. A bottom DBR mirror is formed on a substrate. A first conduction layer region is formed on the bottom DBR mirror. An active layer, including quantum wells, is on the first conduction layer region. A trench is formed into the active layer region. The trench is formed in a wagon wheel configuration with spokes providing mechanical support for the active layer region. The trench is etched approximately to the first conduction layer region. Proton implants are provided in the wagon wheel and configured to render the spokes of the wagon wheel insulating. A nearly planar electrical contact is formed as an intracavity contact for connecting the bottom of the active region to a power supply. The nearly planar electrical contact is formed in and about the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph H. Johnson, R. Scott Penner, James Robert Biard