Patents by Inventor Stephen Forrest

Stephen Forrest 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).

  • Publication number: 20160158771
    Abstract: A first device is provided. The first device includes a print head, and a first gas source hermetically sealed to the print head. The print head further includes a first layer further comprising a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a smallest dimension of 0.5 to 500 microns. A second layer is bonded to the first layer. The second layer includes a first via in fluid communication with the first gas source and at least one of the apertures. The second layer is made of an insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Gregory McGraw
  • Patent number: 9249506
    Abstract: A first device is provided. The first device includes a print head, and a first gas source hermetically sealed to the print head. The print head further includes a first layer further comprising a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a smallest dimension of 0.5 to 500 microns. A second layer is bonded to the first layer. The second layer includes a first via in fluid communication with the first gas source and at least one of the apertures. The second layer is made of an insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Gregory McGraw
  • Publication number: 20150357366
    Abstract: A device includes a three-dimensionally curved substrate, a patterned metal layer disposed on the curved substrate, and an array of optoelectronic devices, each optoelectronic device including an optoelectronic structure supported by the curved substrate. Each optoelectronic structure includes an inorganic semiconductor stack. The device further includes a set of contact stripes extending across the curved substrate, each optoelectronic structure being coupled to a respective contact stripe of the set of contact stripes. The array of optoelectronic devices is secured to the curved substrate via a bond between the patterned metal layer and the set of contact stripes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Jeramy D. Zimmerman, Xin Xu, Christopher Kyle Renshaw
  • Publication number: 20150287950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). More specifically, the present invention relates to white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. The devices of the present invention employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. The sub-elements are separated by charge generating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Xiangfei Qi, Michael Slootsky
  • Publication number: 20150270497
    Abstract: A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first photoactive organic layer that is a mixture of small molecule organic acceptor material and a small molecule organic donor material, wherein the first photoactive organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths; a second photoactive organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein the second photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the small molecule organic acceptor material of the first photoactive organic layer, and the second photoactive organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths; and a third photoactive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in direct contact with the first photoactive organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiangeng XUE, Soichi UCHIDA, Barry P. Rand, Stephen Forrest
  • Patent number: 9112164
    Abstract: A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first photoactive organic layer that is a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first photoactive organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths; a second photoactive organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein the second photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material of the first photoactive organic layer, and the second photoactive organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths; and a third photoactive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in direct contact with the first photoactive organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jiangeng Xue, Soichi Uchida, Barry P. Rand, Stephen Forrest
  • Patent number: 9092313
    Abstract: An embodiment described herein includes a method for input channel voting. The method includes steps for sorting the three input values by magnitude into a high input value, a middle input value, and a low input value. The three input values are then tested. The testing includes subtracting the middle input value form the high input value to calculate a first difference, and comparing an absolute value of the first difference to a failure threshold. A first intermediate value is determined based on the comparison of the first difference to the failure threshold. The testing also includes subtracting the middle input value from the low input value to calculate a second difference, and comparing the second difference to the failure threshold. A second intermediate value is determined based on this comparison. The first intermediate value and second intermediate value are averaged to produce an output based on the three input values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Donald John Nelson, Stephen Forrest Rogoff, LeRoy Ernest Vetsch
  • Patent number: 9065067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). More specifically, the present invention relates to white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. The devices of the present invention employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. The sub-elements are separated by charge generating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Xiangfei Qi, Michael Slootsky
  • Patent number: 9065010
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an optoelectronic device includes creating an optoelectronic structure on a first substrate. The optoelectronic structure includes a release layer and a plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers supported by the release layer. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers is configured to be active in operation of the optoelectronic device. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers are permanently attached to a second substrate, which is flexible. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers are released from the first substrate after the attaching step, and the second substrate is deformed to a non-planar configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, The Regents of the University of Michigan, University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Jeramy D. Zimmerman, Xin Xu, Christopher Kyle Renshaw
  • Patent number: 9041851
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a an organic imaging device having organic detectors on a curved surface. The device may be used for imaging applications such as photography, lightweight camera systems, very high-resolution imaging, lightweight “night vision”, robotic vision, and others. A concave housing with a deformable lens is provided. The deformable lens allows for a range of fields of view and focal lengths. The invention may be configured to detect a range of electromagnetic radiation. It may then provide input to a computer, display, or other device for processing or display of the detected radiation as an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventor: Stephen Forrest
  • Patent number: 8952362
    Abstract: A first device is provided. The first device further comprises an organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device further comprises an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The emissive layer may include an organic host compound and at least one organic emitting compound capable of fluorescent emission at room temperature. Various configurations are described for providing a range of current densities in which T-T fusion dominates over S-T annihilation, leading to very high efficiency fluorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Yifan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8945722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to OLEDS that emit light using a combination of fluorescent emitters and phosphorescent emitters for the efficient utilization of all of the electrically generated excitons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: The University of Southern California, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Stephen Forrest
  • Publication number: 20140361271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). More specifically, the present invention relates to white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. The devices of the present invention employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. The sub-elements are separated by charge generating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Xiangfei Qi, Michael Slootsky
  • Publication number: 20140266975
    Abstract: An antenna includes a dielectric substrate having a three-dimensional contour, and a set of antenna traces on the dielectric substrate. Each antenna trace spirals around the three-dimensional contour in a helical pattern. Each antenna trace includes a plated metallic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Anthony Grbic, Carl Pfeiffer, Xin Xu, Stephen Forrest
  • Publication number: 20140215278
    Abstract: An embodiment described herein includes a method for input channel voting. The method includes steps for sorting the three input values by magnitude into a high input value, a middle input value, and a low input value. The three input values are then tested. The testing includes subtracting the middle input value form the high input value to calculate a first difference, and comparing an absolute value of the first difference to a failure threshold. A first intermediate value is determined based on the comparison of the first difference to the failure threshold. The testing also includes subtracting the middle input value from the low input value to calculate a second difference, and comparing the second difference to the failure threshold. A second intermediate value is determined based on this comparison. The first intermediate value and second intermediate value are averaged to produce an output based on the three input values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Donald John Nelson, Stephen Forrest Rogoff, LeRoy Ernest Vetsch
  • Patent number: 8766291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The devices employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. Thus, the devices may be white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. Each sub-element comprises at least one organic layer which is an emissive layer—i.e., the layer is capable of emitting light when a voltage is applied across the stacked device. The sub-elements are vertically stacked and are separated by charge generating layers. The charge-generating layers are layers that inject charge carriers into the adjacent layer(s) but do not have a direct external connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Xiangfei Qi, Michael Slootsky
  • Patent number: 8745853
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating an antenna in which a flexible stamp is formed from a first wafer, the first wafer transferring a pattern to the flexible stamp, in which an antenna substrate is shaped into a three-dimensional contour with a second mold, in which the flexible stamp is positioned in the second mold to deform the flexible stamp into the three-dimensional contour, and in which a metallic layer on the flexible stamp is cold welded to create a set of antenna traces on the antenna substrate in accordance with the pattern. The antenna traces may then be electroplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, The Regents of the University of Michigan, University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Anthony Grbic, Carl Pfeiffer, Xin Xu, Stephen Forrest
  • Publication number: 20140127845
    Abstract: A method for forming an electronic device such as a passive color OLED display. Bottom electrodes are patterned onto a substrate in rows. Raised posts formed by photoresist are patterned into columns oriented orthogonally to the bottom row electrodes. One or more organic layers, such as R, G, B organic emissive layers are patterned over the raised posts and bottom electrodes using organic vapor jet printing (OVJP). An upper electrode layer is applied over the entire device and forms electrically isolated columnar electrodes due to discontinuities in the upper electrode layer created by the raised columnar posts. This permits patterning of the upper electrodes over the organic layers without using photolithography. A device formed by this method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Gregory McGraw
  • Publication number: 20140100816
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of sensors measuring a physical parameter; a processing unit communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to receive sensor data from each of the plurality of sensors; wherein the processing unit is further configured to compare rates of change between sensor data for each individual sensor of the plurality of sensors and each of the other individual sensors of the plurality of sensors; wherein the processing unit is further configured to perform a first action when the rate of change of each of the plurality of sensors is within a first threshold of all of the other plurality of sensors; and wherein the processing unit is further configured to perform a second action when the rate of change of at least one of the plurality of sensors is not within the first threshold of at least another of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Honeywell Intl. Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest Rogoff, LeRoy Ernest Vetsch
  • Publication number: 20140061594
    Abstract: A first device is provided. The first device further comprises an organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device further comprises an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The emissive layer may include an organic host compound and at least one organic emitting compound capable of fluorescent emission at room temperature. Various configurations are described for providing a range of current densities in which T-T fusion dominates over S-T annihilation, leading to very high efficiency fluorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen Forrest, Yifan Zhang