Patents by Inventor Steve Solomon

Steve Solomon 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).

  • Semiconducting microcavity and microchannel plasma devices
    Patent number: 8492744
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the invention provide semiconducting microcavity plasma devices. Preferred embodiments of the invention are microcavity plasma devices having at least two pn junctions, separated by a microcavity or microchannel and powered by alternate half-cycles of a time-varying voltage waveform. Alternate embodiments have a single pn junction. Microplasma is produced throughout the cavity between single or multiple pn junctions and a dielectric layer isolates the microplasma from the single or multiple pn junctions. Additional preferred embodiments are devices in which the spatial extent of the plasma itself or the n or p regions associated with a pn junction are altered by a third (control) electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Acumen Scientific
    Inventors: J. Gary Eden, Paul Tchertchian, Clark J. Wagner, Steve Solomon, Robert Ginn
  • SEMICONDUCTING MICROCAVITY AND MICROCHANNEL PLASMA DEVICES
    Publication number: 20110140073
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the invention provide semiconducting microcavity plasma devices. Preferred embodiments of the invention are microcavity plasma devices having at least two pn junctions, separated by a microcavity or microchannel and powered by alternate half-cycles of a time-varying voltage waveform. Alternate embodiments have a single pn junction. Microplasma is produced throughout the cavity between single or multiple pn junctions and a dielectric layer isolates the microplasma from the single or multiple pn junctions. Additional preferred embodiments are devices in which the spatial extent of the plasma itself or the n or p regions associated with a pn junction are altered by a third (control) electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: J. Gary Eden, Paul Tchertchian, Clark J. Wagner, Steve Solomon, Robert Ginn