Patents by Inventor Steven Richard Schofield

Steven Richard Schofield 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: 7097708
    Abstract: This invention concerns nanoscale products, such as electronic devices fabricated to nanometer accuracy. It also concerns atomic scale products. These products may have an array of electrically active dopant atoms in a silicon surface, or an encapsulated layer of electrically active donor atoms. In a further aspect the invention concerns a method of fabricating such products. The methods include forming a preselected array of donor atoms incorporated into silicon. Encapsulation by growing silicon over a doped surface, after desorbing the passivating hydrogen. Also, using an STM to view donor atoms on the silicon surface during fabrication of a nanoscale device, and measuring the electrical activity of the donor atoms during fabrication of a nanoscale device. Such products and processes are useful in the fabrication of a quantum computer, but could have many other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Qucor Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Graham Clark, Neil Jonathan Curson, Toby Hallam, Lars Oberbeck, Steven Richard Schofield, Michelle Yvonne Simmons
  • Patent number: 7061008
    Abstract: Individual hydrogen atoms are desorbed from a hydrogen terminated layer on a silicon substrate, using an STM tip, to form a pattern of exposed regions. A single donor-bearing molecule (such as phosphorous atoms). The spins of the donor atoms may be used as qubits in a slid quantum computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Qucor Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Graham Clark, Andrew Steven Dzurak, Steven Richard Schofield, Michelle Yvonne Simmons, Jeremy Lloyd O'Brien
  • Patent number: 7047460
    Abstract: A tester or method of testing a mass storage interface queues error functions for simulation responsive to condition criteria of such storage simulation. Such bridge-chip tester may comprise ATA registers to receive data from an ATA or ATAPI-type interface. A main access emulator may emulate data storage processes responsive to commands of a command register of the ATA registers. A test controller may be operable to load a queue with predetermined error functions to be emulated by the tester. The queue may release error functions of the queue for emulation responsive to data of at least one of the command register and the emulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Richard Schofield
  • Publication number: 20040244672
    Abstract: This invention concerns nanoscale products, such as electronic devices fabricated to nanometer accuracy. It also concerns atomic scale products. These products may have an array of electrically active dopant atoms in a silicon surface, or an encapsulated layer of electrically active donor atoms. In a further aspect the invention concerns a method of fabricating such products. The methods include forming a preselected array of donor atoms incorporated into silicon. Encapsulation by growing silicon over a doped surface, after desorbing the passivating hydrogen. Also, using an STM to view donor atoms on the silicon surface during fabrication of a nanoscale device, and measuring the electrical activity of the donor atoms during fabrication of a nanoscale device. Such products and processes are useful in the fabrication of a quantum computer, but could have many other uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Granham Clark, Neil Jonathan Curson, Toby Hallam, Lars Oberbeck, Steven Richard Schofield, Michelle Yvonnes Simmons
  • Publication number: 20040023519
    Abstract: Individual hydrogen atoms are desorbed from a hydrogen terminated layer on a silicon substrate, using an STM tip, to form a pattern of exposed regions. A single donor-bearing molecule (such as phosphorous atoms). The spins of the donor atoms may be used as qubits in a slid quantum computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Graham Clark, Andrew Steven Dzurak, Steven Richard Schofield, Michelle Yvonne Simmons, Jeremy Lloyd O'Brien