Patents by Inventor Terence J. de Lyon

Terence J. de Lyon 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).

  • Arsenic passivation for epitaxial deposition of ternary chalcogenide semiconductor films onto silicon substrates
    Patent number: 5399206
    Abstract: Ternary II-VI semiconductor films (16) are formed on a silicon substrate (12) by first depositing a monolayer of arsenic (14) or other Group V metal on a cleaned surface of the substrate. The ternary II-VI semiconductor film is then formed over the arsenic monolayer, either directly thereon or on top of an intermediate II-VI semiconductor buffer layer (18). The use of an arsenic passivating layer facilitates the epitaxial deposition of technologically important II-VI semiconductors such as ZnTe, CdTe, and HgCdTe on silicon substrates of arbitrary crystallographic orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventor: Terence J. de Lyon
  • Arsenic passivation for epitaxial deposition of ternary chalcogenide semiconductor films onto silicon substrates
    Patent number: 5306386
    Abstract: Ternary II-VI semiconductor films (16) are formed on a silicon substrate (12) by first depositing a monolayer of arsenic (14) or other Group V metal on a cleaned surface of the substrate. The ternary II-VI semiconductor film is then formed over the arsenic monolayer, either directly thereon or on top of an intermediate II-VI semiconductor buffer layer (18). The use of an arsenic passivating layer facilitates the epitaxial deposition of technologically important II-VI semiconductors such as ZnTe, CdTe, and HgCdTe on silicon substrates of arbitrary crystallographic orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventor: Terence J. de Lyon