Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Tiedje

Thomas J. Tiedje 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: 4642144
    Abstract: A method of doping amorphous semiconductor films have a first bandgap by forming the first bandgap amorphous material in a first plurality of spaced apart layers; and then forming a second plurality of semiconductor layers of amorphous material having a second bandgap wider than the first bandgap interleaved with and contiguous with the first plurality such that the conductor and valence band step at the interfaces between the first plurality and the second plurality is of sufficient magnitude to confine carriers. The second plurality is doped such that the electrons in the gap states from the second plurality of layers transfer to the first plurality of layers and cause the conductivity of said first plurality to increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Tiedje, Benjamin Abeles