Patents by Inventor Thomas Szkopek
Thomas Szkopek 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).
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Publication number: 20230049337Abstract: There is described a method of recovering parts of an electronic circuit having a self-supporting substrate having graphene oxide (GO) paper, and at least a conductive trace on the self-supporting substrate. The method generally has a step of immersing the electronic circuit into an environment-friendly solvent, the GO paper thereby dissociating from the conductive trace; and a step of recovering the GO paper from the environment-friendly solvent. The present disclosure also describes an electronic circuit generally having a self-supporting substrate having GO paper with a structural thickness being equal or above a given thickness threshold; and at least a conductive trace on said self-supporting substrate. Further, there is also described a substrate for an electronic circuit in which the substrate generally has a self-supporting substrate having GO paper with a structural thickness being equal or above a given thickness threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Thomas SZKOPEK, Anthony UBAH, Marta CERRUTI
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Patent number: 10739303Abstract: There is described a sensor for sensing a variable of a sample. The sensor generally has a graphene layer supported by a substrate; a parylene layer coating the graphene layer opposite the substrate; a sensing layer coating the parylene layer opposite the substrate, and being exposable to the sample; and electrical contacts at opposite ends of the graphene layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITYInventors: Thomas Szkopek, Ibrahim Fakih
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Patent number: 10390162Abstract: The method can include depositing a graphene oxide containing material from solution to form a laminar nano-structure of graphene oxide paper, and assembling at least a portion of the graphene oxide paper as a diaphragm of the acoustic transducer. The acoustic transducer can be a magnetic induction based microphone, a diaphragm loudspeaker, or a magnetic induction based loudspeaker, for instance.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING / MCGILL UNIVERSITYInventors: Peter Gaskell, Robert-Eric Gaskell, Thomas Szkopek, Jung Wook Hong
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Patent number: 10312082Abstract: Semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs) formed as (Al)GaN-based nanowire structures have a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a thin metallic layer fabricated therebetween. The structures, operating in the deep ultraviolet (UV) spectral range, exhibit high photoluminescence efficiency at room temperature. The structures may be formed of an epitaxial metal tunnel junction operating as a reflector that enhances carrier transport to and from the semiconductor alloy layers, capable of producing external quantum efficiencies at least one order of magnitude higher than convention devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Zetian Mi, Sharif Sadaf, Yong-Ho Ra, Thomas Szkopek
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Publication number: 20190120787Abstract: There is described a sensor for sensing a variable of a sample. The sensor generally has a graphene layer supported by a substrate; a parylene layer coating the graphene layer opposite the substrate; a sensing layer coating the parylene layer opposite the substrate, and being exposable to the sample; and electrical contacts at opposite ends of the graphene layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Thomas SZKOPEK, Ibrahim FAKIH
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Publication number: 20170323788Abstract: Semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs) formed as (Al)GaN-based nanowire structures have a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a thin metallic layer fabricated therebetween. The structures, operating in the deep ultraviolet (UV) spectral range, exhibit high photoluminescence efficiency at room temperature. The structures may be formed of an epitaxial metal tunnel junction operating as a reflector that enhances carrier transport to and from the semiconductor alloy layers, capable of producing external quantum efficiencies at least one order of magnitude higher than convention devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Zetian Mi, Sharif Sadaf, Yong-Ho Ra, Thomas Szkopek
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Publication number: 20170251318Abstract: Materials used in acoustic transducer membranes need very specific qualities that in any real system require many tradeoffs to be made. Graphene and graphene related materials are a newly discovered class of materials with some exceptional properties that offer the potential for significant contributions to the performance of many acoustical transduction systems. Accordingly the inventors have established graphene oxide based transducers as the basis of ribbon microphones and diaphragm loudspeakers using low cost manufacturing and processing techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Peter GASKELL, Robert-Eric GASKELL, Thomas SZKOPEK, Jung Wook HONG
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Patent number: 9400127Abstract: Cryogenic electronics based upon semiconductive devices, superconductive devices, or a combination of the two present opportunities for a wide variety of novel, fast, and low power devices. However, such cryogenic electronics require cooling which is typically achieved through fluid refrigerants such as liquid nitrogen or liquid helium. Solid state refrigeration based upon adiabatic demagnetization in paramagnetic salts offers one alternative but requires that the solid state cooler and cryogenic electronic circuits be different physical elements. The inventors present solid state cooling for semiconductor materials including but not limited to silicon. Beneficially active electronic devices can be integrated monolithically with solid state semiconductor coolers exhibiting magnetic cooling within the whole substrate or predetermined regions of the substrate. Alternatively, active devices may be formed with semiconductor layers integral to them that exhibit magnetic cooling.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill UniversityInventors: Guillaume Gervais, Thomas Szkopek, Jonathan Guillemette
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Publication number: 20150143817Abstract: Cryogenic electronics based upon semiconductive devices, superconductive devices, or a combination of the two present opportunities for a wide variety of novel, fast, and low power devices. However, such cryogenic electronics require cooling which is typically achieved through fluid refrigerants such as liquid nitrogen or liquid helium. Solid state refrigeration based upon adiabatic demagnetization in paramagnetic salts offers one alternative but requires that the solid state cooler and cryogenic electronic circuits be different physical elements. The inventors present solid state cooling for semiconductor materials including but not limited to silicon. Beneficially active electronic devices can be integrated monolithically with solid state semiconductor coolers exhibiting magnetic cooling within the whole substrate or predetermined regions of the substrate. Alternatively, active devices may be formed with semiconductor layers integral to them that exhibit magnetic cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning.Mcgill UniversityInventors: Guillaume Gervais, Thomas Szkopek, Jonathan Guillemette
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Patent number: 6711334Abstract: A novel multimode fiber structure with modal propagation characteristics tailored to facilitate the creation of narrowband, high reflectivity, fiber Bragg gratings is disclosed. The fiber structure comprises concentric cylindrical shells of higher and lower refractive index material. A full vector, second order finite element method is used to analyze the proposed multimode fiber structure. Simulations of the modal profiles show that high order modes are localized to particular high refractive index shells. We present the theoretical characterization of the modal propagation constant as a function of inner shell radius, shell separation, and harmonic mode parameter. It is shown that a fiber with a minimum inner shell radius of at least 25&lgr; (where &lgr; is the vacuum wavelength), and a minimum shell separation of at least 10&lgr; provides a reasonable trade off between fiber size and grating performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Inventors: Thomas Szkopek, Peter W. E. Smith, John Edward Sipe
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Publication number: 20020186945Abstract: A novel multimode fiber structure with modal propagation characteristics tailored to facilitate the creation of narrowband, high reflectivity, fiber Bragg gratings is disclosed. The fiber structure comprises concentric cylindrical shells of higher and lower refractive index material. A full vector, second order finite element method is used to analyze the proposed multimode fiber structure. Simulations of the modal profiles show that high order modes are localized to particular high refractive index shells. We present the theoretical characterization of the modal propagation constant as a function of inner shell radius, shell separation, and harmonic mode parameter. It is shown that a fiber with a minimum inner shell radius of at least 25&lgr; (where &lgr; is the vacuum wavelength), and a minimum shell separation of at least 10&lgr; provides a reasonable trade off between fiber size and grating performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Thomas Szkopek, Peter W.E. Smith, John Edward Sipe