Patents by Inventor Tzyy Jiuan Hwang
Tzyy Jiuan Hwang 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: 20080057687Abstract: Patterned thin film layers (12) are applied to a substrate (10) surface by masking selective areas of a substrate surface, e.g., with a printed pattern (11) of a material such as an oil, and vapor-depositing thin film material. The masking material is subsequently removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2006Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Jan Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang
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Publication number: 20070178227Abstract: Epitaxial thin films are formed on textured substrates. An electrode is formed on the exposed surface of the thin film; the textured substrate removed, and second electrode is formed on the thin film on the side opposite the first electrode. A capacitor is thereby formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Andrew Hunt, Girish Deshpande, Wen-Yi Lin, Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang
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Patent number: 6994757Abstract: Electrically resistive material including platinum and from about 5 and about 70 molar percent of iridium, ruthenium or mixtures thereof, calculated based on platinum as 100%, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Shipley Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Craig S. Allen, John Schemenaur, David D. Senk, Marc Langlois, Xiaodong Hu, Jan Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang, Jud Ready, Trifon Tomov
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Publication number: 20050019594Abstract: Epitaxial thin films for use as buffer layers for high temperature superconductors, electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), gas separation membranes or dielectric material in electronic devices, are disclosed. By using CCVD, CACVD or any other suitable deposition process, epitaxial films having pore-free, ideal grain boundaries, and dense structure can be formed. Several different types of materials are disclosed for use as buffer layers in high temperature superconductors. In addition, the use of epitaxial thin films for electrolytes and electrode formation in SOFCs results in densification for pore-free and ideal grain boundary/interface microstructure, Gas separation membranes for the production of oxygen and hydrogen are also disclosed. These semipermeable membranes are formed of high-quality, dense, gas-tight, pinhole free sub-micron scale layers of mixed-conducting oxides on porous ceramic substrates. Epitaxial thin films as dielectric material in capacitors are also taught herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Andrew Hunt, Girish Deshpande, Wen-Yi Lin, Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang
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Patent number: 6846370Abstract: Electrically resistive material including platinum and from about 5 and about 70 molar percent or iridium, ruthenium or mixtures thereof, calculated based on platinum as 100%, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Shipley Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Craig S. Allen, John Schemenaur, David D. Senk, Marc Langlois, Xiaodong Hu, Jan Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang, Jud Ready, Trifon Tomov
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Publication number: 20040231757Abstract: Electrically resistive material including platinum and from about 5 and about 70 molar percent of iridium, ruthenium or mixtures thereof, calculated based on platinum as 100%, are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Shipley Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Craig S. Allen, John Schemenaur, David D. Senk, Marc Langlois, Xiaodong Hu, Jan Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang, Jud Ready, Trifon Tomov
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Publication number: 20040185325Abstract: Catalytic layers for fuel cells are formed by co-depositing platinum or gold from a combustion chemical vapor deposition flame and carbon particles and ionomer from a non-flame, co-deposition flame. A layer having high platinum or gold loading with high particulate size is deposited. Such layers have high efficiency, whereby the total amount of platinum or gold used in a fuel cell may be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Peter M Faguy, Clarke M Miller, Andrew Tye Hunt, Jan Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang
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Patent number: 6728092Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Shipley-Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Wen-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20030121883Abstract: Electrically resistive material including platinum and from about 5 and about 70 molar percent of iridium, ruthenium or mixtures thereof, calculated based on platinum as 100%, are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: Shipley Company, L.L.C.Inventors: Craig S. Allen, John Schemenaur, David D. Senk, Marc Langlois, Xiaodong Hu, Jan Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang, Jud Ready, Trifon Tomov
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Patent number: 6500350Abstract: A method is provided for forming a patterned layer of resistive material in electrical contact with a layer of electrically conducting material. A three-layer structure is formed which comprises a metal conductive layer, an intermediate layer formed of material which is degradable by a chemical etchant, and a layer of resistive material of sufficient porosity such that the chemical etchant for said intermediate layer may seep through the resistive material and chemically degrade said intermediate layer so that the resistive material may be ablated from said conductive layer wherever the intermediate layer is chemically degraded. A patterned photoresist layer is formed on the resistive material layer. The resistive material layer is exposed to the chemical etchant for said intermediate layer so that the etchant seeps through the porous resistive material layer and degrades the intermediate layer. Then, portions of the resistive material layer are ablated away wherever the intermediate layer has been degraded.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Morton International, Inc.Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Wen-Yi Lin, Shara S. Shoup, Richard W. Carpenter, Stephen E. Bottomley, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle Hendrick
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Publication number: 20020145845Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Applicant: MicroCoating Technologies ofInventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Wen-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 6433993Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1999Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: MicroCoating Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Wen-Yi Lin, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle Hendrick, Helmut G. Hornis
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Patent number: 6416870Abstract: A corrosion-resistant coating for a substrate is described. The corrosion-resistant coating comprises a first distinct layer of a first composition disposed over the substrate, wherein the first distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns, and a second distinct layer of a second composition disposed over the first distinct layer, wherein the second distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns and either the first distinct layer or the second distinct layer is corrosion-resistant. Preferably, the thickness of each distinct layer is less than about 1 or 2 microns, more preferably, less than about 0.4 microns. The coating may comprise additional layers. Corrosion-resistant articles, methods of protecting an articles, and methods of depositing corrosion-resistant coatings are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2000Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: MicroCoating Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Tye Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle R. Hendrick, Hong Shao, Joseph R. Thomas
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Patent number: 6368665Abstract: An improved chemical vapor deposition apparatus and procedure is disclosed. The technique provides improved shielding of the reaction and deposition zones involved in providing CVD coatings, whereby coatings can be produced, at atmospheric pressure, of materials which are sensitive to components in the atmosphere on substrates which are sensitive to high temperatures and which are too large, or inconvenient, to process in vacuum or similar chambers. The improved technique can be used with various energy sources and is particularly compatible with Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition (CCVD) techniques.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: MicroCoating Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Subramaniam Shanmugham, William D. Danielson, Henry A. Luten, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Girish Deshpande
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Patent number: 6329899Abstract: A method is provided for forming a patterned layer of resistive material in electrical contact with a layer of electrically conducting material. A three-layer structure is formed which comprises a metal conductive layer, an intermediate layer formed of material which is degradable by a chemical etchant, and a layer of resistive material of sufficient porosity such that the chemical etchant for said intermediate layer may seep through the resistive material and chemically degrade said intermediate layer so that the resistive material may be ablated from said conductive layer wherever the intermediate layer is chemically degraded. A patterned photoresist layer is formed on the resistive material layer. The resistive material layer is exposed to the chemical etchant for said intermediate layer so that the etchant seeps through the porous resistive material layer and degrades the intermediate layer. Then, portions of the resistive material layer are ablated away wherever the intermediate layer has been degraded.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1998Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Microcoating Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Wen-Yi Lin, Shara S. Shoup, Richard W. Carpenter, Stephen E. Bottomley, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle Hendrick
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Patent number: 6214473Abstract: A corrosion-resistant coating for a substrate is described. The corrosion-resistant coating comprises a first distinct layer of a first composition disposed over the substrate, wherein the first distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns, and a second distinct layer of a second composition disposed over the first distinct layer, wherein the second distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns and either the first distinct layer or the second distinct layer is corrosion-resistant. Preferably, the thickness of each distinct layer is less than about 1 or 2 microns, more preferably, less than about 0.4 microns. The coating may comprise additional layers. Corrosion-resistant articles, methods of protecting an articles, and methods of depositing corrosion-resistant coatings are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Inventors: Andrew Tye Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle R. Hendrick, Hong Shao, Joseph R. Thomas
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Patent number: 6207522Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1998Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: MicroCoating TechnologiesInventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Wen-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 6193911Abstract: Precursor solutions are provided to produce thin film resistive materials by combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) or controlled atmosphere combustion chemical vapor deposition (CACCVD). The resistive material may be a mixture of a zero valence metal and a dielectric material, or the resistive materials may be a conductive oxide.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Morton International IncorporatedInventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Hong Shao, Joe Thomas, Wen-Yi Lin, Shara S. Shoup, Henry A. Luten, John Eric McEntyre
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Patent number: 5858465Abstract: A method for applying coatings to substrates using combustion chemical vapor deposition by mixing together a reagent and a carrier solution to form a reagent mixture, igniting the reagent mixture to create a flame, or flowing the reagent mixture through a plasma torch, in which the reagent is at least partially vaporized into a vapor phase, and contacting the vapor phase of the reagent to a substrate resulting in the deposition, at least in part from the vapor phase, of a coating of the reagent which can be controlled so as to have a preferred orientation on the substrate, and an apparatus to accomplish this method. This process can be used to deposit thin phosphate films and coatings.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Andrew Tye Hunt, Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang, Hong Shao
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Patent number: 5641282Abstract: A high intensity and high efficiency radiant gas burner (10) has a housing (8), a gas inlet (11) for receiving a combustible gas, a gas injection plate (13) for distributing the gas, a gas distribution chamber (16) for permitting the gas to expand, a porous ceramic layer (17) for receiving the gas from the gas distribution chamber (16), and a plurality of elongated flame support rods (23) situated over and spaced from a burner surface (17b) of the porous ceramic layer (17). When the gas is ignited, the flame transfers energy via convective heat transfer to the rods (23). When the rods (23) heat up, they radiate energy back towards the burner surface (17b) and also outwardly away from the burner surface (17b) so that radiation intensity and efficiency are optimized. A rod adjustment mechanism (84) may be disposed on the burner (10) for moving the rods (23) to thereby optimize radiation intensity and efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1995Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: K. J. Lee, Joe K. Cochran, Jr., Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang