Patents by Inventor Vincent Stephane Derycke

Vincent Stephane Derycke 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).

  • Methodology for electrically induced selective breakdown of nanotubes
    Patent number: 6706566
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a device. The method provides a substrate, and provides a plurality of nanotubes in contact with the substrate. The method comprises depositing metal contacts on the substrate, wherein the metal contacts are in contact with a portion of at least one nanotube. The method further comprises selectively breaking the at least one nanotube using an electrical current, removing the metal contacts, cleaning a remaining nanotube, and depositing a first metal contact in contact with a first end of the nanotube and a second metal contact in contact with a second end of the nanotube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Philip G. Collins, Vincent Stephane Derycke, Richard Martel
  • Methodology for electrically induced selective breakdown of nanotubes
    Publication number: 20020173083
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a device. The method provides a substrate, and provides a plurality of nanotubes in contact with the substrate. The method comprises depositing metal contacts on the substrate, wherein the metal contacts are in contact with a portion of at least one nanotube. The method further comprises selectively breaking the at least one nanotube using an electrical current, removing the metal contacts, cleaning a remaining nanotube, and depositing a first metal contact in contact with a first end of the nanotube and a second metal contact in contact with a second end of the nanotube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Philip G. Collins, Vincent Stephane Derycke, Richard Martel