Patents by Inventor Werner Krötz

Werner Krötz 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).

  • Electron beam irradiation of gases and light source using the same
    Patent number: 6282222
    Abstract: Excimers are generated by directing an electron beam at about 5 KeV to about 40 KeV into an excimer forming gas such as He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe or mixtures of these with other gases through a ceramic foil such as SiNx. Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light is emitted by the excimers or by other species in contact therewith. The invention can provide intense, continuously operable broadband or monochromatic VUV light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University
    Inventors: Jochen Wieser, Andreas Ulrich, Daniel E. Murnick, Werner Krötz