Patents by Inventor Yahong Yao

Yahong Yao 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: 6781735
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electro-optical device support on a substrate. The electro-optical device includes two face-to-face freestanding membranes each supported near a top surface on one of two bonded substrates for defining a resonant cavity between the two membranes. Each of the substrates having an entire bulk-portion opposite the cavity etched off as a bulk micro-machining opening extended from each of the membranes through a bottom surface of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Inventors: Liji Huang, Yahong Yao, Naiqian Han, Gaofeng Wang
  • Patent number: 6620712
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electro-optical device support on a substrate. The electro-optical device includes a sacrificial layer disposed on the substrate having a chamber-wall region surrounding and defining an optical chamber. The electro-optical device further includes a membrane layer disposed on top of the sacrificial layer having a chamber-removal opening surrounding and defining an electric tunable membrane for transmitting an optical signal therethrough. The electrically tunable membrane disposed on top of the optical chamber surrounded by the chamber wall regions. The chamber-wall region is doped with ion-dopants for maintaining the chamber-wall region for removal-resistance under a chamber-forming process performed through the chamber-removal opening. In a preferred embodiment, the chamber-wall region is a doped silicon dioxide region with carbon or nitrogen. In another preferred embodiment, the chamber-wall region is a nitrogen ion-doped SiNxOy region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: INTPAX, Inc.
    Inventors: Liji Huang, Naiqian Han, Yahong Yao, Gaofeng Wang
  • Publication number: 20030016436
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electro-optical device support on a substrate. The electro-optical device includes two face-to-face freestanding membranes each supported near a top surface on one of two bonded substrates for defining a resonant cavity between the two membranes. Each of the substrates having an entire bulk-portion opposite the cavity etched off as a bulk micro-machining opening extended from each of the membranes through a bottom surface of the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: INTPAX, Inc.
    Inventors: Liji Huang, Yahong Yao, Naiqian Han, Gaofeng Wang
  • Publication number: 20020110948
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electro-optical device support on a substrate. The electro-optical device includes a sacrificial layer disposed on the substrate having a chamber-wall region surrounding and defining an optical chamber. The electro-optical device further includes a membrane layer disposed on top of the sacrificial layer having a chamber-removal opening surrounding and defining an electric tunable membrane for transmitting an optical signal therethrough. The electrically tunable membrane disposed on top of the optical chamber surrounded by the chamber wall regions. The chamber-wall region is doped with iondopants for maintaining the chamber-wall region for removal-resistance under a chamber-forming process performed through the chamber-removal opening. In a preferred embodiment, the chamber-wall region is a doped silicon dioxide region with carbon or nitrogen. In another preferred embodiment, the chamber-wall region is a nitrogen ion-doped SiNxOy region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: INTPAX, Inc.
    Inventors: Liji Huang, Naiqian Han, Yahong Yao, Gaofeng Wang