Nanosheet Or Quantum Barrier/well (i.e., Layer Structure Having One Dimension Or Thickness Of 100 Nm Or Less) Patents (Class 977/755)
  • Publication number: 20100297389
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for fabricating a mesoporous carbon material, the method comprising subjecting a precursor composition to a curing step followed by a carbonization step, the precursor composition comprising: (i) a templating component comprised of a block copolymer, (ii) a phenolic compound or material, (iii) a crosslinkable aldehyde component, and (iv) at least 0.5 M concentration of a strong acid having a pKa of or less than ?2, wherein said carbonization step comprises heating the precursor composition at a carbonizing temperature for sufficient time to convert the precursor composition to a mesoporous carbon material. The invention is also directed to a mesoporous carbon material having an improved thermal stability, preferably produced according to the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Dai, Xiqing Wang
  • Publication number: 20100295014
    Abstract: A method to improve the external light efficiency of light emitting diodes, the method comprising etching an external surface of an n-type layer of the light emitting diode to form surface texturing, the surface texturing reducing internal light reflection to increase light output. A corresponding light emitting diode is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Xuejun Kang, Zhen Chen, Tien Khee Ng, Jenny Lam, Shu Yuan
  • Publication number: 20100295018
    Abstract: A nanostructure includes a highly conductive microcrystalline layer, a bipolar nanowire, and another layer (18, 30). The highly conductive microcrystalline layer includes a microcrystalline material and a metal. The bipolar nanowire has one end attached to the highly conductive microcrystalline layer and another end attached to the other layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Wang, Michael Renne Ty Tan
  • Publication number: 20100294957
    Abstract: Described is a radiation-emitting semiconductor body (1) with an active layer (2) for generation of radiation of a first wavelength (?1) and a reemission layer (3) which comprises a quantum well structure (4) comprising a quantum layer structure (5) and a barrier layer structure (6). The reemission layer is intended for generation of incoherent radiation of a second wavelength (?2) by absorption of the radiation of the first wavelength in the barrier layer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Tony Albrecht, Stefan Bader, Berthold Hahn
  • Publication number: 20100289427
    Abstract: A method for producing light emission from a two terminal semiconductor device with improved efficiency, includes the following steps: providing a layered semiconductor structure including a semiconductor drain region comprising at least one drain layer, a semiconductor base region disposed on the drain region and including at least one base layer, and a semiconductor emitter region disposed on a portion of the base region and comprising an emitter mesa that includes at least one emitter layer; providing, in the base region, at least one region exhibiting quantum size effects; providing a base/drain electrode having a first portion on an exposed surface of the base region and a further portion coupled with the drain region, and providing an emitter electrode on the surface of the emitter region; applying signals with respect to the base/drain and emitter electrodes to obtain light emission from the base region; and configuring the base/drain and emitter electrodes for substantial uniformity of voltage distrib
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Gabriel Walter, Nick Holonyak, JR., Milton Feng, Chao-Hsin Wu
  • Publication number: 20100288341
    Abstract: Photonic crystal cavities and related devices and methods are described. The described cavities can be used as lasers, photovoltaic sources, and single photon sources. The cavities can be both optically and electrically pumped. A fabrication process of the cavities is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Seheon KIM, Axel Scherer
  • Publication number: 20100289559
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first transistor is comprised of a first p+ source region doped in an n-well in the substrate and a first n+ drain region doped on one side at the top of the pillar. A second transistor is comprised of a second p+ source region doped into the second side of the top of the pillar and serially coupled to the top drain region for the first transistor. A second n+ drain region is doped into the substrate adjacent the pillar. Ultra-thin body layer run along each pillar sidewall between their respective active regions. A gate structure is formed along the pillar sidewalls and over the body layers. The transistors operate by electron tunneling from the source valence band to the gate bias-induced n-type channels, along the ultra-thin silicon bodies, thus resulting in a drain current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventor: Leonard Forbes
  • Publication number: 20100284433
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser device capable of easily obtaining a desired hue is obtained. This semiconductor laser device (100) includes a green semiconductor laser element (30) having one or a plurality of laser beam emitting portions, a blue semiconductor laser element (50) having one or a plurality of laser beam emitting portions, and a red semiconductor laser element (10) having one or a plurality of laser beam emitting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hata, Yasumitsu Kunoh, Yasuhiko Nomura, Saburo Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20100283037
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultraviolet fluorescent material having high light emission efficiency, wherein the peak wavelength of ultraviolet light to be emitted can be controlled by having a quantum dot structure wherein a fine crystal of zinc oxide having an average diameter of 1-10 nm serves as a core, and the surface of the zinc oxide fine crystal is covered with at least one of LiGaO2, LiAlO2, NaGaO2 and NaAlO2, which has a crystal structure similar to that of the zinc oxide and low lattice mismatch and hardly suffers from structural defects, or a solid solution thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takahisa Omata, Shinichi Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Nose, Satoshi Kobayashi, Yuki Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20100285626
    Abstract: A fabrication method of light emitting diode is provided. A first type doped semiconductor layer is formed on a substrate. Subsequently, a light emitting layer is formed on the first type doped semiconductor layer. A process for forming the light emitting layer includes alternately forming a plurality of barrier layers and a plurality of quantum well layers on the first type doped semiconductor layer. The quantum well layers are formed at a growth temperature T1, and the barrier layers are formed at a growth temperature T2, where T1<T2. Then, a second type doped semiconductor layer is formed on the light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Te-Chung Wang, Chun-Jong Chang, Kun-Fu Huang
  • Publication number: 20100276661
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and techniques for frequency-dependent optical switching are provided. In one embodiment, a device includes a substrate, a first and a second optical-field confining structures located on the substrate, and a quantum structure disposed between the first and the second optical-field confining structures. The first optical-field confining structure may include a surface to receive photons. The second optical-field confining structure may be spaced apart from the first optical-field confining structure. The first and the second optical-field confining structures may be configured to substantially confine therebetween an optical field of the photons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Doyeol AHN
  • Publication number: 20100276663
    Abstract: In a GaN based semiconductor optical device 11a, the primary surface 13a of the substrate 13 tilts at a tilting angle toward an m-axis direction of the first GaN based semiconductor with respect to a reference axis “Cx” extending in a direction of a c-axis of the first GaN based semiconductor, and the tilting angle is 63 degrees or more, and is less than 80 degrees. The GaN based semiconductor epitaxial region 15 is provided on the primary surface 13a. On the GaN based semiconductor epitaxial region 15, an active layer 17 is provided. The active layer 17 includes one semiconductor epitaxial layer 19. The semiconductor epitaxial layer 19 is composed of InGaN. The thickness direction of the semiconductor epitaxial layer 19 tilts with respect to the reference axis “Cx.” The reference axis “Cx” extends in the direction of the [0001] axis. This structure provides the GaN based semiconductor optical device that can reduces decrease in light emission characteristics due to the indium segregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei ENYA, Yusuke YOSHIZUMI, Masaki UENO, Katsushi AKITA, Takashi KYONO, Takamichi SUMITOMO, Takao NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20100279446
    Abstract: A phase-conjugating resonator that includes a semiconductor laser diode apparatus that comprises a phase-conjugating array of retro-reflecting hexagon apertured hexahedral shaped corner-cube prisms, an electrically and/or optically pumped gain-region, a distributed bragg reflecting mirror-stack, a gaussian mode providing hemispherical shaped laser-emission-output metalized mirror. Wherein, optical phase conjugation is used to neutralize the phase perturbating contribution of spontaneous-emission, acoustic phonons, quantum-noise, gain-saturation, diffraction, and other intracavity aberrations and distortions that typically destabilize any stimulated-emission made to undergo amplifying oscillation within the inventions phase-conjugating resonator. Resulting in stablized high-power laser-emission-output into a single low-order fundamental transverse cavity mode and reversal of intra-cavity chirp that provides for high-speed internal modulation capable of transmitting data at around 20-Gigabits/ps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Joseph Reid Henrichs
  • Publication number: 20100276668
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate; a channel layer over the substrate, wherein the channel layer is formed of a first III-V compound semiconductor material; a highly doped semiconductor layer over the channel layer; a gate dielectric penetrating through and contacting a sidewall of the highly doped semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode on a bottom portion of the gate dielectric. The gate dielectric includes a sidewall portion on a sidewall of the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Chih-Hsin Ko, Clement Hsingjen Wann
  • Publication number: 20100270535
    Abstract: A method for making an electronic device may include forming a selectively polable superlattice comprising a plurality of stacked groups of layers. Each group of layers of the selectively polable superlattice may include a plurality of stacked semiconductor monolayers defining a semiconductor base portion and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer thereon. The at least one non-semiconductor monolayer may be constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent silicon portions, and at least some semiconductor atoms from opposing base semiconductor portions may be chemically bound together through the at least one non-semiconductor monolayer therebetween. The method may further include coupling at least one electrode to the selectively polable superlattice for selective poling thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Mears Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samed Halilov, Xiangyang Huang, Ilija Dukovski, Jean Augustin Chan Sow Fook Yiptong, Robert J. Mears, Marek Hytha, Robert John Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20100270532
    Abstract: A nitride semi-conductor light emitting device has a p-type nitride semi-conductor layer 7, an n-type nitride semi-conductor layer 3, and a light emission layer 6 which is interposed between the p-type nitride semi-conductor layer 7 and the n-type nitride semi-conductor layer 3. The light emission layer 6 has a quantum well structure with a barrier layer 6b and a well layer 6a. The barrier layer 6b is formed of AlaGabIn(1-a-b)N (0<a<1, 0<b<1, 1?a?b>0), and contains a first impurity at a concentration of A greater than zero. The well layer 6a is formed of AlcGadIn(1-c-d)N (0<c<1, c<a, 0<d<1, 1?c?d>0), and contains a second impurity at a concentration of B equal to or greater than zero. In the nitride semi-conductor light emitting device of the present invention, the concentration of A is larger than that of B, in order that the barrier layer 6b has a concentration of oxygen smaller than that in the well layer 6a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Takayoshi Takano, Kenji Tsubaki, Hideki Hirayama, Sachie Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20100270533
    Abstract: Provided is a ZnO-based semiconductor device capable of achieving easier conversion into p-type by alleviating the self-compensation effect and by preventing donor impurities from mixing in. The ZnO-based semiconductor device includes a MgxZn1-xO substrate (0?x?1) having such a principal surface that: a projection axis obtained by projecting a normal line to the principal surface onto a plane formed by an a-axis and a c-axis of substrate crystal axes is inclined towards the a-axis by an angle of ?a degrees; a projection axis obtained by projecting the normal line to the principal surface onto a plane formed by an m-axis and the c-axis of the substrate crystal axes is inclined towards the m-axis by an angle of ?m degrees; the angle ?a satisfies 70?{90?(180/?)arctan(tan(??a/180)/tan(??m/180))?110; and the angle ?m?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Nakahara, Hiroyuki Yuji, Masashi Kawasaki, Akira Ohtomo, Atsushi Tsukazaki
  • Publication number: 20100265977
    Abstract: A photonic quantum ring (PQR) laser includes an active layer having a multi-quantum-well (MQW) structure and etched lateral face. The active layer is formed to be sandwitched between p-GaN and n-GaN layers epitaxially grown on a reflector disposed over a support substrate. A coating layer is formed over an outside of the lateral faces of the active layer, an upper electrode is electrically connected to an upper portion of the n-GaN layer, and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) is formed over the n-GaN layer and the upper electrode. Accordingly, the PQR laser is capable of oscillating a power-saving vertically dominant 3D multi-mode laser suitable for a low power display device, prevent the light speckle phenomenon, and generate focus-adjusted 3D soft light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: O Dae Kwon, Mi-Hyang Shin, Seung Eun Lee, Young-Heub Jang, Young Chun Kim, Junho Yoon
  • Publication number: 20100264401
    Abstract: An ultra-violet light-emitting diode (LED) array, 12, and method for fabricating same with an AlInGaN multiple-quantum-well active region, 500, exhibiting stable cw-powers. The LED includes a template, 10, with an ultraviolet light-emitting array structure on it. The template includes a first buffer layer, 321, then a second buffer layer, 421, on the first preferably with a strain-relieving layer in both buffer layers. Next there is a semiconductor layer having a first type of conductivity, 500, followed by a layer providing a quantum-well region, 600, with an emission spectrum ranging from 190 nm to 369 nm. Another semiconductor layer having a second type of conductivity is applied next, 800. A first metal contact, 980, is a charge spreading layer in electrical contact with the first layer and between the array of LED's. A second contact, 990, is applied to the semiconductor layer having the second type of conductivity, to complete the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Vinod Adivarahan, Asif Khan, Rubina Khan
  • Patent number: 7816665
    Abstract: A negative differential resistance (NDR) device, and methods of making and using the NDR device. The NDR device includes a substrate comprising a conductor material or a semi-conductor material and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) that includes a first electroactive moiety and a spacer moiety disposed on the substrate that defines a barrier between the electroactive moiety and the substrate, wherein the NDR device exhibits negative differential resistance in the presence of a varying applied voltage. Also provided are NDR in multilayers in which the peak to valley ratio of the NDR response can be controlled by the number of layers; modulation of NDR using binding groups to one of the electrical contacts or to the electroactive moiety itself; and NDR devices that display multiple peaks in the current-voltage curve that contain electroactive moieties that have multiple low potential electrochemical oxidations and/or reductions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christopher B. Gorman, Richard Lloyd Carroll, Grace Credo
  • Publication number: 20100258785
    Abstract: Fabrication of metallic or non-metallic wires with nanometer widths and nanometer separation distances without the use of lithography. Wires are created in a two-step process involving forming the wires at the desired dimensions and transferring them to a planar substrate. The dimensions and separation of the wires are determined by the thicknesses of alternating layers of different materials that are in the form of a superlattice. Wires are created by evaporating the desired material onto the superlattice that has been selectively etched to provide height contrast between layers. The wires thus formed upon one set of superlattice layers are then transferred to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Pierre M. Petroff, Nicholas A. Melosh
  • Patent number: 7812342
    Abstract: Provided are a nano semiconductor sheet, a thin film transistor (TFT) using the nano semiconductor sheet, and a flat panel display using nano semiconductor sheet. The nano semiconductor sheet has excellent characteristics, can be manufactured at room temperature, and has good flexibility. The nano semiconductor sheet includes: a first film and a second film disposed on at least one side of or inside of the first film, and includes a plurality of nano particles arranged substantially in parallel to each other. In addition, provided are a method of manufacturing a nano semiconductor sheet and methods of manufacturing a TFT and a flat panel display using the nano semiconductor sheet. The method of manufacturing a nano semiconductor sheet, includes: forming first polymer micro-fibers having a plurality of nano particles arranged substantially in parallel; preparing a first film; and arranging a plurality of the first micro-fibers on at least one side of or inside of the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Min Lee, Nam-Choul Yang
  • Publication number: 20100255381
    Abstract: Improved energy storage is provided by exploiting two physical effects in combination. The first effect can be referred to as the All-Electron Battery (AEB) effect, and relates to the use of inclusions embedded in a dielectric structure between two electrodes of a capacitor. Electrons can tunnel through the dielectric between the electrodes and the inclusions, thereby increasing the charge storage density relative to a conventional capacitor. The second effect can be referred to as an area enhancement effect, and relates to the use of micro-structuring or nano-structuring on one or both of the electrodes to provide an enhanced interface area relative to the electrode geometrical area. Area enhancement is advantageous for reducing the self-discharge rate of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy P. Holme, Friedrich B. Prinz, Takane Usui
  • Publication number: 20100243989
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a superlattice buffer layer that is formed on the substrate and is composed of first AlxGa1-xN layers and second AlxGa1-xN layers having an Al composition greater than that of the first AlxGa1-xN layers, the first and second AlxGa1-xN layers being alternately stacked one by one, both the Al compositions of the first and second AlxGa1-xN layers being greater than 0.3, and a difference in Al composition between the first and second AlxGa1-xN layers being greater than 0 and smaller than 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Isao Makabe, Ken Nakata
  • Publication number: 20100248458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating apparatus capable of efficiently performing a deposition process and also provides an efficient coating method. A coating apparatus 1 for performing a deposition process on substrates W placed in a coating chamber by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition includes three or more coating chambers, e.g., a first coating chamber 2, a second coating chamber 102, and a third coating chamber 202. These coating chambers are configured such that each coating chamber is controlled independently of the other coating chambers to form a different film on the substrates W by controlling at least the composition of the material gas, the flow rate of material gas, the temperature, and the pressure in the coating chamber. A cleaning unit 5 is provided outside the coating chambers 2, 102, 202 to clean the susceptor after the deposition process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Shinichi MITANI, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Toshiro TSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20100245969
    Abstract: In the production of optical devices or the like utilizing an intersubband transition of a coupled quantum well, a quantum well structure having strong coupling is provided. In addition, a coupled well structure of excellent productivity capable of avoiding thinning of coupling barrier layer for strengthening the coupling is provided. In the semiconductor coupled well structure of the present invention, a coupled quantum well structure disposed on the semiconductor single crystal substrate includes a coupling barrier layer 1a disposed between two or more quantum well layers 2a and 2b, wherein the coupling barrier layer 1a has an energy barrier that is smaller than an excitation level (E4 and E3) and is larger than a ground level (E2 and E1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Masanori Nagase, Ryoichi Akimoto, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100230658
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus and methods of providing a quantum well device for improved parallel conduction are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Ravi Pillarisetty, Mantu Hudalt, Been-Yih Jin, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20100224860
    Abstract: An LED made from a wide band gap semiconductor material and having a low resistance p-type confinement layer with a tunnel junction in a wide band gap semiconductor device is disclosed. A dissimilar material is placed at the tunnel junction where the material generates a natural dipole. This natural dipole is used to form a junction having a tunnel width that is smaller than such a width would be without the dissimilar material. A low resistance p-type confinement layer having a tunnel junction in a wide band gap semiconductor device may be fabricated by generating a polarization charge in the junction of the confinement layer, and forming a tunnel width in the junction that is smaller than the width would be without the polarization charge. Tunneling through the tunnel junction in the confinement layer may be enhanced by the addition of impurities within the junction. These impurities may form band gap states in the junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: James P. IBBETSON, Bernd P. Keller, Umesh K. Mishra
  • Publication number: 20100219396
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a quantum well device includes forming a diffusion barrier on sides of a delta layer of a quantum well to confine dopants to the quantum well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Been-Yih Jin, Jack T. Kavalieros, Suman Datta, Amlan Majumdar, Robert S. Chau
  • Publication number: 20100222482
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for exfoliating a layered material to produce nano-scaled platelets having a thickness smaller than 100 nm, typically smaller than 10 nm, and often between 0.34 nm and 1.02 nm. The process comprises: (a) charging a layered material to an intercalation chamber comprising a gaseous environment at a first temperature and a first pressure sufficient to cause gas species to penetrate into the interstitial space between layers of the layered material, forming a gas-intercalated layered material; and (b) operating a discharge valve to rapidly eject the gas-intercalated layered material through a nozzle into an exfoliation zone at a second pressure and a second temperature, allowing gas species residing in the interstitial space to exfoliate the layered material to produce the platelets. The gaseous environment preferably contains only environmentally benign gases that are reactive (e.g., oxygen) or non-reactive (e.g., noble gases) with the layered material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Bor Z. Jang, Aruna Zhamu, Jiusheng Guo
  • Publication number: 20100208761
    Abstract: The invention provides a quantum well active region for an optoelectronic device. The quantum well active region includes barrier layers of high bandgap material. A quantum well of low bandgap material is between the barrier layers. Three-dimensional high bandgap barriers are in the quantum well. A preferred semiconductor laser of the invention includes a quantum well active region of the invention. Cladding layers are around the quantum well active region, as well as a waveguide structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of The University of Illnois
    Inventors: James J. Coleman, Victor C. Elarde
  • Publication number: 20100202484
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device, including: a heterojunction bipolar light-emitting transistor having a base region between emitter and collector regions; emitter, base, and collector electrodes for coupling electrical signals with the emitter, base, and collector regions, respectively; and a quantum size region in the base region; the base region including a first base sub-region on the emitter side of the quantum size region, and a second base sub-region on the collector side of the quantum size region; and the first and second base sub-regions having asymmetrical band structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Nick Holonyak, JR., Milton Feng, Gabriel Walter
  • Publication number: 20100203662
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface not parallel to the first surface, and a light emission layer disposed over the second surface to emit light. The light emission layer has a light emission surface which is not parallel to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Shaoher X. Pan
  • Publication number: 20100195685
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser element includes: a window region including a disordered portion formed by diffusion of a group-III vacancy, the diffusion promoted by providing on the window region a promoting film that absorbs a predetermined atom; a non-window region including an active layer of a quantum well structure; and a difference equal to or larger than 50 meV between an energy band gap in the window region and an energy band gap in the non-window region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hidehiro Taniguchi, Hirotatsu Ishii, Takeshi Namegaya
  • Publication number: 20100187497
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an underlying layer, and a light emitting layer which is formed on the underlying layer and in which a barrier layer made of InAlGaN and a quantum well layer made of InGaN are alternately stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Hajime NAGO, Koichi Tachibana, Shinji Saito, Yoshiyuki Harada, Shinya Nunoue
  • Publication number: 20100181550
    Abstract: A manufacture method for zinc oxide (ZnO) based semiconductor crystal includes providing a substrate having a Zn polarity plane; and reacting at least zinc (Zn) and oxygen (O) on the Zn polarity plane of said substrate to grow ZnO based semiconductor crystal on the Zn polarity plane of said substrate in a Zn rich condition. (a) An n-type ZnO buffer layer is formed on a Zn polarity plane of a substrate. (b) An n-type ZnO layer is formed on the surface of the n-type ZnO buffer layer. (c) An n-type ZnMgO layer is formed on the surface of the n-type ZnO layer. (d) A ZnO/ZnMgO quantum well layer is formed on the surface of the n-type ZnMgO layer, by alternately laminating a ZnO layer and a ZnMgO layer. @(e) A p-type ZnMgO layer is formed on the surface of the ZnO/ZnMgO quantum well layer. (f) A p-type ZnO layer is formed on the surface of the p-type ZnMgO layer. @(g) An electrode is formed on the n-type ZnO layer and p-type ZnO layer. The n-type ZnO layer is formed under a Zn rich condition at the step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOTANI, Michihiro SANO, Hiroyuki KATO, Akio OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20100176200
    Abstract: Periodic high-index-contrast photonic crystal (PhC) structures such as two-dimensional arrays of air holes in dielectric slabs inhibit light propagation in bands of frequencies and confine light in dislocations where the lattice periodicity is broken. The present invention is a conceptually different approach to photon localization in PhC structures. The disclosed design concept introduces structural perturbations uniformly throughout the fabricated crystal by deliberately changing the shape or orientations of elements that form the lattice. Optimized introduction of such random structural perturbations produces optical nanocavities with ultra-small modal volumes and high quality (Q) factors of over 250,000. Applications of such disordered photonic crystal structures are disclosed for optical sensing systems and random nano-lasers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Frank Vollmer, Juraj Topolancik
  • Publication number: 20100176375
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a diode comprises a substrate, a dielectric material including an opening that exposes a portion of the substrate, the opening having an aspect ratio of at least 1, a bottom diode material including a lower region disposed at least partly in the opening and an upper region extending above the opening, the bottom diode material comprising a semiconductor material that is lattice mismatched to the substrate, a top diode material proximate the upper region of the bottom diode material, and an active diode region between the top and bottom diode materials, the active diode region including a surface extending away from the top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Lochtefeld
  • Publication number: 20100177798
    Abstract: This invention relates to a self-induced transparency mode-locked quantum cascade laser having an active section comprising a plurality of quantum well layers deposited in alternating layers on a plurality of quantum barrier layers and form a sequence of alternating gain and absorbing periods, said alternating gain and absorbing periods interleaved along the growth axis of the active section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Curtis Robert Menyuk, Muhammad A. Talukder
  • Publication number: 20100178320
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wound care product comprising a wound care material and a polypeptide having wound care properties. In one embodiment, the wound care material comprises or consists of alginates, amorphous hydrogels, sheet hydrogels, hydrofibres, foams and mixtures thereof. In a further embodiment, the polypeptide having wound care properties is a cathelicidin, such as LL-37. The invention further provides methods of treatment of wounds using the products of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Lipopeptide AB
    Inventor: Bengt Westrin
  • Publication number: 20100171097
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a detection device includes the steps of providing bonding bumps on at least one of a light-receiving element array and a read-out circuit multiplexer, fixing a bump height adjusting member for adjusting the heights of the bumps to the light-receiving element array and/or the read-out circuit multiplexer on which the bumps are provided, and pressing a flat plate on the tops of the bumps and deforming the bumps until the flat plate comes in contact with the end of the bump height adjusting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichi NAGAI, Hiroshi INADA
  • Publication number: 20100167037
    Abstract: There are provided a nickel oxide film for a bolometer and a manufacturing method thereof, and an infrared detector using the nickel oxide film. The nickel oxide film has properties with a TCR value greater than ?3%/° C., a low noise value, and stable and high reproducibility properties. The nickel oxide film is applicable to manufacturing an infrared detector using a nickel oxide film for a bolometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Hee-Chul Lee, Dong Soo Kim, Yong-Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20100159226
    Abstract: A hydrothermal process for making Alpha Alumina (?-Al2O3) crystalline nano-sized powders in the form of at least one of nano-sheets and nano-fibers, the process includes making the Alpha Alumina with an aspect ratio of diameter to thickness ratio of at least two, and with at least one dimension of diameter or thickness being less than 100 nm. A composition in accordance with the process. A porous ceramic that includes the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Sawyer Technical Materials LLC
    Inventors: Wojciech L. Suchanek, Juan M. Garcés
  • Publication number: 20100150194
    Abstract: In an InGaN-based nitride semiconductor optical device having a long wavelength (440 nm or more) equal to or more than that of blue, the increase of a wavelength is realized while suppressing In (Indium) segregation and deterioration of crystallinity. In the manufacture of an InGaN-based nitride semiconductor optical device having an InGaN-based quantum well active layer including an InGaN well layer and an InGaN barrier layer, a step of growing the InGaN barrier layer includes: a first step of adding hydrogen at 1% or more to a gas atmosphere composed of nitrogen and ammonia and growing a GaN layer in the gas atmosphere; and a second step of growing the InGaN barrier layer in a gas atmosphere composed of nitrogen and ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: OPNEXT JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Tomonobu TSUCHIYA, Shigehisa TANAKA, Akihisa TERANO, Kouji NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20100147369
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials, devices, and methods for generation of electricity from solar power. In one aspect, the present invention includes a solar cell, including a first conductor, a doped silicon layer in electrical communication with the first conductor, a nanodiamond layer in contact with the doped silicon layer, a doped amorphous diamond layer in contact with the nanodiamond layer, and a second conductor in electrical communication with the doped amorphous diamond layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Chien-Min Sung
  • Publication number: 20100148365
    Abstract: A method and device for input/output connections is provided. Devices and methods for connection structure are shown with improved mechanical properties such as hardness and abrasion resistance. Land grid array structures are provided that are less expensive to manufacture due to reductions in material cost such as gold. Ball grid array structures are provided with improved resistance to corrosion during fabrication. Ball grid array structures are also provided with improved mechanical properties resulting in improved shock testing results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Munehiro Toyama, Siew Fong Tai, Kian Sin Sim, Charan K. Gurumurthy, Selvy Tamil Selvamuniandy
  • Publication number: 20100148120
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus composed of a light source that emits primary light and a phosphor that absorbs the primary light and emits secondary light offers high brightness, low power consumption, and a long lifetime while minimizing adverse effects on the environment. The phosphor is formed of a III-V group semiconductor in the form of fine-particle crystals each having a volume of 2 800 nm3 or less. The light emitted from the fine-particle crystals depends on their volume, and therefore giving the fine-particle crystals a predetermined volume distribution makes it possible to adjust the wavelength range of the secondary light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya ISHIDA, Tatsuya Morioka, Daisuke Hanaoka, Mototaka Taneya, Shigeo Fujita, Yoichi Kawakami, Masafumi Harada, Takamoto Sasaki, Yusuke Mori
  • Publication number: 20100150198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a saturable absorber mirror comprised of a) a rear-side reflector layer (2), b) an intermediate layer (6), the boundary areas of which form an interference filter, c) at least one absorber layer arranged within the interference filter and comprised of a material absorbing a light at operating wavelength of the saturable absorber mirror depending on intensity, and d) a front-side cover layer, it is the object of the invention to provide a saturable absorber mirror having improved properties. To this effect the invention proposes that the interference filter is neither resonant nor anti-resonant at operating wavelength, with the intensity (I) of the electromagnetic stationary wave field of the light in the interior of the cover layer (5) having a local extremum (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Reto Haring
  • Publication number: 20100140587
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing high-injection heterojunction bipolar transistor capable of being used as a photonic device is disclosed. A sub-collector layer is formed on a substrate. A collector layer is then deposited on top of the sub-collector layer. After a base layer has been deposited on top of the collector layer, a quantum well layer is deposited on top of the base layer. An emitter is subsequently formed on top of the quantum well layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel N. Carothers, Andrew T.S. Pomerene
  • Publication number: 20100143726
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transferring a nano-layer (1) from a first substrate (5, 105) to a second substrate (30, 130), wherein the nano-layer (1) comprises a self-aggregating monolayer with cross-linked phenyl units and/or a mono-atomic graphite layer (graphene), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a. applying a transfer medium (20, 120) onto nano-layer (1), wherein in this step or afterwards the transfer medium (20, 120) is transformed from a liquid or gaseous phase in a solid phase; b. separating the transfer medium (20, 120) and the nano-layer (1) from the first substrate (5, 105); and c. applying the transfer medium (20, 120) and the nano-layer (1) onto the second substrate (30, 130); and d. removing the transfer medium (20, 120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Armin Gölzhäuser, Christoph Nottbohm, André Beyer