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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5166758 | Electrically erasable phase change memory An electrically erasable phase change memory utilizing a stoichiometrically and volumetrically balanced phase change material in which both the switching times and the switching energies required for the transitions between the amorphous and the crystalli... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4710899 | Data storage medium incorporating a transition metal for increased switching speed A data storage medium which includes a transition metal as a switching modulator is disclosed. The data storage medium is switchable by projected beam energy, has an erased signal to noise ratio that is substantially invariant with respect to written stor... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4693933 | X-ray dispersive and reflective structures and method of making the structures X-ray dispersive and reflective structures and materials are provided which exhibit improved resolution and reflectivity in specific ranges of interest without substantial fluorescence or absorption edges. The structures are formed of metallic and non-met... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4666252 | High yield liquid crystal display and method of making same A quick testable subassembly with redundant isolation devices usable in a liquid crystal display has a pair of coplanar spaced apart electrode segments connected to one or more-isolation devices. Address lines are connected to the isolation devices or the... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4664939 | Vertical semiconductor processor A vertical processor for the continuous deposition of semiconductor alloy material by glow discharge techniques. The vertical processor includes a plurality of operatively interconnected deposition chambers, at least one chamber of which includes a genera... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4664960 | Compositionally varied materials and method for synthesizing the materials Designed tailormade nonequilibrium synthetic disordered materials are provided containing nonperiodically distributed local environments whose position and type are controlled to obtain specific properties which can be coupled or decoupled one from anothe... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4663828 | Process and apparatus for continuous production of lightweight arrays of photovoltaic cells A process and apparatus for contiuously producing a relatively large-area, lightweight array of thin film semiconductor alloy photovoltaic cells having no substrate includes depositing a semiconductor alloy film, such as amorphous silicon, on a traveling ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4656103 | Liquid junction photoelectrodes using amorphous silicon-based thin film semiconductor An amorphous silicon semiconductor alloy having multiple layers is used to form a photoelectrode (either a photoanode or a photocathode) for use in a photoelectrochemical cell for the photoelectrolysis of water to produce hydrogen or the conversion of sol... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4645715 | Coating composition and method Coatings and methods for forming same are provided. Generally, the coatings are wear resistant disordered coatings of at least one nonmetallic element and a transition metal that are deposited on an article surface, such as a tool surface or other surface... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4643951 | Multilayer protective coating and method Multilayer protective coatings that are applied over a substrate are disclosed that comprise a plurality of superimposed multilayer units. Each multilayer unit contains two or more superimposed thin layers in which at least two layers are compositionally ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4629536 | Multilayer depth profile method Methods are provided for analyzing multilayer structures. The multilayer structure is electrolytically anodized at constant current through a plurality of layers of the structure over a predetermined surface area. During the anodization, the change of the... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4623597 | Rechargeable battery and electrode used therein An improved battery utilizing a hydrogen rechargeable anode of a disordered non-equilibrium multicomponent material including one or more elements forming a host matrix and at least one modifier element incorporated therein. The anode is capable of electr... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4615969 | Method and apparatus for making a stamping master for video disk replication There is disclosed a new and improved method for making a stamping master for video disk replication wherein a film of material which is reversibly convertible between two stable states, one having a high electrical conductivity and the other having a low... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4590031 | Molding tool and method A coating and method of depositing it is provided. The wear resistant coating comprises a thin layer of disordered boron and carbon applied to a substrate. The coating has good adherence and provides good resistance to wear so that it is useful as a tool ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4588520 | Powder pressed thermoelectric materials and method of making same New and improved compacted or powder pressed materials for thermoelectric applications include a body formed from compacted powder material including at least bismuth and tellurium and at least one highly electrically conductive phase. The materials are m... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586988 | Method of forming an electrically conductive member A method of depositing a preselected pattern of electrically conductive metallic material onto a layer of relatively transparent electrically conductive material. In its broadest form the method includes the single step of electroplating the electrically ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4582773 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor and method for the fabrication thereof An improved electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a blocking layer formed from a doped, microcrystalline semiconductor alloy. The blocking layer is adapted to cooperate with the photoconductive layer of the photoreceptor to prevent the injection of u... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4551400 | Hydrogen storage materials and methods of sizing and preparing the same for electrochemical applications The present invention provides novel active materials which reversibly store hydrogen under conditions which make them exceptionally well-suited for elecrochemical applications. These active materials have both novel compositions and structures. A first g... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4545111 | Method for making, parallel preprogramming or field programming of electronic matrix arrays A method of making a parallel programmed electronic matrix array including the steps of forming at least one layer of a phase changeable material on a conductive substrate, wherein the phase changeable material has a substantially nonconductive state and ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4545883 | Electrolytic cell cathode A material for acting as a catalyst for hydrogen evolution in an electrolytic cell is formed from a host matrix including at least one transition element which is structurally modified by incorporating one or more modifier elements at least one of which i... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4544461 | Hydrogen sulfide decomposition cell and catalytic materials therefor A catalytic material for electrochemically oxidizing hydrogen sulfide or another sulfur containing gas is provided to accomplish decomposition of the gas. The catalytic materials can be incorporated in an anode for use in a electrolytic cell for removing ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4543320 | Method of making a high performance, small area thin film transistor A method of making a high performance, small area thin film transistor having a drain region, an insulating layer, and a source region forming a non-coplanar surface with respect to a substrate is disclosed. The insulative layer is formed in between the s... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4537670 | Apparatus for making a stamping master for video disk replication There is disclosed a new and improved apparatus for making a stamping master for video disk replication wherein a film of material which is reversibly convertible between two stable states, one having a high electrical conductivity and the other having a ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4537674 | Electrolytic cell anode An improved anode for acting as a catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction in water electrolysis. The anode provides lower overvoltages, good kinetics, chemical and mechanical stability, low heat of oxygen adsorption and low operating costs. The anode m... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4535055 | Self-fixing imaging film containing reductant precursor Improved imaging film-forming compositions and improved organo tellurium imaging films are provided that require no separate fixing. Normal development of the film by application of heat results in a fixed film.... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4525853 | Point source X-ray focusing device Point source X-ray focusing device structures, materials and methods of forming them are provided which exhibit a greatly increased total reflected intensity for a desired X-ray wavelength of interest. The devices include one or more focusing elements whi... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4525376 | Optical methods for controlling layer thickness An optical method for controlling the thickness of a layer of material as it is deposited upon a substrate advanced through a glow discharge chamber. A source of radiant energy of white light, and a detector are so positioned that the energy of the source... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524106 | Decorative carbon coating and method Coatings are provided that are especially useful for decorative purposes. The coatings are black, amorphous carbon and may be formed by dc magnetron sputtering on a substrate utilizing a target of high density graphite.... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4515165 | Apparatus and method for detecting tumors A device and method for the detection of tumors in human and animal tissue using transmission or reflection of nonionizing radiation, in particular, visible light having a wavelength most advantageously in the range of 400 to about 700 nanometers, and inf... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4511638 | Photoresponsive amorphous semiconductor materials, methods of making the same, and photoanodes made therewith A photoresponsive amorphous semiconductor material is modified by incorporating at least one compensating agent selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, lithium, fluorine, beryllium, aluminum, boron, magnesium, other Group I elements, and compounds o... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4501487 | Microfiche recording apparatus and method with stationary film head A simplified microfiche recording apparatus and method is provided that images a light image reflected through a fixed mirror train from hard copy or other source in microimage size on an intermediate dry-process film, develops the microimage and transfer... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4499557 | Programmable cell for use in programmable electronic arrays An improved programmable cell for use in programmable electronic arrays such as PROM devices, logic arrays, gate arrays and die interconnect arrays. The cells have a highly non-conductive state settable and non-resettable into a highly conductive state. T... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4497973 | Thermoelectric device exhibiting decreased stress A thermoelectric device exhibiting both structural integrity and decreased stress across the device notwithstanding the application of thermally cycled temperature differentials thereacross includes, electrically interconnected thermoelectric elements and... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4492181 | Apparatus for continuously producing tandem amorphous photovoltaic cells A method and a multiple chamber apparatus for the continuous production of tandem, amorphous, photovoltaic solar cells on substrate material, whereby, at least six amorphous layers are continuously and sequentially deposited on the substrate material unde... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4487818 | Fuel cell anode based on a disordered catalytic material An anode for hydrogen oxidation in a fuel cell is formed from a host matrix including at least one transition element which is structurally modified by the incorporation of at least one modifier element to improve its catalytic properties. The catalytic b... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4485389 | Amorphous semiconductors equivalent to crystalline semiconductors An amorphous semiconductor body, preferably a silicon-containing vapor deposited film, is provided containing at least fluorine as a compensating or altering and also an alloying agent, and most preferably at least one complementary compensating or alteri... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4471155 | Narrow band gap photovoltaic devices with enhanced open circuit voltage The open circuit voltage and efficiency of photovoltaic devices formed from multiple regions of semiconductor alloys including at least one narrow band gap semiconductor alloy are enhanced. The device includes a pair of doped regions and an intrinsic body... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4469715 | P-type semiconductor material having a wide band gap The production of improved photoresponsive amorphous alloys and devices, such as photovoltaic, photoreceptive devices and the like; having improved wavelength threshold characteristics is made possible by adding one or more band gap increasing elements to... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4468854 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing thermoelectric devices An apparatus for manufacturing thermoelectric devices includes two conductive strip receiving fixtures, a thermoelectric element receiving fixture and a u-shaped member. The conductive strip receiving fixtures act to retain the strips in proper registry d... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4465895 | Thermoelectric devices having improved elements and element interconnects and method of making same A new and improved thermoelectric device and a method of manufacturing same takes advantage of the anisotropy of the materials employed to provide a substantially increased power output over prior art devices. The individual thermoelectric elements are pr... | 08/14/1984 |
