Ngimat Co.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Pepsico, Inc.

Yongdong Jiang

Andrew Tye Hunt

Zhiyong Zhao

Todd A Polley

Robert E Schwerzel

Scott Flanagan

Fe Alma Gladden

Mark G Allen

Henry A Luten

Anthony Robert Knoerzer

Todd Andrew Fitz

Kenneth Scott Laverdure

Masayoshi Kitada

Girish N Deshpande

Tzyy-Jiuan Jan Hwang

Subramaniam Shanmugham

David Kiesling

Kwang Choi

Jeanne Yadlyne Smalley

Erika Moore

Marvis White

John Wegman

Matthew Scott Vinson

J Eric McEntyre

J Stevenson Kenney

Jerome Schmitt

George Guang-Ji Cui

Xiaoyan Wang

Fang Yang

Tunable radio frequency (RF) devices, such as phase shifters and filters, are formed by depositing thin film layers on a substrate and patterning the thin film layers by various lithography techniques. A thin film metal layer is patterned to form a plurality of capacitors and inductors, leaving at least two grounding regions that lie closely adjacent the capacitors and inductors. As patterned portions of the grounding regions are electrically isolated from each other. Performance of the devices are improved by electrically bridging the differential potential grounding regions.

Radio frequency devices with enhanced ground structure

The process of the present invention significantly increases the durability of superhydrophobic surfaces, while retaining similar optical properties to those of the original surface. The process uses velocity and heat to take freshly formed nano- and ultrafine particles and can partially embed and chemically bond them to the substrate, creating a strongly bonded nano-to-submicron textured surface. This nanotextured surface can then be modified to have desirable surface properties; for example, it can be hydrophobic, oliophobic, or hydrophilic. The high points of the coating made with this process protect the remainder of the surface from abrasion, thus greatly increasing product life in many uses. In preferred embodiments, the process is used to coat transportation vehicle windshields.

Process for forming high surface area embedded coating with high abrasion resistance

Electronic and optical (or photonic) devices with variable or switchable properties and methods used to form these devices, are disclosed. More specifically, the present invention involves forming layers of conductive material and dielectric material or materials with varying conductivity and indexes of refraction to form various electronic and optical devices. One such layer of adjustable material is formed by depositing epitaxial or reduced grain boundary barium strontium titanate on the C-plane of sapphire.

Electronic and optical devices and methods of forming these devices

A coherent material is formed on a substrate () by providing a precursor suspension () in which particulates are suspended in a carrier fluid, and directing the precursor suspension () at the substrate () from a first source (). Generally contemporaneously with application of the deposited precursor suspension () to the surface, hot gases, e.g. hot gases produced by a flame (), are directed at the substrate () from a remote second source () to fuse the particulates into the coherent material.

Method of depositing materials

Epitaxial and reduced grain boundary materials are deposited on substrates for use in electronic and optical applications. A specific material disclosed is epitaxial barium strontium titanate () deposited on the C-plane of sapphire ().

Electronic and optical materials

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