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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Byer, Stanford, CA (US);
Martin M Fejer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory D Miller, Stanford, CA (US);
Lawrence E Myers, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University, Stanford, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264406 ; 264 401 ; 264430 ; 264435 ; 264436 ;
Abstract
A method of patterning domains within a body of a ferroelectric material includes the application of an electric field thereto via spaced conductors. Prior to applying the electric field to the material effects on the patterning of the existence of fringe electric field components which will be created in said body by said application of an electric field, surface treatments, and relative geometries of the body and the conductors are examined. The steps of this examination include: