Next-Gen InGaN Quantum Wells for High-Efficiency Amber LEDs
TS-071961 — The Need
Despite near-perfect external quantum efficiency in blue InGaN LEDs, devices emitting green, amber, and longer visible wavelengths remain inefficient. This is due to internal electric fields and charge separation in conventional quantum wells, which worsen with higher indium content and wid…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Zhang, Kaitian
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
GRAFT-Stereo: Cost-Effective, High-Accuracy 3D Depth Perception
TS-071747 — The Need
High-accuracy 3D depth perception is critical for autonomous systems, but current stereo camera methods falter in complex outdoor environments. While LiDAR can improve accuracy, its effectiveness plummets when using sparse data from affordable, lower-beam sensors, making high performance …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Chao, Wei-Lun "Harry"; Asare Boateng, Jeffery; Jeon, Sooyoung; Krishna, Sanjay; Musah, Tawfiq; Yoo, Jinsu
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Scalable Quantum Photonic Processor for High-Fidelity Computing
TS-070302 — The Need
Current quantum computing technologies face significant challenges in scalability, error correction, and computational efficiency. There is a critical need for a robust, scalable quantum processor that can perform complex computations with high fidelity and low error rates, enabling advance…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Arafin, Shamsul; Crisan, Mihai
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Substrates for vertical power devices
TS-062951 — The Need
In today's fast-paced technological landscape, there is an ever-growing demand for high-performance vertical power devices with enhanced breakdown voltage capabilities, exceeding 20 kV. Meeting this commercial need requires an innovative approach to semiconductor drift layer developmen…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Bhuiyan, A F M Anhar Uddin; Meng, Lingyu
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
GaAsSb-AlGaAsSb Heterostructure Avalanche Photodiode
TS-062893 — A room temperature, ultra-high gain (M=278, λ=1550 nm, V=69.5 V, T=296 K) linear mode avalanche photodiode (APD) on an InP substrate using a GaAs0.5Sb0.5/Al0.85Ga0.15As0.56Sb0.44 separate absorption charge and multiplication (SACM) heterostructure.
An APD is a semiconductor-based analog of the photomultiplier. APDs exploit the impact ionization phenomenon and transform infrared (IR) light (l > 850 nm) into photocurrent. APDs have wide applicability; however, existing APDs have insufficient sensitivity and relatively high excess noise and …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Jung, Hyemin; Lee, Seunghyun
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Lateral Interband Type-II Engineered (LITE) Detector
TS-062847 —
Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) that target a wavelength of 1550 nm have several applications ranging from optical communications to imaging to single photon detection. There is increasing interest in APDs for longer wavelengths. A distinctive feature of an APD is high sensitivity due to the gain ach…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Kodati, Sri Harsha; Lee, Seunghyun; Ronningen, TJ
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
An Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer with Simple Design and Potential for Adjustable Axial Segmentation
TS-050215 — This invention proposes that an Optical Fiber-Based Gamma-Ray Calorimeter (OFBGC) sensor array can be designed, which does not require the distinct metallic thermal masses that are a part of the Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer (OFBGT).
As the world continues to grow and industrialize, the need for safe and efficient power is paramount. Currently, in nuclear fission reactors, there are Local Power Range Monitors (LPRM). They are ion chambers that contain fissile material. The electric current between their anode and cathode is mo…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Blue, Thomas; Birri, Anthony "Tony"
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Quantum Well Design for Red-Emitting InGaN LEDs
TS-042441 — The quantum well design is incorporated within a red-emitting InGaN QW LED, an LED type that usually cannot efficiently emit wavelengths larger than blue/green. The LED can be incorporated into a same-material RGB platform for white LEDs, because the well design increases efficiency and decreases indium composition compared to similar wavelength InGaN LEDs.
Blue-emitting InGaN quantum well (QW) LEDs now have 69% external quantum efficiency, but increasing the emitted-wavelength decreases the efficiency significantly. The inversion asymmetry of the InGaN lattice increases the induced strain, which in turn increases the piezoelectric effect. Charge bui…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Karim, Md Rezaul
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Sapphire Optical Fiber with Internal Cladding
TS-029242 — A method for enhancing the transmission capabilities of sapphire optical fiber for use in extreme environments.
Optical fibers are lightweight, small in diameter, and immune to electromagnetic interference. Signal attenuation over great distances is minimal and there is a high potential for large bandwidth data transfer. These qualities make optical fiber-based sensors an ideal candidate for measurements wh…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Blue, Thomas; Wilson, Brandon
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Simulcure Technique - Fabrication and Preparation of Structural Composites
TS-014977 — A fabrication technique to prepare a composite structure with sensor elements distributed in 3-D space for visualizing stress distribution.
Trends in home automation, wearable electronics, and autonomous vehicles have created networked ecosystems, in which computers coexist and play a critical role. In these ecosystems, sensors provide necessary inputs to monitor the environment and take situation-specific action. Currently, sensors a…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Sundaresan, Vishnu Baba
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
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