Unlocking Scalable Non-Volatile Memory
TS-076603 — High-Stability Junctions for Next-Gen Chips
As traditional silicon CMOS microprocessors hit severe thermal limits, spintronics has emerged as the premier non-volatile alternative—encoding data using electron spin rather than charge to cut power drain. While spintronic systems like Magnesium Oxide (MgO )-based MRAM have successfully pr…
- College: College of Arts and Sciences (ASC)
- Inventors: Kawakami, Roland; Katoch, Jyoti; Singh, Simranjeet
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Enhanced Light Extraction in Tunnel-Junction UV LEDs
TS-076325 —
UV LEDs, particularly those operating at shorter wavelengths, face persistent challenges in achieving high optical efficiency. Conventional device architectures can suffer from significant internal absorption and inefficient light extraction, limiting wall-plug efficiency and increasing power requ…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Rajan, Siddharth; Akyol, Faith; Jamal-Eddine, Zane; Zhang, Yuewei
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Fiber-Coupled Multi-Layer Lithium Niobate Photonic Platform
TS-076198 —
Advanced photonic systems for communications, sensing, computing, and quantum technologies increasingly rely on lithium niobate due to its exceptional electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties. However, existing high-performance lithium niobate photonic devices face major commercialization ba…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Reano, Ronald; Nagy, Jonathan "Tyler"; Patton, Ryan; Prabhakar, Karan
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Simulcure Technique - Additive Manufacturing of Embedded Smart Sensing Composite Structures
TS-074864 —
Modern structural systems increasingly demand integrated sensing, actuation, and health monitoring capabilities, particularly in aerospace, automotive, and advanced manufacturing. However, current approaches rely on separately fabricated sensors that are later attached to structures, introducing r…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Sundaresan, Vishnu Baba
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Magnetic-Field-Enhanced Topological Semimetal Thermoelectric Devices
TS-074813 —
Thermoelectric technologies offer a compelling route for waste heat recovery, solid-state cooling, and power generation, but their adoption remains limited by inherently low efficiency. Conventional materials are constrained by tradeoffs between electrical conductivity, thermopower, and thermal co…
- College: College of Arts and Sciences (ASC)
- Inventors: Skinner, Brian; Chakraborty, Poulomi; Heremans, Joseph; Scales, Joshua
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Optically Triggered Ultra-Wide Bandgap Power Switching Device
TS-074715 —
Next‑generation power electronics require devices that can operate efficiently under high voltages, high currents, and harsh environments while maintaining fast, reliable switching. Existing electrically gated solutions in wide and ultra‑wide bandgap semiconductors face tradeoffs among robustn…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Wriedt, Nathan; Rajan, Siddharth
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Scalable Integration of Infrared Antimonide Semiconductors on Silicon
TS-074383 —
Many advanced sensing, imaging, and optoelectronic systems rely on compound semiconductors that outperform silicon in key spectral and electronic regimes, particularly in the infrared. However, these materials are expensive and difficult to scale, while silicon remains the industry standard for hi…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Rogers, Vinita
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Full-film Dry Transfer of MBE grown 2D Materials
TS-074084 —
2D van der Waals (vdW) materials are atomically thin sheets that can be stacked to form heterostructures with customizable electronic, optical, and magnetic properties. These heterostructures are promising for next‑generation technologies such as quantum devices, optoelectronics, and spintronics…
- College: College of Arts and Sciences (ASC)
- Inventors: Li, Ziling; Kawakami, Roland; Swann, Matthew; Zhou, Wenyi
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
High-Quality Thick β-Ga₂O₃ Epitaxy for Ultra-High-Voltage Power Devices
TS-073810 —
Next-generation power electronics demand materials that can support ultra-high breakdown voltages, low leakage currents, and scalable manufacturing. While β-Ga₂O₃ is highly attractive for these applications, device performance has been limited by the lack of high-quality, thick drift layers w…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Sarkar, Md Mosarof Hossain; Yu, Dong su
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Semiconductor Avalanche Photodiode Devices for Mid-Wave and Long-Wave Infrared Sensing
TS-073809 —
High-sensitivity detection in the mid-wave and long-wave infrared (MWIR/LWIR) remains constrained by detector noise, limited gain, and manufacturing challenges. While HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes can deliver excellent performance, they suffer from high cost, low yield, and limited manufacturabilit…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Gajowski, Nathan
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
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