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Dr. Edwin Piner

  • Chair - Professor at Physics, College of Science & Engineering
  • Professor at Materials Application Research Cntr MARC

Intellectual Property

Patents

  • “Incorporating Semiconductors on a Polycrystalline Diamond Substrate.” Raju Ahmed, Edwin Piner. Regular, #12,176,221.
    Date awarded: 12/24/2024
  • “Material selective regrowth structure and method.” Edwin Piner. Regular, #10,903,076.
    Date awarded: 01/26/2021
  • “Material selective regrowth structure and method.” Edwin Piner. Regular, #10,504,725.
    Date awarded: 12/10/2019
  • “Semiconductor material having a compositionally-graded transition layer.” T. Weeks, Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #10,117,229.
    Date awarded: 01/08/2019
  • “Gallium nitride materials and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, John Roberts, Pradeep Rajagopal. Regular, #10,096,701.
    Date awarded: 10/09/2018
  • “Semiconductor structure with compositionally-graded transition layer.” T Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #9,461,119.
    Date awarded: 10/04/2016
  • “Gallium nitride devices with discontinuously graded transition layer.” T Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #9,437,686.
    Date awarded: 09/06/2016
  • “III-nitride based semiconductor structure.” T Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #9,437,687.
    Date awarded: 09/06/2016
  • “Gallium nitride semiconductor structures with compositionally-graded transition layer.” T Weeks, Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #9,064,775.
    Date awarded: 06/23/2015
  • “Gallium nitride devices with aluminum nitride intermediate layer.” T Weeks, Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #8,937,335.
    Date awarded: 01/20/2015
  • “Gallium nitride devices with gallium nitride alloy intermediate layer.” T Weeks, Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #8,928,035.
    Date awarded: 01/06/2015
  • “Gallium nitride devices with aluminum nitride alloy intermediate layer.” T Weeks, Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #8,928,034.
    Date awarded: 01/06/2015
  • “Gallium nitride materials and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, John Roberts, Pradeep Rajagopal. Regular, #8,748,298.
    Date awarded: 06/10/2014
  • “Gallium nitride semiconductor structures with compositionally-graded transition layer,.” T Weeks, Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #8,592,862.
    Date awarded: 11/26/2013
  • “III-nitride materials including low dislocation densities and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, John Roberts, Pradeep Rajagopal. Regular, #8,368,117.
    Date awarded: 02/05/2013
  • “Gallium nitride material processing and related device structures.” Edwin Piner, J Johnson, John Roberts. Regular, #8,343,824.
    Date awarded: 01/01/2013
  • “Gallium nitride semiconductor structures with compositionally-graded transition layer.” T Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #8,344,417.
    Date awarded: 01/01/2013
  • “Gallium nitride materials and methods.” T Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #8,105,921.
    Date awarded: 01/31/2012
  • “Gallium nitride material devices including diamond regions and methods associated with the same.” Allen Hanson, Edwin Piner. Regular, #8,026,581.
    Date awarded: 09/27/2011
  • “Gallium nitride material transistors and methods associated with the same.” Walter Nagy, Ric Borges, Jeff Brown, Apurva Chaudhari, Jim Cook, Jr., Allen Hanson, J Johnson, Kevin Linthicum, Edwin Piner, Pradeep Rajagopal, John Roberts, Sameer Singhal, Robert Therrien, Andrei Vescan. Regular, #7,994,540.
    Date awarded: 08/09/2011
  • “Gallium nitride material structures including substrates and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, Pradeep Rajagopal, John Roberts, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #7,791,106.
    Date awarded: 09/07/2010
  • “III-nitride materials including low dislocation densities and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, John Roberts, Pradeep Rajagopal. Regular, #7,687,827.
    Date awarded: 03/30/2010
  • “Gallium nitride material transistors and methods associated with the same.” Walter Nagy, J Johnson, Edwin Piner, Pradeep Rajagopal, John Roberts, Sameer Singhal, Robert Therrien, Andrei Vescan, Ric Borges, Jeff Brown, Apurva Chaudhari, Jim Cook, Jr., Allen Hanson, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #7,569,871.
    Date awarded: 08/04/2009
  • “Gallium nitride material structures including substrates and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, Pradeep Rajagopal, John Roberts, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #7,365,374.
    Date awarded: 04/29/2008
  • “Semiconductor device-based sensors.” J Johnson, Edwin Piner, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #7,361,946.
    Date awarded: 04/22/2008
  • “Gallium nitride materials and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, John Roberts, Pradeep Rajagopal. Regular, #7,352,015.
    Date awarded: 04/01/2008
  • “Gallium nitride material transistors and methods associated with the same.” Walter Nagy, Ric Borges, Jeff Brown, Apurva Chaudhari, Jim Cook, Jr., Allen Hanson, J Johnson, Kevin Linthicum, Edwin Piner, Pradeep Rajagopal, John Roberts, Sameer Singhal, Robert Therrien, Andrei Vescan. Regular, #7,352,016.
    Date awarded: 04/01/2008
  • “Gallium nitride materials and methods associated with the same.” Edwin Piner, John Roberts, Pradeep Rajagopal. Regular, #7,339,205.
    Date awarded: 03/04/2008
  • “III-nitride material structures including silicon substrates.” Allen Hanson, John Roberts, Edwin Piner, Pradeep Rajagopal. Regular, #7,247,889.
    Date awarded: 07/24/2007
  • “Gallium nitride material transistors and methods associated with the same.” Waltr Nagy, Ric Borges, Jeff Brown, Apurva Chaudhari, Jim Cook, Jr., Allen Hanson, J Johnson, Kevin Linthicum, Edwin Piner, Pradeep Rajagopal, John Roberts, Sameer Singhal, Robert Therrien, Andrei Vescan. Regular, #7,135,720.
    Date awarded: 11/14/2006
  • “Indium gallium nitride channel high electron mobility transistors, and methods of making the same.” Joan Redwing, Edwin Piner. Regular, #6,727,531.
    Date awarded: 04/27/2004
  • “Gallium nitride materials and methods.” T Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #6,649,287.
    Date awarded: 11/18/2003
  • “Gallium nitride materials and methods.” T. Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Thomas Gehrke, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #6,617,060.
    Date awarded: 09/09/2003
  • “Gallium nitride material devices and methods including backside vias.” T Weeks, Jr., Edwin Piner, Ric Borges, Kevin Linthicum. Regular, #6,611,002.
    Date awarded: 08/26/2003