Small gap device system and method of fabrication

Schwede, Jared William; Bargatin, Igor; Nicaise, Samuel M.; Lin, Chen; Provine, John

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Title: Small gap device system and method of fabrication

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A small-gap device system, preferably including two or more electrodes and one or more spacers maintaining a gap between two or more of the electrodes. A spacer for a small-gap device system, preferably including a plurality of legs defining a mesh structure. A method of spacer and/or small-gap device fabrication, preferably including: defining lateral features, depositing spacer material, selectively removing spacer material, separating the spacer from a fabrication substrate, and/or assembling the small-gap device.

Inventors:: Schwede, Jared William; Bargatin, Igor; Nicaise, Samuel M.; Lin, Chen; Provine, John

Issue Date:: 2023-10-17

Research Org.:: Spark Thermionics, Inc., Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

OSTI Identifier:: 2293733

Patent Number(s):: 11791143

Application Number:: 17/497,342

Assignee:: Spark Thermionics, Inc. (Berkeley, CA); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
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DOE Contract Number:: AR00000664

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 10/08/2021

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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