Michael D Little

US Patent:

6531332, Mar 11, 2003

Filed:

Jan 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/756860

Inventors:

Andrei M Shkel - Irvine CA
Michael J Little - Oak Park CA

Assignee:

Parvenu, Inc. - Westlake Village CA

International Classification:

H01L 2100

US Classification:

438 50, 438422, 438619

Abstract:

A hybrid process combines a thin-film surface micromachining process such as by sputtering, evaporation or chemical vapor deposition with a thick-film surface micromachining and release process such as dry-film lamination. Such combination results in thin film micro-structures with all the benefits of surface micromachining without the typical problems of stiction and limited range of motion.

US Patent:

6597461, Jul 22, 2003

Filed:

Jan 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/766687

Inventors:

Ravi K. Verma - Pasadena CA
Michael J. Little - Oak Park CA
Thomas S. Tyrie - Oak Park CA
John J. Lyon - San Marcos CA
Ron Pollock - Van Nuys CA

Assignee:

Parvenu, Inc. - Westlake Village CA

International Classification:

G01B 902

US Classification:

356519

Abstract:

A cost-effective broadband tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer uses entropic, rather than enthalpic, materials to provide the compliant support for the interferometers movable mirror. Entropic materials exhibit an entropic plateau region over a wide frequency range with a Youngs modulus much lower than enthalpic materials, linear elastic behavior over a wide deformation range, and, in certain geometries, energy and stress behavior that tend to stabilize the movable mirror during deformation. The compliant support can be configured in a variety of geometries including compression, tension, sheer and diaphragm and of a variety of materials including elastomers, aerogels or other long chained polymers.

US Patent:

45374716, Aug 27, 1985

Filed:

Dec 23, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/564954

Inventors:

Jan Grinberg - Los Angeles CA
Michael J. Little - Tarzana CA

Assignee:

Hughes Aircraft Company - El Segundo CA

International Classification:

G02F 113

US Classification:

350333

Abstract:

The present invention provides a liquid crystal light valve pixel driver circuit comprising a pair of power electrodes, a pair of half-pixel electrodes, each half-pixel electrode being associated with a respective one of the power electrodes and a transistor switch for selectively conductively interconnecting the pair of half-pixel electrodes, the transistor switch being responsive to an applied data voltage potential. A strobe transistor and capacitor are further associated with the driver circuit to enable the demultiplexing of data from a data line and the transfer of a data representing voltage potential to the capacitor for application to the transistor switch.

US Patent:

39914160, Nov 9, 1976

Filed:

Sep 18, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/614463

Inventors:

William R. Byles - Los Angeles CA
John E. Jensen - Santa Monica CA
Michael J. Little - Tarzana CA
Michael N. Ernstoff - Los Angeles CA

Assignee:

Hughes Aircraft Company - Culver City CA

International Classification:

G06F 314

US Classification:

340324R

Abstract:

A liquid crystal device biased by an alternating current having a predetermined frequency higher than the dispersion frequency of the liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal device exhibits inherent capacitance across its input terminals which is resonated by an inductor to result in a higher bias current and reduction of image smear of images displayed by such device.

US Patent:

46289399, Dec 16, 1986

Filed:

Nov 10, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/550350

Inventors:

Michael J. Little - Tarzana CA
Harry A. Dellamano - Thousand Oaks CA

Assignee:

Hughes Aircraft Company - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

A61B 400

US Classification:

128696

Abstract:

A method and associated means for producing simultaneous electrical representations of the electrical and acoustical (heart sound) activity of the heart, in which a pickup device and associated circuits produce a full wave rectified symmetrical heart sound signal annotated by pulses developed from the QRS wave of the electrocardiogram signal. The pickup device is designed to permit the direct (unbuffered) application of the pickup electrodes to the skin of the body and to provide a control of the associated circuits when not in contact with the body to shorten response times when the pickup device is placed in contact with the body.

US Patent:

41535294, May 8, 1979

Filed:

Apr 21, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/570303

Inventors:

Michael J. Little - Tarzana CA
Hugh L. Garvin - Malibu CA

Assignee:

Hughes Aircraft Company - Culver City CA

International Classification:

C23C 1500
G02F 113

US Classification:

204192EC

Abstract:

Electrode surfaces are coated with a passivating material (silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide or titanium dioxide) or with a reflecting material (chromium or chromium and gold) or with a special alignment material (carbon) using standard vacuum sputtering, vacuum evaporation, electrodeposition, or chemical vapor deposition techniques. After sufficient thickness of material has been deposited, the substrate is exposed to a broad or narrow beam of neutralized argon ions of a few kilo-electron-volts energy. The beam of argon ions is incident at a grazing angle to the surface, typically 20. degree. Exposure of the overcoating results in a microscopic condition believed to comprise a "corrugated" surface with "ridges" and "valleys" parallel to the direction of the incident beam. These microscopically fine grooves or streaks are (1) reproducibly effective in causing parallel alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, (2) are durable to repeated cleaning procedures and air-bake treatments, and (3) are amenable to production applications in conjunction with vacuum deposition equipment.

US Patent:

43621643, Dec 7, 1982

Filed:

Sep 11, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/186074

Inventors:

Michael J. Little - Tarzana CA
Shi-Yin Wong - Santa Monica CA

Assignee:

Hughes Aircraft Company - Culver City CA

International Classification:

A61B 502

US Classification:

128639

Abstract:

A stethoscope transducer applicable as a conventional audio transducer and as a phonocardiogram transducer has a body which on one side mounts an electrode carrying chest bell and which on an opposite side mounts a conventional chest bell. A microphone and a rotor assembly are mounted in a cavity in the body. The microphone and earpiece connections on the body communicate through passages in the rotor assembly with the electrode carrying chest bell when the rotor assembly is in a first position and with the conventional chest bell when the rotor assembly is rotated to a second position. These are three electrodes, two being pickup electrodes which each occupy one quadrant of the chest bell rim in diametrically opposite positions. The third electrode is on the rim intermediate the pickup electrodes. The rim is of a non-wettable material providing a hydrophobic surface.

US Patent:

57442843, Apr 28, 1998

Filed:

Apr 9, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/835627

Inventors:

Soyeon P. Laub - Los Angeles CA
Michael J. Little - Woodland Hills CA
James A. Foschaar - Thousand Oaks CA
Hugh L. Garvin - Malibu CA
Michael W. Yung - Los Angeles CA

Assignee:

Hughes Aircraft Company

International Classification:

G03F 726

US Classification:

430313

Abstract:

A method for fabricating resilient z-axis contacts to electrically interconnect IC wafers or MCMs in 3-D integrated circuits uses photolithography to provide larger carrier sizes, higher contact densities by decreasing the spacing, smaller contact footpads, and precise control of the contact's shape and position. The contacts are fabricated by forming photoresist patterns on the carrier's top and bottom surfaces that are initially rectangular, and then reflowing the photoresist materials to provide smooth surfaces suitable for forming the metal contacts, and depositing metal layers over the respective patterns. Second photoresist patterns are formed over respective metal layers to conform with the contact's shape, the metal is etched away according to the pattern, and the photoresists are removed such that the remaining metalization forms a resilient z-axis contact that is attached to the carrier and extends therefrom with a predetermined shape.

Address:

8881 Cedar Ct, Juneau, AK 99801

VIN:

JF1SG63657G735474

Make:

SUBARU

Model:

FORESTER

Year:

2007