US Patent Issued to Advent Diamond on May 12 for "Dual function diamond-based semiconductor device" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,459, issued on May 12, was assigned to Advent Diamond Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Dual function diamond-based semiconductor device" was invented by Anna Zaniewski (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jesse Brown (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jose Andres Orozco (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Manpuneet Kaur Benipal (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diamond-based particle detector includes a diamond substrate that includes a first side and a second side; a first side first doped layer contacting the first side of the diamond substrate; a first metal contact contacting the first side first doped layer, a first side intrinsic diamond layer contacting the...