[ skip to content ]

Helmut Baumgart

  • Helmut Baumgart
  • Professor
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Applied Research Ctr
  • Newport News, VA 23606
  • 757-269-7710
  • hbaumgar@odu.edu
  • Web Page
  • Dr. Baumgart received his B.S. degree in physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, his M.S. degree in physics from Purdue University in Indiana, where he attended graduate school as a Fulbright Scholar, and his Ph.D. degree in semiconductor physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, while performing his Ph.D. research at the Max-Planck Institute of Solid State Research in Stuttgart. Following graduation he has held numerous R&D positions in the microelectronics industry.
  • Education

    University of Stuttgart and Max-Planck Institute of Solid State, Research, 1981
    Major: Physics
    Degree: Ph. D.
    Purdue University, 1977
    Major: Physics
    Degree: M.S.
    University of Heidelberg, 1974
    Major: Physics
    Degree: B.S.
  • 1975: Fulbright Scholarship, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1978: Graduate Research Scholarship, Max-Planck Society, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2001: Infineon Technology: Special Recognition Award for Leadership of FMEA Team
  • 2002: Motorola Award:, Motorola
  • 1984: President’s Making a Difference Award, Philips Research
  • 1985: Special Merit Award, Philips Research
  • 1989: Special Merit Award, Philips Research
  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Intellectual Property

    A Silicon Quantum Dot Luminescent Display
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    A Silicon Quantum Dot Luminescent Display
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Remove Existing Extended Defects caused by High Dose Oxygen Implantation Damage in thin SIMOX Films
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Remove Existing Extended Defects caused by High Dose Oxygen Implantation Damage in thin SIMOX Films
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Contacting Wide Band Gap Quantum Wire Sized Porous Si by III-V Semiconductors or II-VI Semiconductors for LED Device Structures
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Contacting Wide Band Gap Quantum Wire Sized Porous Si by III-V Semiconductors or II-VI Semiconductors for LED Device Structures
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Controlled RF Plasma Beam Induced Zone-Melting Crystal Growth of thin Si Layers on Insulators and Rapid Thermal Annealing
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Controlled RF Plasma Beam Induced Zone-Melting Crystal Growth of thin Si Layers on Insulators and Rapid Thermal Annealing
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Enhanced Low Temperature Oxidation of Polycrystalline or Single Crystal Silicon Films
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Enhanced Low Temperature Oxidation of Polycrystalline or Single Crystal Silicon Films
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Fabrication of L.E.D. Light Emitting Diode in the Visible Range in Quantum Wire Sized Porous Si
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Fabrication of L.E.D. Light Emitting Diode in the Visible Range in Quantum Wire Sized Porous Si
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Forming Electrostatic Field Induced Preferential Texture in Polycrystalline Silicon on Insulating Substrates
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Forming Electrostatic Field Induced Preferential Texture in Polycrystalline Silicon on Insulating Substrates
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Growth of Crystalline Garnet Films on arbitrary Amorphous Substrates for Magneto-Optic Applications
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Growth of Crystalline Garnet Films on arbitrary Amorphous Substrates for Magneto-Optic Applications
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method of Creating a Novel Silicon-on-Insulator Structure by Substituting electrically inactive Coherent Twins for electrically active and Detrimental Low Angle Grain Boundaries
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method of Creating a Novel Silicon-on-Insulator Structure by Substituting electrically inactive Coherent Twins for electrically active and Detrimental Low Angle Grain Boundaries
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Prevent the Formation of Low Angle Grain Boundaries and other Lattice Defects during Energy Beam Induced Zone-Melting Recrystallization of Si Films on Insulator
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Prevent the Formation of Low Angle Grain Boundaries and other Lattice Defects during Energy Beam Induced Zone-Melting Recrystallization of Si Films on Insulator
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    MULTIPLE WALLED NESTED COAXIAL NANOSTRUCTURES
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to prevent Electrical Charge-up in Fluorescent Lighting Phosphors and Method to improve Heat Conduction by Providing a Conformal ALD Coating with an Electrically Conducting & Optically Transparent thin Film of ZnO
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    HIGH-EFFICIENCY HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC SOLAR CELLS
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to prevent electrical charge-up in Fluorescent Lighting Phosphors and Method to improve heat conduction by providing a conformal ALD coating with an electrically conducting & optically transparent thin film of ZnO
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to replace Inefficient Luminescent loosely packed Phosphor powders in Fluorescent Lamps with a solid Luminescent Phosphor Coating grown by Atomic Layer Deposition to increase the Luminous Efficacy
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for High Efficiencies Organic-Inorganic Solar Cells
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Render Fabrics or any solid Surface Hydrophobic by Coatings with Nanostructured ALD Films for Use as Self Cleaning Materials
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    CARE SYSTEM AND BACTERICIDAL METHODS AND DEVICES
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    MULTIPLE WALLED NESTED COAXIAL NANOSTRUCTURES
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    WOUND CARE SYSTEM AND BACTERICIDAL METHODS AND DEVICES
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Fabricate 2-D or 3-D Photonic Crystals by Using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Film Coatings inside Walls of Pores of nanoporous templates
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Render Fabrics or any solid Surface Hydrophobic by Coatings with Nanostructured ALD Films for Use as Self Cleaning Materials
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Fabrication of a high Surface Area Oxygen Sensor utilizing ZrO2 ALD Coatings of Nano-channels in Nano-porous Templates
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Fabrication of a high Surface Area Oxygen Sensor utilizing ZrO2 ALD Coatings of Nano-channels in Nano-porous Templates
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Fabricate Bactericidal Wound Care Systems by Utilizing Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Coatings of TiO2 of all Individual Fibers in Wound Dressing Fill Material
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Fabricate Bactericidal Wound Care Systems by Utilizing Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Coatings of TiO2 of all Individual Fibers in Wound Dressing Fill Material
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method to Fabricate a three Electrode Active Zeta-Potential (ζ) Controlled Electroosmotic Pump in Nano-Porous Membranes using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Process for Fabrication of a two Terminal Passive Zeta-Potential (ζ) Controlled Electroosmotic Pump in Nano-Porous Membranes using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) to coat the inside of the pores with suitable ALD metal oxides
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Process for Fabrication of a two Terminal Passive Zeta-Potential (ζ) Controlled” Electroosmotic Pump in Nano-Porous Membranes using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) to coat the inside of the pores with suitable ALD metal oxides
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Process for Fabrication of a two Terminal Passive Zeta-Potential (ζ) Controlled” Electroosmotic Pump in Nano-Porous Membranes using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) to coat the inside of the pores with suitable ALD metal oxides
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Fabricating Enhanced Surface Broad-Spectrum Sensors and Detectors using multiple Wall Tube-in-Tube Nanostructures Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) with the Template Replication Technique
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Fabricating Enhanced Surface Broad-Spectrum Sensors and Detectors using multiple Wall Tube-in-Tube Nanostructures Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) with the Template Replication Technique
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Forming multiple Walled Tube-in-Tube Nanostructures Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) with the Template Replication Technique
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Forming multiple Walled Tube-in-Tube Nanostructures Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) with the Template Replication Technique
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Solid State Shape Transformation of Nanostructures by release from Alumina Templates for the Manufacturing of perfectly Circular Shaped Multiple Walled Nanotubes from Arbitrary Shaped Nanostructures
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Solid State Shape Transformation of Nanostructures by release from Alumina Templates for the Manufacturing of perfectly Circular Shaped Multiple Walled Nanotubes from Arbitrary Shaped Nanostructures
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Multi-layered Tube-in-Tube Solar Cells
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Multi-layered Tube-in-Tube Solar Cells
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Nondestructive Measurement of Minority Carrier Diffusion Length and Minority Carrier Lifetime in Semiconductor Devices
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method for Nondestructive Measurement of Dopant Concentrations in the Drift Region of Certain Semiconductor Devices
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Patent Nationality: United States
    Non-Destructive Measuring Method for Dopant Impurity Concentration in Semiconductor Devices
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Non-Destructive Measuring Method for Dopant Impurity Concentration in Semiconductor Devices
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Measuring Method of Carrier Diffusion Length and Life Times of Minority Carriers in Semiconductor Device
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Measuring Method of Carrier Diffusion Length and Life Times of Minority Carriers in Semiconductor Device
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Measuring Method of Carrier Diffusion Length and Life Times of Minority Carriers in Semiconductor Device
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Measuring Method of Carrier Diffusion Length and Life Times of Minority Carriers in Semiconductor Device
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Non-Destructive Measuring Method for Dopant Impurity Concentration in Semiconductor Devices
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Process of Making Strain-Compensated Bonded Silicon-on-Insulator Material Free of Dislocations
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Patent Nationality: United States
    Method of Manufacturing a Silicon-on-Insulator Device using an Improved Encapsulation Layer
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Patent Nationality: Patent Cooperation Treaty
    Cooperation Treaty: Europe, Japan
    Method of Manufacturing a Silicon-on-Insulator Device using an Improved Encapsulation Layer
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method of Manufacturing a Silicon-on-Insulator Device using an Improved Encapsulation Layer
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Method of Preventing Encapsulation Layer Failure and Film Delamination during Micro-Zone Melting of Si
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Patent Nationality: United States
    Method for Producing single Crystal Layers on Insulators
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Patent Nationality: United States
    Method for Producing single Crystal Layers on Insulators
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Methods for Producing single Crystals in Insulators
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Patent Nationality: Patent Cooperation Treaty
    Cooperation Treaty: Europe, Japan
    Methods for Producing single Crystals in Insulators
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Methods for Producing single Crystals in Insulators
    Patent/Copyright: Patent