Term #1,334
substrate
Claim Term
substrate
Origin matter
Fusion Cage with carbon nanotube coating/covering
Reference Case 1
INS-4PROV
Date Added
7/16/20
Created
7/16/20, 2:35 PM
Modified
7/7/21, 10:58 AM
Full Desc
As used herein, "substrate" refers to a material which provides a surface on which something is deposited or inscribed, for example a silicon wafer used to manufacture integrated circuits and or semiconductors. (Search "substrate" on lexico.com © 2020 Lexico.com. Edited. Accessed April 3, 2020.) A substrate may be a rigid or flexible structure and may be planar or curved in shape. A substrate may also be used in a variety of structures including printed circuit boards (PCB), medical implants, and the like. Typically, a substrate is non-conductive or semi-conductive, but may also be conductive, and may be formed from a variety of materials including plastic, ceramics, metal, acrylic, carbon, and biodegradable materials (preferably: stainless steel, titanium, titanium composite/alloy, cobalt chrome, tantalum, silicon nitride, polyetheretherketone, poly(ε-caprolactone), polyurethane, allograft, Poly-L/D-lactic acid (PLDLA), silicon, resin, fiberglass, silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, sapphire, germanium, gallium arsenide (GaAs), an alloy of silicon and germanium, indium phosphide (InP), or the like. In certain embodiments, a substrate may comprise a surface of a medical implant. In certain embodiments, a substrate may comprise a silicon wafer and in other embodiments, a substrate may comprise another layer of an integrated semiconductor, including, but not limited to, a top surface of a cell film stack, or the like.