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Cree Research Inc.

49Patents
0Active
49Granted
42Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 14, 1988 → Sep 22, 1999

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5523589A Vertical geometry light emitting diode with group III nitride active layer and extended lifetime Electricity 653 Expired
US5393993A Buffer structure between silicon carbide and gallium nitride and resulting semiconductor devices Electricity 587 Expired
US5210051A High efficiency light emitting diodes from bipolar gallium nitride Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 549 Expired
US5739554A Double heterojunction light emitting diode with gallium nitride active layer Electricity 516 Expired
US4946547A Method of preparing silicon carbide surfaces for crystal growth Electricity 482 Expired
US4918497A Blue light emitting diode formed in silicon carbide Electricity 481 Expired
US4966862A Method of production of light emitting diodes Electricity 438 Expired
US5200022A Method of improving mechanically prepared substrate surfaces of alpha silicon carbide for deposition of beta silicon carbide thereon and resulting product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 435 Expired
US5027168A Blue light emitting diode formed in silicon carbide Electricity 402 Expired
US5912477A High efficiency light emitting diodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 392 Expired
US5631190A Method for producing high efficiency light-emitting diodes and resulting diode structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 382 Expired
US5359345A Shuttered and cycled light emitting diode display and method of producing the same Physics 344 Expired
US5416342A Blue light-emitting diode with high external quantum efficiency Electricity 334 Expired
US5338944A Blue light-emitting diode with degenerate junction structure Electricity 297 Expired
US5604135A Method of forming green light emitting diode in silicon carbide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 261 Expired
US5724062A High resolution, high brightness light emitting diode display and method and producing the same Physics 253 Expired
US5812105A Led dot matrix drive method and apparatus Electricity 243 Expired
US5506421A Power MOSFET in silicon carbide Electricity 194 Expired
US5719409A Silicon carbide metal-insulator semiconductor field effect transistor Electricity 178 Expired
US5592501A Low-strain laser structures with group III nitride active layers Electricity 175 Expired
US5270554A High power high frequency metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor formed in silicon carbide Electricity 138 Expired
US5093576A High sensitivity ultraviolet radiation detector Electricity 135 Expired
US5465249A Nonvolatile random access memory device having transistor and capacitor made in silicon carbide substrate Electricity 126 Expired
US5972801A Process for reducing defects in oxide layers on silicon carbide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US5539217A Silicon carbide thyristor Electricity 107 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.