Inventor · Thousand Oaks, CA, US

Adele Schmitz

34Patents
15h-index
49Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 8, 1988 → Jun 8, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6046659A Design and fabrication of broadband surface-micromachined micro-electro-mechanical switches for microwave and millimeter-wave applications Electricity 270 Expired
US6670921B2 Low-cost HDMI-D packaging technique for integrating an efficient reconfigurable antenna array with RF MEMS switches and a high impedance surface Electricity 168 Expired
US7053737B2 Stress bimorph MEMS switches and methods of making same Electricity 89 Expired
US5646069A Fabrication process for Al.sub.x In.sub.1-x As/Ga.sub.y In.sub.1-y As power HFET ohmic contacts Electricity 79 Expired
US6504235B2 Passivation layer and process for semiconductor devices Electricity 58 Expired
US6331257A Fabrication of broadband surface-micromachined micro-electro-mechanical switches for microwave and millimeter-wave applications Electricity 55 Expired
US6396368B1 CMOS-compatible MEM switches and method of making Electricity 54 Expired
US6440767B1 Monolithic single pole double throw RF MEMS switch Electricity 45 Expired
US6316820A Passivation layer and process for semiconductor devices Electricity 43 Expired
US6069587A Multiband millimeterwave reconfigurable antenna using RF mem switches Electricity 28 Expired
US6667245B2 CMOS-compatible MEM switches and method of making Electricity 24 Expired
US6043727A Reconfigurable millimeterwave filter using stubs and stub extensions selectively coupled using voltage actuated micro-electro-mechanical switches Electricity 23 Expired
US6768403B2 Torsion spring for electro-mechanical switches and a cantilever-type RF micro-electromechanical switch incorporating the torsion spring Electricity 22 Expired
US4872010A Analog-to-digital converter made with focused ion beam technology Electricity 18 Expired
US7439166B1 Method for producing tiered gate structure devices Electricity 18 Expired
US7253709B1 RF MEMS switch with spring-loaded latching mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7653985B1 Method of fabricating an RF MEMS switch with spring-loaded latching mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7608497B1 Passivated tiered gate structure transistor and fabrication method Electricity 10 Active
US6842097B2 Torsion spring for electro-mechanical switches and a cantilever-type RF micro-electromechanical switch incorporating the torsion spring Electricity 9 Expired
US7280015B1 Metal contact RF MEMS single pole double throw latching switch Electricity 9 Expired
US4973544A Method for reversing tone or polarity of pattern on integrated circuit substrate utilizing reverse casting by planarization Electricity 8 Expired
US6228673A Method of fabricating a surface coupled InGaAs photodetector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6847277B2 Torsion spring for electro-mechanical switches and a cantilever-type RF micro-electromechanical switch incorporating the torsion spring Electricity 3 Expired
US6380552B2 Low turn-on voltage InP Schottky device and method Electricity 3 Expired
US7534672B1 Tiered gate device with source and drain extensions Electricity 3 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.