Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Andy Strachan

27Patents
8h-index
24Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: May 8, 2001 → Nov 4, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6566710B1 Power MOSFET cell with a crossed bar shaped body contact area Electricity 37 Expired
US6586317B1 Method of forming a zener diode in a npn and pnp bipolar process flow that requires no additional steps to set the breakdown voltage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6727547B1 Method and device for improving hot carrier reliability of an LDMOS transistor using drain ring over-drive bias Electricity 11 Expired
US6815797B1 Silicide bridged anti-fuse Electricity 11 Expired
US6946706B1 LDMOS transistor structure for improving hot carrier reliability Electricity 11 Expired
US6806529B1 Memory cell with a capacitive structure as a control gate and method of forming the memory cell Electricity 10 Expired
US6559507B1 Compact ballasting region design for snapback N-MOS ESD protection structure using multiple local N+ region blocking Electricity 9 Expired
US7105373B1 Vertical photodiode with heavily-doped regions of alternating conductivity types Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7214992B1 Multi-source, multi-gate MOS transistor with a drain region that is wider than the source regions Electricity 7 Expired
US7298159B1 Method of measuring the leakage current of a deep trench isolation structure Physics 7 Expired
US7507607B1 Method of forming a silicide bridged anti-fuse with a tungsten plug metalization process Electricity 7 Active
US6919588B1 High-voltage silicon controlled rectifier structure with improved punch through resistance Electricity 6 Expired
US6979879B1 Trim zener using double poly process Electricity 5 Expired
US7192857B1 Method of forming a semiconductor structure with non-uniform metal widths Electricity 4 Expired
US7960998B2 Electrical test structure and method for characterization of deep trench sidewall reliability Electricity 3 Active
US6844585B1 Circuit and method of forming the circuit having subsurface conductors Electricity 2 Expired
US7238553B1 Method of forming a high-voltage silicon controlled rectifier structure with improved punch through resistance Electricity 2 Expired
US6933562B1 Power transistor structure with non-uniform metal widths Electricity 2 Expired
US9865584B1 Contact array optimization for ESD devices Electricity 1 Active
US7488647B1 System and method for providing a poly cap and a no field oxide area to prevent formation of a vertical bird's beak structure in the manufacture of a semiconductor device Electricity 1 Expired
US6864582B1 Semiconductor interconnect and method of providing interconnect using a contact region Electricity 1 Expired
US7714355B1 Method of controlling the breakdown voltage of BSCRs and BJT clamps Electricity 1 Active
US7037814B1 Single mask control of doping levels Electricity 1 Expired
US7479435B1 Method of forming a circuit having subsurface conductors Electricity 0 Expired
US7989883B1 System and method for providing a poly cap and a no field oxide area to prevent formation of a vertical bird's beak structure in the manufacture of a semiconductor device Electricity 0 Active

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