Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Clarence Chui

218Patents
32h-index
52Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 1, 2001 → Sep 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6574033B1 Microelectromechanical systems device and method for fabricating same Physics 839 Expired
US6710908B2 Controlling micro-electro-mechanical cavities Physics 663 Expired
US6589625B1 Hermetic seal and method to create the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 655 Expired
US7161728B2 Area array modulation and lead reduction in interferometric modulators Physics 166 Expired
US7221495B2 Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing Performing Operations; Transporting 122 Expired
US7564612B2 Photonic MEMS and structures Physics 97 Active
US7372613B2 Method and device for multistate interferometric light modulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US7289259B2 Conductive bus structure for interferometric modulator array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US7460291B2 Separable modulator Physics 70 Active
US7302157B2 System and method for multi-level brightness in interferometric modulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US7060895B2 Modifying the electro-mechanical behavior of devices Performing Operations; Transporting 66 Expired
US7342705B2 Spatial light modulator with integrated optical compensation structure Physics 65 Expired
US7679812B2 Support structure for MEMS device and methods therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 65 Active
US7304784B2 Reflective display device having viewable display on both sides Physics 64 Expired
US7355780B2 System and method of illuminating interferometric modulators using backlighting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US7719500B2 Reflective display pixels arranged in non-rectangular arrays Physics 57 Active
US7852544B2 Separable modulator Physics 56 Active
US7476327B2 Method of manufacture for microelectromechanical devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US7164520B2 Packaging for an interferometric modulator Physics 54 Expired
US7196837B2 Area array modulation and lead reduction in interferometric modulators Physics 49 Expired
US7567373B2 System and method for micro-electromechanical operation of an interferometric modulator Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Expired
US7550794B2 Micromechanical systems device comprising a displaceable electrode and a charge-trapping layer Performing Operations; Transporting 47 Expired
US7142346B2 System and method for addressing a MEMS display Physics 45 Expired
US7492503B2 System and method for multi-level brightness in interferometric modulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US7256922B2 Interferometric modulators with thin film transistors Physics 44 Expired

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