Inventor · Cary, NC, US

Darren Thomson

15Patents
9h-index
18Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 24, 1998 → Feb 26, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6177688A Pendeoepitaxial gallium nitride semiconductor layers on silcon carbide substrates Electricity 475 Expired
US6255198A Methods of fabricating gallium nitride microelectronic layers on silicon layers and gallium nitride microelectronic structures formed thereby Electricity 165 Expired
US6265289A Methods of fabricating gallium nitride semiconductor layers by lateral growth from sidewalls into trenches, and gallium nitride semiconductor structures fabricated thereby Electricity 123 Expired
US7195993B2 Methods of fabricating gallium nitride semiconductor layers by lateral growth into trenches Electricity 68 Expired
US6489221B2 High temperature pendeoepitaxial methods of fabricating gallium nitride semiconductor layers on sapphire substrates Electricity 44 Expired
US6376339B2 PENDEOEPITAXIAL METHODS OF FABRICATING GALLIUM NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS ON SILICON CARBIDE SUBSTRATES BY LATERAL GROWTH FROM SIDEWALLS OF MASKED POSTS, AND GALLIUM NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES FABRICATED THEREBY Electricity 40 Expired
US6602764B2 Methods of fabricating gallium nitride microelectronic layers on silicon layers Electricity 37 Expired
US6462355B1 Pendeoepitaxial gallium nitride semiconductor layers on silicon carbide substrates Electricity 35 Expired
US6897483B2 Second gallium nitride layers that extend into trenches in first gallium nitride layers Electricity 14 Expired
US7217947B2 Semiconductor light source and method of making Electricity 7 Expired
US7378684B2 Pendeoepitaxial gallium nitride semiconductor layers on silicon carbide substrates Electricity 3 Expired
US7371282B2 Solid solution wide bandgap semiconductor materials Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US7855108B2 Semiconductor heterojunction devices based on SiC Electricity 0 Active
US7525099B2 Nuclear radiation detection system Physics 0 Active
US7683400B1 Semiconductor heterojunction devices based on SiC Electricity 0 Active

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