Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

David P. Bour

152Patents
22h-index
97Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 21, 1988 → Nov 19, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6365429B1 Method for nitride based laser diode with growth substrate removed using an intermediate substrate Electricity 181 Expired
US6455340B1 Method of fabricating GaN semiconductor structures using laser-assisted epitaxial liftoff Electricity 172 Expired
US6448102B1 Method for nitride based laser diode with growth substrate removed Electricity 108 Expired
US6757314B2 Structure for nitride based laser diode with growth substrate removed Electricity 80 Expired
US5438584A Dual polarization laser diode with quaternary material system Electricity 64 Expired
US5383211A TM-polarized laser emitter using III-V alloy with nitrogen Electricity 59 Expired
US5708674A Semiconductor laser or array formed by layer intermixing Electricity 53 Expired
US6233265A AlGaInN LED and laser diode structures for pure blue or green emission Electricity 50 Expired
US5412678A Multi-beam, orthogonally-polarized emitting monolithic quantum well lasers Electricity 46 Expired
US5465263A Monolithic, multiple wavelength, dual polarization laser diode arrays Electricity 44 Expired
US5926726A In-situ acceptor activation in group III-v nitride compound semiconductors Electricity 44 Expired
US6163557A Fabrication of group III-V nitrides on mesas Electricity 44 Expired
US5396508A Polarization switchable quantum well laser Electricity 40 Expired
US6345063B1 Algainn elog led and laser diode structures for pure blue or green emission Electricity 38 Expired
US9484492B2 LED structures for reduced non-radiative sidewall recombination Electricity 34 Active
US5977612A Semiconductor devices constructed from crystallites Electricity 28 Expired
US6756325B2 Method for producing a long wavelength indium gallium arsenide nitride(InGaAsN) active region Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6285696A Algainn pendeoepitaxy led and laser diode structures for pure blue or green emission Electricity 27 Expired
US6288417A Light-emitting devices including polycrystalline gan layers and method of forming devices Electricity 26 Expired
US5766981A Thermally processed, phosphorus- or arsenic-containing semiconductor laser with selective IILD Electricity 26 Expired
US6744800B1 Method and structure for nitride based laser diode arrays on an insulating substrate Electricity 25 Expired
US6389051B1 Structure and method for asymmetric waveguide nitride laser diode Electricity 25 Expired
US9368582B2 High power gallium nitride electronics using miscut substrates Electricity 22 Active
US8000366B2 Laser diode with high indium active layer and lattice matched cladding layer Electricity 21 Active
US6955933B2 Light emitting diodes with graded composition active regions Electricity 21 Expired

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