Inventor · Decatur, GA, US

F. Levent Degertekin

36Patents
19h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 3, 1997 → Mar 14, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6262946A Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer arrays with reduced cross-coupling Physics 154 Expired
US6430109B1 Array of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer elements with through wafer via connections Electricity 128 Expired
US6854338B2 Fluidic device with integrated capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers Physics 111 Expired
US7612483B2 Harmonic cMUT devices and fabrication methods Performing Operations; Transporting 86 Active
US7646133B2 Asymmetric membrane cMUT devices and fabrication methods Performing Operations; Transporting 79 Active
US8008835B2 Multiple element electrode cMUT devices and fabrication methods Physics 72 Active
US6694817B2 Method and apparatus for the ultrasonic actuation of the cantilever of a probe-based instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US8398554B2 Harmonic cMUT devices and fabrication methods Performing Operations; Transporting 65 Active
US8372011B2 Asymmetric membrane cMUT devices and fabrication methods Performing Operations; Transporting 65 Active
US8076821B2 Multiple element electrode cMUT devices and fabrication methods Physics 59 Active
US7637149B2 Integrated displacement sensors for probe microscopy and force spectroscopy Physics 57 Active
US7312440B2 Integrated micro fuel processor and flow delivery infrastructure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US6779387B2 Method and apparatus for the ultrasonic actuation of the cantilever of a probe-based instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US7557342B2 Electrospray systems and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Active
US8503701B2 Optical sensing in a directional MEMS microphone Electricity 42 Active
US6493288B2 Wide frequency band micromachined capacitive microphone/hydrophone and method Electricity 23 Expired
US7826629B2 Optical sensing in a directional MEMS microphone Electricity 21 Active
US7208727B2 Electrospray systems and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6295247A Micromachined rayleigh, lamb, and bulk wave capacitive ultrasonic transducers Electricity 19 Expired
US7107825B2 Method and apparatus for the actuation of the cantilever of a probe-based instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US8891334B2 Compact, energy-efficient ultrasound imaging probes using CMUT arrays with integrated electronics Electricity 12 Active
US6026688A Ultrasonic photoresist process monitor and method Physics 11 Expired
US9259206B2 CMUT-on-CMOS based guidewire intravascular imaging Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US7714274B2 Integrated micro fuel processor and flow delivery infrastructure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9310485B2 Compact, energy-efficient ultrasound imaging probes using CMUT arrays with integrated electronics Physics 5 Active

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