Franz Hirler
382Patents
18h-index
158Co-inventors
89Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 6, 1998 → May 17, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6465843B1 | MOS-transistor structure with a trench-gate-electrode and a limited specific turn-on resistance and method for producing an MOS-transistor structure | Electricity | 108 | Expired |
| US6388287B2 | Switch mode power supply with reduced switching losses | Electricity | 76 | Expired |
| US6833584B2 | Trench power semiconductor | Electricity | 75 | Expired |
| US8569842B2 | Semiconductor device arrangement with a first semiconductor device and with a plurality of second semiconductor devices | Electricity | 73 | Active |
| US6690062B2 | Transistor configuration with a shielding electrode outside an active cell array and a reduced gate-drain capacitance | Electricity | 72 | Expired |
| US7005351B2 | Method for fabricating a transistor configuration including trench transistor cells having a field electrode, trench transistor, and trench configuration | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US6806533B2 | Semiconductor component with an increased breakdown voltage in the edge area | Electricity | 68 | Expired |
| US6720616B2 | Trench MOS transistor | Electricity | 61 | Expired |
| US7091573B2 | Power transistor | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US6891223B2 | Transistor configuration with a structure for making electrical contact with electrodes of a trench transistor cell | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6998678B2 | Semiconductor arrangement with a MOS-transistor and a parallel Schottky-diode | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US8970262B2 | Semiconductor device arrangement with a first semiconductor device and with a plurality of second semiconductor devices | Electricity | 27 | Active |
| US8080858B2 | Semiconductor component having a space saving edge structure | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US8247865B2 | Semiconductor structure, method for operating a semiconductor structure and method for producing a semiconductor structure | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US7186618B2 | Power transistor arrangement and method for fabricating it | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7459365B2 | Method for fabricating a semiconductor component | Electricity | 19 | Active |
| US8022474B2 | Semiconductor device | Electricity | 19 | Active |
| US6498382B2 | Semiconductor configuration | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US8022470B2 | Semiconductor device with a trench gate structure and method for the production thereof | Electricity | 17 | Active |
| US6576953B2 | Vertical semiconductor component with source-down design and corresponding fabrication method | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US7858478B2 | Method for producing an integrated circuit including a trench transistor and integrated circuit | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US7777278B2 | Lateral semiconductor component with a drift zone having at least one field electrode | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US7173306B2 | Vertical semiconductor component having a drift zone having a field electrode, and method for fabricating such a drift zone | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US7655975B2 | Power trench transistor | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US7750397B2 | Semiconductor component including compensation zones and discharge structures for the compensation zones | Electricity | 13 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.