Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Gregg Higashi

51Patents
10h-index
43Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 18, 1986 → May 6, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5091767A Article comprising a lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructure Electricity 122 Expired
US5308796A Fabrication of electronic devices by electroless plating of copper onto a metal silicide Electricity 62 Expired
US6140187A Process for forming metal oxide semiconductors including an in situ furnace gate stack with varying silicon nitride deposition rate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US6588437B1 System and method for removal of material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5472516A Process and apparatus for semiconductor device fabrication Electricity 17 Expired
US5578273A Apparatus for continuously controlling the peroxide and ammonia concentration in a bath Electricity 15 Expired
US8008174B2 Continuous feed chemical vapor deposition Electricity 14 Active
US9768329B1 Multi-junction optoelectronic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US6169010A Method for making integrated circuit capacitor including anchored plug Electricity 12 Expired
US6153901A Integrated circuit capacitor including anchored plug Electricity 10 Expired
US9175393B1 Tiled showerhead for a semiconductor chemical vapor deposition reactor Electricity 9 Active
US4701347A Method for growing patterned metal layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US8119210B2 Formation of a silicon oxynitride layer on a high-k dielectric material Electricity 8 Active
US9537025B1 Texturing a layer in an optoelectronic device for improved angle randomization of light Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8895845B2 Photovoltaic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9136422B1 Texturing a layer in an optoelectronic device for improved angle randomization of light Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8895846B2 Photovoltaic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9502594B2 Thin-film semiconductor optoelectronic device with textured front and/or back surface prepared from template layer and etching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8937244B2 Photovoltaic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US10066297B2 Tiled showerhead for a semiconductor chemical vapor deposition reactor Electricity 4 Active
US5096840A Method of making a polysilicon emitter bipolar transistor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US9212422B2 CVD reactor with gas flow virtual walls Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US8602707B2 Methods and apparatus for a chemical vapor deposition reactor Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US9834860B2 Method of high growth rate deposition for group III/V materials Electricity 2 Active
US9029687B2 Photovoltaic device with back side contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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