Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Howard L. Davidson

82Patents
20h-index
55Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 13, 1990 → Jun 2, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5320098A Optical transdermal link Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 372 Expired
US6239892A Method and apparatus for bit synchronization in optical communication and networking systems Electricity 196 Expired
US5880010A Ultrathin electronics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 145 Expired
US5216580A Optimized integral heat pipe and electronic circuit module arrangement Electricity 110 Expired
US5065277A Three dimensional packaging arrangement for computer systems and the like Electricity 93 Expired
US5253702A Integral heat pipe, heat exchanger, and clamping plate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US5387259A Optical transdermal linking method for transmitting power and a first data stream while receiving a second data stream Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US6718559B1 Motorcycle helmut snap-on decorative device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US5783316A Composite material having high thermal conductivity and process for fabricating same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US7372698B1 Electronics equipment heat exchanger system Electricity 51 Active
US5181167A Stacking heatpipe for three dimensional electronic packaging Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 40 Expired
US6400576B1 Sub-package bypass capacitor mounting for an array packaged integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5079619A Apparatus for cooling compact arrays of electronic circuitry Electricity 35 Expired
US5661450A Low inductance termination resistor arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6166438A Ultrathin electronics using stacked layers and interconnect vias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6870271B2 Integrated circuit assembly module that supports capacitive communication between semiconductor dies Electricity 25 Expired
US6888720B2 Distributed graphitic foam heat exchanger system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US5053856A Apparatus for providing electrical conduits in compact arrays of electronic circuitry utilizing cooling devices Electricity 21 Expired
US8452182B2 Data center with free-space optical communications Electricity 21 Active
US5546274A Three-dimensional compact array of electronic circuitry Electricity 20 Expired
US6619858B1 Optical interconnect Physics 20 Expired
US6222122A Sealed liquid-filled module and method of forming same Electricity 17 Expired
US6279337A Refrigeration system for electronic components having environmental isolation Electricity 16 Expired
US6264882A Process for fabricating composite material having high thermal conductivity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6140141A Method for cooling backside optically probed integrated circuits Electricity 13 Expired

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