Inventor · Nagoya, JP

Iwao Ohwada

58Patents
11h-index
35Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 25, 1997 → Mar 29, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6690344B1 Method and apparatus for driving device and display Physics 199 Expired
US5862275A Display device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US7307383B2 Electron emitter and method of producing the same Electricity 31 Expired
US6452583B1 Display-driving device and display-driving method Physics 25 Expired
US6211853A Optical waveguide display with voltage-modulated controlled movable actuators which cause light leakage in waveguide at each display element to provide gradation in a display image Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6323833A Optical waveguide display with movable actuators which cause light leakage in waveguide at each display elements to provide gradation in a display image by temporal subfield modulation Physics 19 Expired
US6281868A Display Physics 16 Expired
US6226080A Method for detecting defect of transparent body, method for producing transparent body Physics 16 Expired
US6666658B2 Microfluidic pump device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US6434028B1 DC to DC converter Electricity 12 Expired
US6483492B1 Display-driving device and display-driving method performing gradation control based on a temporal modulation system Physics 12 Expired
US6682318B2 Pump Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6528925B1 Piezoelectric/electrostrictive element driving circuit Electricity 10 Expired
US9431067B2 Volatile memory backup system including all-solid-state battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7071628B2 Electronic pulse generation device Electricity 7 Expired
US6897620B1 Electron emitter, drive circuit of electron emitter and method of driving electron emitter Electricity 7 Expired
US7109962B2 Display device Electricity 6 Expired
US7176609B2 High emission low voltage electron emitter Electricity 6 Expired
US6476336B1 Current controlling element Electricity 6 Expired
US6508411B1 Method of driving liquid-drop spraying device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US6565331B1 Pump Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US7187114B2 Electron emitter comprising emitter section made of dielectric material Electricity 5 Expired
US7379037B2 Display apparatus, method of driving display apparatus, electron emitter, method of driving electron emitter, apparatus for driving electron emitter, electron emission apparatus, and method of driving electron emission apparatus Electricity 5 Expired
US6946800B2 Electron emitter, method of driving electron emitter, display and method of driving display Electricity 4 Expired
US6549437B1 Voltage converter Electricity 3 Expired

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