Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

James B. Compton

14Patents
10h-index
13Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1975 → Nov 29, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5131046A High fidelity hearing aid amplifier Electricity 36 Expired
US4168997A Method for making integrated circuit transistors with isolation and substrate connected collectors utilizing simultaneous outdiffusion to convert an epitaxial layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4179310A Laser trim protection process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4176368A Junction field effect transistor for use in integrated circuits Electricity 23 Expired
US4272775A Laser trim protection process and structure Electricity 21 Expired
US4066917A Circuit combining bipolar transistor and JFET's to produce a constant voltage characteristic Physics 17 Expired
US6462929B2 Battery polarity insensitive integrated circuit amplifier Electricity 17 Expired
US5034346A Method for forming shorting contact for semiconductor which allows for relaxed alignment tolerance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6157252A Battery polarity insensitive integrated circuit amplifier Electricity 12 Expired
US4042836A Field effect transistor switch Electricity 12 Expired
US4951101A Diamond shorting contact for semiconductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6448852B1 Battery polarity insensitive integrated circuit amplifier Electricity 5 Expired
US4873563A Solid state monolithic switching device Electricity 4 Expired
US4016595A Field effect transistor switching circuit Electricity 3 Expired

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