Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

John E. Cunningham

133Patents
19h-index
64Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 3, 1983 → Jul 18, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5510277A Surface treatment for silicon substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 401 Expired
US7356213B1 Transparent switch using optical and electrical proximity communication Electricity 159 Active
US4780748A Field-effect transistor having a delta-doped ohmic contact Electricity 125 Expired
US6005262A Flip-chip bonded VCSEL CMOS circuit with silicon monitor detector Electricity 66 Expired
US8742576B2 Maintaining alignment in a multi-chip module using a compressible structure Electricity 63 Active
US4662034A Snap-on button Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US8971676B1 Hybrid-integrated photonic chip package Electricity 41 Active
US8267583B2 Three-dimensional macro-chip including optical interconnects Physics 40 Active
US9297971B2 Hybrid-integrated photonic chip package with an interposer Electricity 35 Active
US6434180B1 Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) Electricity 33 Expired
US5013685A Method of making a non-alloyed ohmic contact to III-V semiconductors-on-silicon Electricity 33 Expired
US5105773A Method and apparatus for enhancing combustion in an internal combustion engine through electrolysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US7961990B2 Multi-chip system including capacitively coupled and optical communication Electricity 29 Active
US5450822A Apparatus and method for electrolysis to enhance combustion in an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US4772934A Delta-doped ohmic metal to semiconductor contacts Electricity 27 Expired
US8548287B2 Direct interlayer optical coupler Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7817880B1 Multi-chip systems using on-chip photonics Physics 21 Active
US5631472A Accurate in-situ lattice matching by reflection high energy electron diffraction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5701327A Saturable Bragg reflector structure and process for fabricating the same Physics 19 Expired
US9256026B2 Hybrid integrated photonic chip package Electricity 19 Active
US6222206A Wafer having top and bottom emitting vertical-cavity lasers Electricity 19 Expired
US7889996B2 Optical-signal-path routing in a multi-chip system Electricity 19 Active
US7840136B1 Low-latency switch using optical and electrical proximity communication Electricity 19 Active
US7539418B1 Integrated ring modulator array WDM transceiver Physics 18 Active
US9142698B1 Integrated electro-absorption modulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active

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