Inventor · Durham, NC, US

John Edmond

183Patents
44h-index
94Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 26, 1987 → Apr 7, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5523589A Vertical geometry light emitting diode with group III nitride active layer and extended lifetime Electricity 653 Expired
US5393993A Buffer structure between silicon carbide and gallium nitride and resulting semiconductor devices Electricity 587 Expired
US5739554A Double heterojunction light emitting diode with gallium nitride active layer Electricity 516 Expired
US4946547A Method of preparing silicon carbide surfaces for crystal growth Electricity 482 Expired
US4918497A Blue light emitting diode formed in silicon carbide Electricity 481 Expired
US4966862A Method of production of light emitting diodes Electricity 438 Expired
US5027168A Blue light emitting diode formed in silicon carbide Electricity 402 Expired
US6120600A Double heterojunction light emitting diode with gallium nitride active layer Electricity 377 Expired
US6201262A Group III nitride photonic devices on silicon carbide substrates with conductive buffer interlay structure Electricity 354 Expired
US5416342A Blue light-emitting diode with high external quantum efficiency Electricity 334 Expired
US5338944A Blue light-emitting diode with degenerate junction structure Electricity 297 Expired
US6187606A Group III nitride photonic devices on silicon carbide substrates with conductive buffer interlayer structure Electricity 285 Expired
US5604135A Method of forming green light emitting diode in silicon carbide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 261 Expired
US7910945B2 Nickel tin bonding system with barrier layer for semiconductor wafers and devices Electricity 198 Active
US5592501A Low-strain laser structures with group III nitride active layers Electricity 175 Expired
US7791061B2 External extraction light emitting diode based upon crystallographic faceted surfaces Electricity 148 Active
US6906352B2 Group III nitride LED with undoped cladding layer and multiple quantum well Electricity 141 Expired
US5093576A High sensitivity ultraviolet radiation detector Electricity 135 Expired
US7211833B2 Light emitting diodes including barrier layers/sublayers Electricity 129 Expired
US6459100B1 Vertical geometry ingan LED Electricity 116 Expired
US5539217A Silicon carbide thyristor Electricity 107 Expired
US5726463A Silicon carbide MOSFET having self-aligned gate structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 104 Expired
US5394005A Silicon carbide photodiode with improved short wavelength response and very low leakage current Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US5838706A Low-strain laser structures with group III nitride active layers Electricity 95 Expired
US4945394A Bipolar junction transistor on silicon carbide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired

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