Inventor · Berkeley, CA, US

John Heck

68Patents
16h-index
99Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 26, 2002 → Dec 28, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8620164B2 Hybrid III-V silicon laser formed by direct bonding Electricity 204 Active
US6852926B2 Packaging microelectromechanical structures Electricity 86 Expired
US6903452B2 Packaging microelectromechanical structures Electricity 74 Expired
US6812814B2 Microelectromechanical (MEMS) switching apparatus Electricity 62 Expired
US6713314B2 Hermetically packaging a microelectromechanical switch and a film bulk acoustic resonator Performing Operations; Transporting 57 Expired
US10310196B2 Monolithic physically displaceable optical waveguides Physics 32 Active
US9575341B2 Solid state LIDAR circuit with waveguides tunable to separate phase offsets Physics 31 Active
US7183622B2 Module integrating MEMS and passive components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7368808B2 MEMS packaging using a non-silicon substrate for encapsulation and interconnection Electricity 29 Expired
US7061099B2 Microelectronic package having chamber sealed by material including one or more intermetallic compounds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6686820B1 Microelectromechanical (MEMS) switching apparatus Electricity 27 Expired
US6673697B2 Packaging microelectromechanical structures Electricity 26 Expired
US9823118B2 Low power, high resolution solid state LIDAR circuit Physics 22 Active
US6806543B2 Microfluidic apparatus with integrated porous-substrate/sensor for real-time (bio)chemical molecule detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7283024B2 MEMS switch stopper bumps with adjustable height Electricity 18 Expired
US7321275B2 Ultra-low voltage capable zipper switch Electricity 18 Expired
US7170155B2 MEMS RF switch module including a vertical via Electricity 14 Expired
US10281322B2 Low power, high resolution solid state LIDAR circuit having a modulator to modulate a bit sequence onto a carrier frequency of a received optical signal Physics 12 Active
US6943419B2 Hermetically packaging a microelectromechanical switch and a film bulk acoustic resonator Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US8435809B2 Vertical mirror in a silicon photonic circuit Physics 10 Active
US9239340B2 Optomechanical sensor for accelerometry and gyroscopy Physics 9 Active
US7687297B2 Forming a cantilever assembly for vertical and lateral movement Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US7324350B2 MEMS RF switch module including a vertical via Electricity 8 Active
US6967548B2 Microelectromechanical (MEMS) switching apparatus Electricity 7 Expired
US7510907B2 Through-wafer vias and surface metallization for coupling thereto Electricity 6 Active

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