Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

John M. Macaulay

35Patents
16h-index
37Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 20, 1990 → Jun 24, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5559389A Electron-emitting devices having variously constituted electron-emissive elements, including cones or pedestals Electricity 117 Expired
US5578185A Method for creating gated filament structures for field emision displays Electricity 101 Expired
US5139624A Method for making porous semiconductor membranes Electricity 83 Expired
US5564959A Use of charged-particle tracks in fabricating gated electron-emitting devices Electricity 62 Expired
US5089292A Field emission cathode array coated with electron work function reducing material, and method Electricity 52 Expired
US5463271A Structure for enhancing electron emission from carbon-containing cathode Electricity 46 Expired
US5462467A Fabrication of filamentary field-emission device, including self-aligned gate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5608283A Electron-emitting devices utilizing electron-emissive particles which typically contain carbon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5914150A Formation of polycarbonate film with apertures determined by etching charged-particle tracks Electricity 35 Expired
US5755944A Formation of layer having openings produced by utilizing particles deposited under influence of electric field Electricity 34 Expired
US5913704A Fabrication of electronic devices by method that involves ion tracking Electricity 31 Expired
US5897414A Technique for increasing manufacturing yield of matrix-addressable device Electricity 29 Expired
US5801477A Gated filament structures for a field emission display Electricity 25 Expired
US5552659A Structure and fabrication of gated electron-emitting device having electron optics to reduce electron-beam divergence Electricity 24 Expired
US5766446A Electrochemical removal of material, particularly excess emitter material in electron-emitting device Electricity 22 Expired
US5562516A Field-emitter fabrication using charged-particle tracks Electricity 18 Expired
US6204596A Filamentary electron-emission device having self-aligned gate or/and lower conductive/resistive region Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6019658A Fabrication of gated electron-emitting device utilizing distributed particles to define gate openings, typically in combination with spacer material to control spacing between gate layer and electron-emissive elements Electricity 12 Expired
US5900301A Structure and fabrication of electron-emitting devices utilizing electron-emissive particles which typically contain carbon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5865659A Fabrication of gated electron-emitting device utilizing distributed particles to define gate openings and utilizing spacer material to control spacing between gate layer and electron-emissive elements Electricity 9 Expired
US6187603A Fabrication of gated electron-emitting devices utilizing distributed particles to define gate openings, typically in combination with lift-off of excess emitter material Electricity 9 Expired
US6617772B1 Flat-panel display having spacer with rough face for inhibiting secondary electron escape Electricity 8 Expired
US5827099A Use of early formed lift-off layer in fabricating gated electron-emitting devices Electricity 7 Expired
US6356014B2 Electron emitters coated with carbon containing layer Electricity 7 Expired
US5666025A Flat-panel display containing structure for enhancing electron emission from carbon-containing cathode Electricity 7 Expired

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