Inventor · Union City, CA, US

Kenneth Costello

29Patents
11h-index
21Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 3, 1988 → Mar 3, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7005637B2 Backside thinning of image array devices Electricity 48 Expired
US5684360A Electron sources utilizing negative electron affinity photocathodes with ultra-small emission areas Electricity 40 Expired
US6837766B2 Unitary vacuum tube incorporating high voltage isolation Electricity 40 Expired
US6307586A Electron bombarded active pixel sensor camera incorporating gain control Electricity 39 Expired
US8975668B2 Backside-thinned image sensor using Al2 O3 surface passivation Electricity 36 Active
US5374826A Hybrid photomultiplier tube with high sensitivity Electricity 30 Expired
US5047821A Transferred electron III-V semiconductor photocathode Electricity 23 Expired
US5932966A Electron sources utilizing patterned negative electron affinity photocathodes Electricity 17 Expired
US5268612A Feedback limited microchannel plate Electricity 13 Expired
US5326978A Focused electron-bombarded detector Electricity 12 Expired
US5391101A Method of manufacturing a feedback limited microchannel plate Electricity 11 Expired
US7042060B2 Backside thinning of image array devices Electricity 10 Expired
US5912500A Integrated photocathode Electricity 10 Expired
US4929867A Two stage light converting vacuum tube Electricity 6 Expired
US6507147B1 Unitary vacuum tube incorporating high voltage isolation Electricity 5 Expired
US7325715B2 Unitary vacuum tube incorporating high voltage isolation Electricity 4 Expired
US7012328B2 Semiconductor die attachment for high vacuum tubes Electricity 4 Expired
US8698925B2 Collimator bonding structure and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7479686B2 Backside imaging through a doped layer Electricity 3 Active
US6969839B2 Backthinned CMOS sensor with low fixed pattern noise Electricity 3 Expired
US9734977B2 Image intensifier with indexed compliant anode assembly Electricity 3 Active
US7607560B2 Semiconductor die attachment for high vacuum tubes Electricity 3 Active
US6943425B2 Wavelength extension for backthinned silicon image arrays Electricity 1 Expired
US7608533B2 Semiconductor die attachment for high vacuum tubes Electricity 1 Active
US11621289B2 Compact proximity focused image sensor Electricity 0 Active

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