Inventor · Sandy Hook, CT, US

Kenneth J. Stein

47Patents
13h-index
104Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 1, 1996 → Sep 19, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6621392B1 Micro electromechanical switch having self-aligned spacers Electricity 136 Expired
US6635506B2 Method of fabricating micro-electromechanical switches on CMOS compatible substrates Performing Operations; Transporting 83 Expired
US6701779B2 Perpendicular torsion micro-electromechanical switch Electricity 63 Expired
US5926359A Metal-insulator-metal capacitor Electricity 50 Expired
US7202764B2 Noble metal contacts for micro-electromechanical switches Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6890810B2 Method of fabrication of thin film resistor with zero TCR Electricity 31 Expired
US6661069B1 Micro-electromechanical varactor with enhanced tuning range Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US7867839B2 Method to reduce threshold voltage (Vt) in silicon germanium (SiGe), high-k dielectric-metal gate, p-type metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors Electricity 19 Active
US6798029B2 Method of fabricating micro-electromechanical switches on CMOS compatible substrates Electricity 17 Expired
US6597068B2 Encapsulated metal structures for semiconductor devices and MIM capacitors including the same Electricity 14 Expired
US8159040B2 Metal gate integration structure and method including metal fuse, anti-fuse and/or resistor Electricity 13 Active
US6992344B2 Damascene integration scheme for developing metal-insulator-metal capacitors Electricity 13 Expired
US6780695B1 BiCMOS integration scheme with raised extrinsic base Electricity 13 Expired
US6368953B1 Encapsulated metal structures for semiconductor devices and MIM capacitors including the same Electricity 13 Expired
US6284619A Integration scheme for multilevel metallization structures Electricity 12 Expired
US6472288B2 Method of fabricating bipolar transistors with independent impurity profile on the same chip Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7022246B2 Method of fabrication of MIMCAP and resistor at same level Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6927476B2 Bipolar device having shallow junction raised extrinsic base and method for making the same Electricity 11 Expired
US8062951B2 Method to increase effective MOSFET width Electricity 10 Active
US6613641B1 Production of metal insulator metal (MIM) structures using anodizing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6696343B1 Micro-electromechanical varactor with enhanced tuning range Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7068138B2 High Q factor integrated circuit inductor Electricity 8 Expired
US7638406B2 Method of fabricating a high Q factor integrated circuit inductor Electricity 8 Active
US6940117B2 Prevention of Ta2O5 mim cap shorting in the beol anneal cycles Electricity 7 Expired
US6756624B2 Encapsulated metal structures for semiconductor devices and MIM capacitors including the same Electricity 7 Expired

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