Kevin Tjaden
36Patents
15h-index
11Co-inventors
70Inventor score
Filing activity: May 15, 1992 → Feb 6, 2001
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5391259A | Method for forming a substantially uniform array of sharp tips | Electricity | 112 | Expired |
| US6135856A | Apparatus and method for semiconductor planarization | Performing Operations; Transporting | 99 | Expired |
| US5374868A | Method for formation of a trench accessible cold-cathode field emission device | Electricity | 91 | Expired |
| US5585301A | Method for forming high resistance resistors for limiting cathode current in field emission displays | Electricity | 81 | Expired |
| US5302238A | Plasma dry etch to produce atomically sharp asperities useful as cold cathodes | Electricity | 65 | Expired |
| US5302239A | Method of making atomically sharp tips useful in scanning probe microscopes | Electricity | 55 | Expired |
| US5712534A | High resistance resistors for limiting cathode current in field emmision displays | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
| US6780491B1 | Microstructures including hydrophilic particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US5899799A | Method and system to increase delivery of slurry to the surface of large substrates during polishing operations | Performing Operations; Transporting | 26 | Expired |
| US5817373A | Dry dispense of particles for microstructure fabrication | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US5804910A | Field emission displays with low function emitters and method of making low work function emitters | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5641706A | Method for formation of a self-aligned N-well for isolated field emission devices | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5831378A | Insulative barrier useful in field emission displays for reducing surface leakage | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US6066507A | Method to form an insulative barrier useful in field emission displays for reducing surface leakage | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6083767A | Method of patterning a semiconductor device | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6190223A | Method of manufacture of composite self-aligned extraction grid and in-plane focusing ring | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5696028A | Method to form an insulative barrier useful in field emission displays for reducing surface leakage | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5994834A | Conductive address structure for field emission displays | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US6012958A | Field emission device micropoint with current-limiting resistive structure and method for making same | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US5770919A | Field emission device micropoint with current-limiting resistive structure and method for making same | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6181308A | Light-insensitive resistor for current-limiting of field emission displays | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6080325A | Method of etching a substrate and method of forming a plurality of emitter tips | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6126845A | Method of forming an array of emmitter tips | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5753130A | Method for forming a substantially uniform array of sharp tips | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6423239B1 | Methods of making an etch mask and etching a substrate using said etch mask | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.