Inventor · McKinney, TX, US

Leland Swanson

52Patents
14h-index
22Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 29, 1993 → Mar 11, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6376285B1 Annealed porous silicon with epitaxial layer for SOI Electricity 67 Expired
US6262445A SiC sidewall process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5334539A Fabrication of poly(p-phenyleneacetylene) light-emitting diodes Electricity 37 Expired
US6528426B1 Integrated circuit interconnect and method Electricity 35 Expired
US8386814B2 Continuous monitoring of a USB client for battery charging specification charging capacity Electricity 34 Active
US6555476B1 Silicon carbide as a stop layer in chemical mechanical polishing for isolation dielectric Electricity 30 Expired
US6261892A Intra-chip AC isolation of RF passive components Electricity 28 Expired
US6103590A SiC patterning of porous silicon Electricity 24 Expired
US6537607B1 Selective deposition of emissive layer in electroluminescent displays Electricity 22 Expired
US6949454B2 Guard ring structure for a Schottky diode Electricity 17 Expired
US6362065B1 Blocking of boron diffusion through the emitter-emitter poly interface in PNP HBTs through use of a SiC layer at the top of the emitter epi layer Electricity 17 Expired
US6255211A Silicon carbide stop layer in chemical mechanical polishing over metallization layers Electricity 17 Expired
US6890836B2 Scribe street width reduction by deep trench and shallow saw cut Electricity 16 Expired
US6455393B1 Air bridge/dielectric fill inductors Electricity 15 Expired
US6503838B1 Integrated circuit isolation of functionally distinct RF circuits Electricity 14 Expired
US6376859B1 Variable porosity porous silicon isolation Electricity 13 Expired
US6552375B2 Blocking of boron diffusion through the emitter-emitter poly interface in PNP HBTs through use of a SiC layer at the top of the emitter epi layer Electricity 11 Expired
US7368991B2 System and method for clamping a differential amplifier Electricity 10 Active
US6724066B2 High breakdown voltage transistor and method Electricity 10 Expired
US5352906A Poly (p-phenyleneneacetylene) light-emitting diodes Electricity 8 Expired
US6197654A Lightly positively doped silicon wafer anodization process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6656811B2 Carbide emitter mask etch stop Electricity 7 Expired
US6765450B2 Common mode rejection in differential pairs using slotted ground planes Electricity 7 Expired
US6787397B2 Semiconductor device protective overcoat with enhanced adhesion to polymeric materials and method of fabrication Electricity 6 Expired
US9201438B2 Buck DC-DC converter with accuracy enhancement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active

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