Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michael D. Camras

61Patents
17h-index
54Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 26, 1988 → Dec 20, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6784463B2 III-Phospide and III-Arsenide flip chip light-emitting devices Electricity 299 Expired
US6635904B2 Indium gallium nitride smoothing structures for III-nitride devices Electricity 272 Expired
US6489636B1 Indium gallium nitride smoothing structures for III-nitride devices Electricity 224 Expired
US6987613B2 Forming an optical element on the surface of a light emitting device for improved light extraction Electricity 125 Expired
US7009213B2 Light emitting devices with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 115 Expired
US7053419B1 Light emitting diodes with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 82 Expired
US7064355B2 Light emitting diodes with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 58 Expired
US7462502B2 Color control by alteration of wavelength converting element Electricity 44 Active
US4912532A Electro-optical device with inverted transparent substrate and method for making same Electricity 39 Expired
US6946309B2 III-Phosphide and III-Arsenide flip chip light-emitting devices Electricity 34 Expired
US7419839B2 Bonding an optical element to a light emitting device Electricity 34 Expired
US6576932B2 Increasing the brightness of III-nitride light emitting devices Electricity 33 Expired
US6914272B2 Formation of Ohmic contacts in III-nitride light emitting devices Electricity 28 Expired
US6657300B2 Formation of ohmic contacts in III-nitride light emitting devices Electricity 27 Expired
US7902566B2 Color control by alteration of wavelength converting element Electricity 27 Active
US5185288A Epitaxial growth method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US7276737B2 Light emitting devices with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 18 Expired
US5115286A Electro-optical device with inverted transparent substrate and method for making same Electricity 15 Expired
US8067254B2 Common optical element for an array of phosphor converted light emitting devices Electricity 11 Active
US7279345B2 Method of forming light emitting devices with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 9 Expired
US10312422B2 Light emitting devices with optical elements and bonding layers Electricity 8 Active
US7345323B2 Formation of Ohmic contacts in III-nitride light emitting devices Electricity 7 Expired
US10886437B2 Devices and structures bonded by inorganic coating Electricity 6 Active
US10885772B2 Road lighting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US11107346B2 Road lighting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active

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