Inventor · Long Beach, NC, US

Michael Murphy

28Patents
11h-index
31Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 4, 1985 → Sep 9, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7084475B2 Lateral conduction Schottky diode with plural mesas Electricity 78 Expired
US6533216B1 System and methods for providing under-wrap access to optical fiber wound onto spools Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Expired
US7501670B2 Cascode circuit employing a depletion-mode, GaN-based FET Electricity 46 Active
US7115896B2 Semiconductor structures for gallium nitride-based devices Electricity 38 Expired
US5844451A Circuit element having at least two physically separated coil-layers Electricity 29 Expired
US6127886A Switched amplifying device Electricity 24 Expired
US7863172B2 Gallium nitride semiconductor device Electricity 22 Active
US7939853B2 Termination and contact structures for a high voltage GaN-based heterojunction transistor Electricity 22 Active
US7229866B2 Non-activated guard ring for semiconductor devices Electricity 16 Expired
US6643445B2 Fiber optic spools and methods of making the same Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US6351183B1 Switched amplifying device Electricity 11 Expired
US8928037B2 Heterostructure power transistor with AlSiN passivation layer Electricity 8 Active
US7253015B2 Low doped layer for nitride-based semiconductor device Electricity 8 Expired
US4654887A Radio frequency mixer Electricity 8 Expired
US5921036A Drive-through restaurant Fixed Constructions 8 Expired
USD437207S Optical waveguide spool General 6 Expired
US10207552B2 Deployable containers, systems and methods for deploying containers Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
US8169003B2 Termination and contact structures for a high voltage GaN-based heterojunction transistor Electricity 6 Active
USD561789S1 Industrial compactor system General 5 Expired
US7954426B2 Compactor systems and methods for compacting a mass Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US7436039B2 Gallium nitride semiconductor device Electricity 4 Expired
USD499006S1 Optical waveguide spool General 4 Expired
US9574969B2 Apparatuses for screen testing an optical fiber and methods for using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US5685789A Speed measuring sports goal system Human Necessities 2 Expired
US10446676B2 Heterostructure power transistor with AlSiN passivation layer Electricity 1 Active

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