Inventor · Thalwil, CH

Peter Vettiger

62Patents
21h-index
83Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 16, 1977 → Apr 17, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5177031A Method of passivating etched mirror facets of semiconductor laser diodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 152 Expired
US6092422A Mechanical signal producer based on micromechanical oscillators and intelligent acoustic detectors and systems based thereon Physics 125 Expired
US5376587A Method for making cooling structures for directly cooling an active layer of a semiconductor chip Electricity 93 Expired
US5835477A Mass-storage applications of local probe arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US4803181A Process for forming sub-micrometer patterns using silylation of resist side walls Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 88 Expired
US5247597A Optical fiber alignment Physics 74 Expired
US7928565B2 Semiconductor device with a high thermal dissipation efficiency Electricity 68 Active
US6084849A Shape memory alloy recording medium, storage devices based thereon, and method for using these storage devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US5171717A Method for batch cleaving semiconductor wafers and coating cleaved facets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US5319725A Bilithic composite for optoelectronic integration Electricity 55 Expired
US6079255A Mechanically coupled alternatively usable cantilever structures for scanning a surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5287001A Cooling structures and package modules for semiconductors Electricity 49 Expired
US6249747A Investigation and/or manipulation device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5032219A Method for improving the planarity of etched mirror facets Electricity 37 Expired
US4732871A Process for producing undercut dummy gate mask profiles for MESFETs Electricity 35 Expired
US7071031B2 Three-dimensional integrated CMOS-MEMS device and process for making the same Electricity 31 Expired
US6835589B2 Three-dimensional integrated CMOS-MEMS device and process for making the same Electricity 28 Expired
US6647766B2 Device for contacting and/or modifying a surface having a cantilever and a method for production of said cantilever Physics 27 Expired
US6218086A Method of forming ultrasmall structures and apparatus therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6369400B2 Magnetic scanning or positioning system with at least two degrees of freedom Electricity 22 Expired
US4591540A Method of transferring a pattern into a radiation-sensitive layer Physics 22 Expired
US5103493A Improved planar etched mirror facets Electricity 20 Expired
US6291140A Low-cost photoplastic cantilever Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5739425A Cantilever with integrated deflection sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6566653B1 Investigation device and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired

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