Inventor · Concord, MA, US

Philip L. Hower

51Patents
8h-index
39Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 6, 1976 → Jan 7, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6958515B2 N-channel LDMOS with buried p-type region to prevent parasitic bipolar effects Electricity 63 Expired
US7268045B2 N-channel LDMOS with buried P-type region to prevent parasitic bipolar effects Electricity 38 Expired
US5164813A New diode structure Electricity 18 Expired
US4901120A Structure for fast-recovery bipolar devices Electricity 17 Expired
US4231059A Technique for controlling emitter ballast resistance Electricity 16 Expired
US4551353A Method for reducing leakage currents in semiconductor devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6624481B1 ESD robust bipolar transistor with high variable trigger and sustaining voltages Electricity 10 Expired
US7262109B2 Integrated circuit having a transistor level top side wafer contact and a method of manufacture therefor Electricity 8 Expired
US7195965B2 Premature breakdown in submicron device geometries Electricity 6 Expired
US4042947A High voltage transistor with high gain Electricity 6 Expired
US4112362A Method for the nondestructive testing of voltage limiting blocks Physics 5 Expired
US8643099B2 Integrated lateral high voltage MOSFET Electricity 5 Active
US8728846B2 Vertical thermoelectric structures Electricity 5 Active
US7417270B2 Distributed high voltage JFET Electricity 5 Expired
US6815276B2 Segmented power MOSFET of safe operation Electricity 4 Expired
US7846789B2 Isolation trench with rounded corners for BiCMOS process Electricity 4 Active
US8853029B2 Method of making vertical transistor with graded field plate dielectric Electricity 4 Active
US8878330B2 Integrated high voltage divider Electricity 3 Active
US9349933B2 Vertical thermoelectric structures Electricity 3 Active
US6878999B2 Transistor with improved safe operating area Electricity 3 Expired
US7605412B2 Distributed high voltage JFET Electricity 3 Active
US9985095B2 Lateral MOSFET with buried drain extension layer Electricity 2 Active
US7989853B2 Integration of high voltage JFET in linear bipolar CMOS process Electricity 2 Active
US8278683B2 Lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor Electricity 2 Active
US7345343B2 Integrated circuit having a top side wafer contact and a method of manufacture therefor Electricity 2 Expired

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