Inventor · Reno, NV, US

Ralph G. Whitten

34Patents
18h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 15, 1986 → Jun 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5661592A Method of making and an apparatus for a flat diffraction grating light valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 254 Expired
US6429029B1 Concurrent design and subsequent partitioning of product and test die Electricity 173 Expired
US6690185B1 Large contactor with multiple, aligned contactor units Physics 173 Expired
US6456099B1 Special contact points for accessing internal circuitry of an integrated circuit Electricity 134 Expired
US5341267A Structures for electrostatic discharge protection of electrical and other components Electricity 95 Expired
US4796075A Fusible link structure for integrated circuits Electricity 93 Expired
US6825052B2 Test assembly including a test die for testing a semiconductor product die Electricity 92 Expired
US6621260B2 Special contact points for accessing internal circuitry of an integrated circuit Electricity 81 Expired
US6476630B1 Method for testing signal paths between an integrated circuit wafer and a wafer tester Physics 79 Expired
US6597187B2 Special contact points for accessing internal circuitry of an integrated circuit Electricity 79 Expired
US5903041A Integrated two-terminal fuse-antifuse and fuse and integrated two-terminal fuse-antifuse structures incorporating an air gap Electricity 78 Expired
US6603324B2 Special contact points for accessing internal circuitry of an integrated circuit Electricity 73 Expired
US6551844B1 Test assembly including a test die for testing a semiconductor product die Electricity 59 Expired
US5502315A Electrically programmable interconnect structure having a PECVD amorphous silicon element Electricity 50 Expired
US5780919A Electrically programmable interconnect structure having a PECVD amorphous silicon element Electricity 29 Expired
US5451811A Electrically programmable interconnect element for integrated circuits Electricity 27 Expired
US5412261A Two-stage programmable interconnect architecture Electricity 25 Expired
US9547968B2 Pre-smoke detector and system for use in early detection of developing fires Physics 23 Active
US6940093B2 Special contact points for accessing internal circuitry of an integrated circuit Electricity 17 Expired
US10453321B2 Pre-smoke detector and system for use in early detection of developing fires Physics 17 Active
US9922517B2 Pre-smoke detector and system for use in early detection of developing fires Physics 15 Active
US7557596B2 Test assembly including a test die for testing a semiconductor product die Electricity 12 Expired
US5717230A Field programmable gate array having reproducible metal-to-metal amorphous silicon antifuses Electricity 10 Expired
US6150199A Method for fabrication of programmable interconnect structure Electricity 9 Expired
US10724976B2 Systems and methods for determining at least one property of a material Physics 9 Active

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