Inventor · Plano, TX, US

Ralph H. Johnson

99Patents
12h-index
46Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 27, 1990 → Oct 25, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6411638B1 Coupled cavity anti-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser Electricity 54 Expired
US5903588A Laser with a selectively changed current confining layer Electricity 54 Expired
US5940422A Laser with an improved mode control Electricity 53 Expired
US7031363B2 Long wavelength VCSEL device processing Electricity 34 Expired
US6064683A Bandgap isolated light emitter Electricity 31 Expired
US7095770B2 Vertical cavity surface emitting laser including indium, antimony and nitrogen in the active region Electricity 29 Expired
US7255746B2 Nitrogen sources for molecular beam epitaxy Electricity 18 Expired
US5156052A Ribbed and bossed pressure transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6798806B1 Hybrid mirror VCSELs Electricity 15 Expired
US6813293B2 Long wavelength VCSEL with tunnel junction, and implant Electricity 14 Expired
US6603784B1 Mechanical stabilization of lattice mismatched quantum wells Electricity 13 Expired
US5174156A Pressure transducer with reduced offset signal Physics 13 Expired
US6965626B2 Single mode VCSEL Electricity 12 Expired
US6990135B2 Distributed bragg reflector for optoelectronic device Electricity 11 Expired
US7346090B2 Vertical cavity surface emitting laser including trench and proton implant isolation Electricity 11 Active
US5264715A Emitting with structures located at positions which prevent certain disadvantageous modes and enhance generation of light in advantageous modes Electricity 10 Expired
US7221691B2 Versatile method and system for single mode VCSELs Electricity 10 Expired
US6905900B1 Versatile method and system for single mode VCSELs Electricity 9 Expired
US7826506B2 Vertical cavity surface emitting laser having multiple top-side contacts Electricity 9 Active
US7251264B2 Distributed bragg reflector for optoelectronic device Electricity 8 Expired
US6975660B2 Vertical cavity surface emitting laser including indium and antimony in the active region Electricity 7 Expired
US9606598B2 Automatic tuning for a memory voltage regulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8031752B1 VCSEL optimized for high speed data Electricity 7 Active
US8837547B2 Lasers with InGaAs quantum wells with InGaP barrier layers with reduced decomposition Electricity 6 Active
US6256333A VCSEL structure insensitive to mobile hydrogen Electricity 6 Expired

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