Robert Drury
34Patents
11h-index
15Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 29, 1976 → Jun 21, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6958194B1 | Imager with improved sensitivity | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 78 | Expired |
| US6797454B1 | Method and apparatus for thermal processing a photosensitive element | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US7301212B1 | MEMS microphone | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US7250842B1 | MEMS inductor with very low resistance | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US7268410B1 | Integrated switching voltage regulator using copper process technology | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US7463131B1 | Patterned magnetic layer on-chip inductor | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US7373833B2 | MEMS pressure sensing device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Active |
| US5145717A | Stripping method for removing resist from a printed circuit board | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US6852562B1 | Low-cost method of forming a color imager | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US7005388B1 | Method of forming through-the-wafer metal interconnect structures | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US4097344A | Electrochemical coupling of perfluoroalkyl iodides | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 12 | Expired |
| US6853079B1 | Conductive trace with reduced RF impedance resulting from the skin effect | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US6864581B1 | Etched metal trace with reduced RF impendance resulting from the skin effect | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6703710B1 | Dual damascene metal trace with reduced RF impedance resulting from the skin effect | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6972457B1 | Imaging cell that has a long integration period and method of operating the imaging cell | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7105906B1 | Photodiode that reduces the effects of surface recombination sites | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7022968B1 | Optical sensor that measures the light output by the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6940133B1 | Integrated trim structure utilizing dynamic doping | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7202538B1 | Ultra low leakage MOSFET transistor | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7121146B1 | MEMS pressure sensing device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Expired |
| US7239712B1 | Inductor-based MEMS microphone | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7351593B1 | Method of improving on-chip power inductor performance in DC-DC regulators | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US6740956B1 | Metal trace with reduced RF impedance resulting from the skin effect | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7328609B1 | Wireless pressure sensing Schrader valve | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US7309639B1 | Method of forming a metal trace with reduced RF impedance resulting from the skin effect | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.