Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Robert Drury

34Patents
11h-index
15Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 29, 1976 → Jun 21, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.