Inventor · Lompoc, CA, US

Robert Herrick

19Patents
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29Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 5, 1992 → Sep 15, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8143124B2 Methods of making power semiconductor devices with thick bottom oxide layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 132 Active
US6916745B2 Structure and method for forming a trench MOSFET having self-aligned features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US7385248B2 Shielded gate field effect transistor with improved inter-poly dielectric Electricity 64 Expired
US7078296B2 Self-aligned trench MOSFETs and methods for making the same Electricity 53 Expired
US7344943B2 Method for forming a trench MOSFET having self-aligned features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US7598144B2 Method for forming inter-poly dielectric in shielded gate field effect transistor Electricity 25 Active
US7595524B2 Power device with trenches having wider upper portion than lower portion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US5259925A Method of cleaning a plurality of semiconductor devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5460034A Method for measuring and analyzing surface roughness on semiconductor laser etched facets Electricity 9 Expired
US8680611B2 Field effect transistor and schottky diode structures Electricity 7 Active
US7799636B2 Power device with trenches having wider upper portion than lower portion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8034682B2 Power device with trenches having wider upper portion than lower portion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8936985B2 Methods related to power semiconductor devices with thick bottom oxide layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8067949B2 Methods for testing lasers using optical burn-in Electricity 2 Active
US7795896B2 High-power optical burn-in Electricity 1 Active
US8716783B2 Power device with self-aligned source regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US5601687A Mask design Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7011979B2 Detecting pinholes in vertical cavity surface-emitting laser passivation Electricity 0 Expired
US11177620B2 Laser failure early warning indicator Electricity 0 Active

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