Inventor · Milwaukee, WI, US

Robert W. Lade

40Patents
15h-index
11Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 18, 1975 → May 8, 1989

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4541001A Bidirectional power FET with substrate-referenced shield Electricity 42 Expired
US4546367A Lateral bidirectional notch FET with extended gate insulator Electricity 35 Expired
US4295058A Radiant energy activated semiconductor switch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US4612465A Lateral bidirectional notch FET with gates at non-common potentials Electricity 24 Expired
US4574209A Split gate EFET and circuitry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4574208A Raised split gate EFET and circuitry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US3971056A Semiconductor temperature switches Electricity 23 Expired
US4936143A Cylinders having piston position measurement Physics 22 Expired
US4553151A Bidirectional power FET with field shaping Electricity 21 Expired
US4577052A AC Solar cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4050083A Integrated thermally sensitive power switching semiconductor device, including a thermally self-protected version Electricity 17 Expired
US4323793A Thyristor having widened region of temperature sensitivity with respect to breakover voltage Electricity 17 Expired
US4542396A Trapped charge bidirectional power FET Electricity 17 Expired
US4622568A Planar field-shaped bidirectional power FET Electricity 16 Expired
US4622569A Lateral bidirectional power FET with notched multi-channel stacking and with dual gate reference terminal means Electricity 15 Expired
US4670764A Multi-channel power JFET with buried field shaping regions Electricity 14 Expired
US4571513A Lateral bidirectional dual notch shielded FET Electricity 13 Expired
US4574207A Lateral bidirectional dual notch FET with non-planar main electrodes Electricity 13 Expired
US4571606A High density, high voltage power FET Electricity 13 Expired
US4571512A Lateral bidirectional shielded notch FET Electricity 13 Expired
US4533783A AC solar cell with alternately generated pn junctions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US4577208A Bidirectional power FET with integral avalanche protection Electricity 11 Expired
US4949584A Apparatus for measuring depth of a fluid chamber Physics 8 Expired
US4119845A Thermally-sensitive, photo-controlled semiconductor switching systems Electricity 8 Expired
US4529998A Amplified gate thyristor with non-latching amplified control transistors across base layers Electricity 7 Expired

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