Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Steven Oliver

39Patents
11h-index
48Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 18, 2001 → Oct 11, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7300857B2 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Electricity 135 Expired
US7390687B2 Microelectronic imagers with shaped image sensors and methods for manufacturing microelectronic imagers Electricity 45 Active
US7452743B2 Microelectronic imaging units and methods of manufacturing microelectronic imaging units at the wafer level Electricity 44 Active
US7683458B2 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Electricity 33 Active
US9305956B2 Optical assembly including plenoptic microlens array Electricity 27 Active
US9184199B2 Optical assembly including plenoptic microlens array Electricity 27 Active
US7133197B2 Metal-dielectric coating for image sensor lids Physics 26 Expired
US7190039B2 Microelectronic imagers with shaped image sensors and methods for manufacturing microelectronic imagers Electricity 23 Expired
US9419049B2 Optical assembly including plenoptic microlens array Electricity 23 Active
US7425499B2 Methods for forming interconnects in vias and microelectronic workpieces including such interconnects Electricity 21 Expired
US7397066B2 Microelectronic imagers with curved image sensors and methods for manufacturing microelectronic imagers Electricity 18 Expired
US7696588B2 Microelectronic imagers with shaped image sensors and methods for manufacturing microelectronic imagers Electricity 11 Active
US7956443B2 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Electricity 10 Active
US7923298B2 Imager die package and methods of packaging an imager die on a temporary carrier Electricity 10 Active
US7749899B2 Microelectronic workpieces and methods and systems for forming interconnects in microelectronic workpieces Electricity 9 Active
US7169248B1 Methods for releasably attaching support members to microfeature workpieces and microfeature assemblies formed using such methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6701043B2 Arrayed waveguide grating having a reflective input coupling Physics 9 Expired
US9848113B2 Multi-band biometric camera system having iris color recognition Physics 9 Active
US8324100B2 Methods of forming conductive vias Electricity 6 Active
US7560371B2 Methods for selectively filling apertures in a substrate to form conductive vias with a liquid using a vacuum Electricity 5 Active
US8669179B2 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Electricity 5 Active
US6865323B2 Athermal optical coupler Physics 4 Expired
US8502353B2 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Electricity 4 Active
US7993944B2 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices having integral reference features and methods for manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Electricity 2 Active
US9077901B2 Light field image capture device having 2D image capture mode Electricity 2 Active

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