Inventor · Fort Collins, CO, US

Thomas Dungan

33Patents
11h-index
23Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 4, 1993 → Jun 15, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6228042A Chiropractic adjusting tool Human Necessities 96 Expired
US5311391A Electrostatic discharge protection circuit with dynamic triggering Electricity 67 Expired
US6417074B2 Method of manufacturing a structure for reducing leakage currents by providing isolation between adjacent regions of an integrated circuit Electricity 50 Expired
US6437379B1 Integrated circuit device providing isolation between adjacent regions Electricity 49 Expired
US7208783B2 Optical enhancement of integrated circuit photodetectors Electricity 39 Expired
US7115924B1 Pixel with asymmetric transfer gate channel doping Electricity 25 Expired
US5591219A Frequency modulator Human Necessities 24 Expired
US7202560B2 Wafer bonding of micro-electro mechanical systems to active circuitry Electricity 22 Expired
US6350663B1 Method for reducing leakage currents of active area diodes and source/drain diffusions Electricity 17 Expired
US8536693B2 Tiered integrated circuit assembly and a method for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7248131B2 Monolithic vertical integration of an acoustic resonator and electronic circuitry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US8143082B2 Wafer bonding of micro-electro mechanical systems to active circuitry Electricity 10 Active
US9653586B2 Amplifier device comprising enhanced thermal transfer and structural features Electricity 8 Active
US5532896A Distributed silicon controlled rectifiers for ESD protection Electricity 7 Expired
US7755123B2 Apparatus, system, and method providing backside illuminated imaging device Electricity 6 Active
US7557397B2 Pixel with asymmetric transfer gate channel doping Electricity 4 Active
US7960768B2 3D backside illuminated image sensor with multiplexed pixel structure Electricity 3 Active
US7623165B2 Vertical tri-color sensor Electricity 2 Active
US9589865B2 Power amplifier die having multiple amplifiers Electricity 1 Active
US7940315B2 Method and apparatus for identification and correction of aberrant pixels in an image sensor Electricity 1 Active
US11721685B2 Copper-bonded memory stacks with copper-bonded interconnection memory systems Electricity 1 Active
US10032690B2 Semiconductor structure including a thermally conductive, electrically insulating layer Electricity 0 Active
US9576920B2 Moisture barrier for semiconductor structures with stress relief Electricity 0 Active
US12166027B2 Copper-bonded memory stacks with copper-bonded interconnection memory systems Electricity 0 Active
US8741705B2 Metal-oxide-semiconductor high electron mobility transistors and methods of fabrication Electricity 0 Active

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