Inventor · Manhattan Beach, CA, US

Thomas Herman

47Patents
22h-index
11Co-inventors
82Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 18, 1980 → Jun 24, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4593302A Process for manufacture of high power MOSFET with laterally distributed high carrier density beneath the gate oxide Electricity 132 Expired
US4376286A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 118 Expired
US4680853A Process for manufacture of high power MOSFET with laterally distributed high carrier density beneath the gate oxide Electricity 91 Expired
US4705759A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 81 Expired
US4399449A Composite metal and polysilicon field plate structure for high voltage semiconductor devices Electricity 77 Expired
US5008725A Plural polygon source pattern for MOSFET Electricity 74 Expired
US4959699A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 71 Expired
USD532891S1 Air freshener device General 64 Expired
USD510991S1 Air freshener device General 63 Expired
US4642666A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 62 Expired
US5130767A Plural polygon source pattern for mosfet Electricity 61 Expired
US4412242A Planar structure for high voltage semiconductor devices with gaps in glassy layer over high field regions Electricity 54 Expired
USD493516S1 Air freshener device General 52 Expired
US5338961A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 49 Expired
US5742087A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 47 Expired
US5598018A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 39 Expired
USD498525S1 Air freshener device General 38 Expired
US4779126A Optically triggered lateral thyristor with auxiliary region Electricity 38 Expired
US5191396A High power MOSFET with low on-resistance and high breakdown voltage Electricity 37 Expired
USD550829S1 Air freshener device General 33 Expired
US8264003B2 Merged cascode transistor Electricity 28 Active
USD512496S1 Air freshener device General 22 Expired
USD514213S1 Air freshener device General 19 Expired
USD514212S1 Air freshener device General 18 Expired
US7482205B2 Process for resurf diffusion for high voltage MOSFET Electricity 14 Active

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