Inventor · Santa Cruz, CA, US

Thomas Hoffmann

67Patents
12h-index
79Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1979 → Nov 20, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4258948A Roofer's bundle tool Performing Operations; Transporting 69 Expired
US6949482B2 Method for improving transistor performance through reducing the salicide interface resistance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US5838517A Shock protected high stack density suspension system Physics 37 Expired
US6870179B2 Increasing stress-enhanced drive current in a MOS transistor Electricity 32 Expired
US5497282A Disk drive system having open slot swage connection Physics 24 Expired
US7274055B2 Method for improving transistor performance through reducing the salicide interface resistance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6069773A Shock protected high stack density suspension system Physics 20 Expired
US4643316A Sorting tray Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US9054219B1 Semiconductor devices having fin structures and fabrication methods thereof Electricity 18 Active
US5930080A Transducer suspension system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US9299801B1 Method for fabricating a transistor device with a tuned dopant profile Electricity 14 Active
US7045408B2 Integrated circuit with improved channel stress properties and a method for making it Electricity 14 Expired
US8735987B1 CMOS gate stack structures and processes Electricity 12 Active
US5742996A Method of manufacturing a transducer suspension system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6578341B2 Butt joint of frame components Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Expired
US8813755B2 Surgical cover having integrated fluid barrier Human Necessities 9 Active
US9196727B2 High uniformity screen and epitaxial layers for CMOS devices Electricity 6 Active
US8614128B1 CMOS structures and processes based on selective thinning Electricity 6 Active
US7338847B2 Methods of manufacturing a stressed MOS transistor structure Electricity 5 Expired
US9299698B2 Semiconductor structure with multiple transistors having various threshold voltages Electricity 5 Active
US8629016B1 Multiple transistor types formed in a common epitaxial layer by differential out-diffusion from a doped underlayer Electricity 5 Active
US7482670B2 Enhancing strained device performance by use of multi narrow section layout Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7452764B2 Gate-induced strain for MOS performance improvement Electricity 4 Expired
US7101765B2 Enhancing strained device performance by use of multi narrow section layout Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US10700065B2 Leakage current reduction in electrical isolation gate structures Electricity 4 Active

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