Inventor · Pasadena, CA, US

Thomas J. Cunningham

35Patents
11h-index
27Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 2, 1976 → Aug 10, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7615808B2 Structure for implementation of back-illuminated CMOS or CCD imagers Electricity 84 Active
US5386128A Monolithic in-based III-V compound semiconductor focal plane array cell with single stage CCD output Electricity 64 Expired
US6346700B1 Delta-doped hybrid advanced detector for low energy particle detection Electricity 56 Expired
US7268814B1 Time-delayed-integration imaging with active pixel sensors Electricity 39 Expired
US6519371B1 High-speed on-chip windowed centroiding using photodiode-based CMOS imager Electricity 30 Expired
US4556265A RF Coaxial-strip line connector Electricity 24 Expired
US6133572A Infrared detector system with controlled thermal conductance Physics 20 Expired
US6721464B2 High-speed on-chip windowed centroiding using photodiode-based CMOS imager Electricity 19 Expired
US6107619A Delta-doped hybrid advanced detector for low energy particle detection Electricity 16 Expired
US7019345B2 Photodiode CMOS imager with column-feedback soft-reset for imaging under ultra-low illumination and with high dynamic range Electricity 12 Expired
US8880358B2 Sensing device Physics 12 Active
US4129744A Solder connection between copper and aluminum conductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5127207A Case blank feed device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5855137A Method of manufacturing a reservoir tube Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US8624769B2 Mixed linear/square-root encoded single slope ramp provides a fast, low noise analog to digital converter with very high linearity for focal plane arrays Electricity 5 Active
US8663131B2 Tongue strength evaluation system and method Human Necessities 3 Active
US5185988A Tower compression unit Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US7928533B2 Nano-multiplication region avalanche photodiodes and arrays Electricity 2 Active
US9687192B2 Tongue evaluation system and method Human Necessities 2 Active
US8164663B2 Analog bus driver and multiplexer Electricity 2 Active
US9105548B2 Sparsely-bonded CMOS hybrid imager Electricity 2 Active
US9668675B2 Sensing device Physics 1 Active
US10085686B2 Tongue evaluation system and method Human Necessities 1 Active
US7235771B2 Increasing the dynamic range of CMOS photodiode imagers Electricity 1 Expired
US9466634B2 Pixels, imagers and related fabrication methods Electricity 0 Active

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