Inventor · Hitachi, JP

Tsutomu Yatsuo

41Patents
11h-index
55Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 5, 1974 → Feb 26, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5736753A Semiconductor device for improved power conversion having a hexagonal-system single-crystal silicon carbide Electricity 36 Expired
US4100562A Light coupled semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Electricity 30 Expired
US6353236B1 Semiconductor surge absorber, electrical-electronic apparatus, and power module using the same Electricity 22 Expired
US6169672A Power converter with clamping circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4691223A Semiconductor device having high breakdown voltage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US3947864A Diode-integrated thyristor Electricity 14 Expired
US4016593A Bidirectional photothyristor device Electricity 14 Expired
US4016592A Light-activated semiconductor-controlled rectifier Electricity 13 Expired
US4542398A Semiconductor devices of multi-emitter type Electricity 13 Expired
US4443810A Gate turn-off amplified thyristor with non-shorted auxiliary anode Electricity 12 Expired
US4110781A Bidirectional grooved thyristor fired by activation of the beveled surfaces Electricity 11 Expired
US3978514A Diode-integrated high speed thyristor Electricity 10 Expired
US6180959A Static induction semiconductor device, and driving method and drive circuit thereof Electricity 10 Expired
US4388635A High breakdown voltage semiconductor device Electricity 10 Expired
US6566726B1 Semiconductor device and power converter using the same Electricity 8 Expired
US4216487A Bidirectional light-activated thyristor having substrate optical isolation Electricity 7 Expired
US5324967A Turn off type semiconductor device, method of producing the same and the power conversion apparatus employing the same Electricity 7 Expired
US4626888A Gate turn-off thyristor Electricity 7 Expired
US8003991B2 Silicon carbide MOS field effect transistor with built-in Schottky diode and method for fabrication thereof Electricity 7 Active
US3967308A Semiconductor controlled rectifier Electricity 6 Expired
US6384428B1 Silicon carbide semiconductor switching device Electricity 6 Expired
US5021855A Gate turn-off thyristor Electricity 5 Expired
US4825270A Gate turn-off thyristor Electricity 4 Expired
US4651189A Semiconductor device provided with electrically floating control electrode Electricity 3 Expired
US7811874B2 Method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device, and silicon carbide semiconductor device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active

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