Inventor · Mechelen, BE

Wilfried Vandervorst

27Patents
10h-index
27Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 9, 1992 → Sep 23, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7598482B1 Wavelength-sensitive detector with elongate nanostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Active
US5723981A Method for measuring the electrical potential in a semiconductor element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6201401A Method for measuring the electrical potential in a semiconductor element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6091248A Method for measuring the electrical potential in a semiconductor element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6328902A Probe tip configuration and a method of fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5585734A Method for determining the resistance and carrier profile of a semiconductor element using a scanning proximity microscope Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6690008B2 Probe and method of manufacturing mounted AFM probes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6504152B2 Probe tip configuration and a method of fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5995912A Database and method for measurement correction for cross-sectional carrier profiling techniques Electricity 14 Expired
US6809317B2 Method and apparatus for local surface analysis Physics 12 Expired
US6756584B2 Probe tip and method of manufacturing probe tips by peel-off Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6823723B2 Method and apparatus for performing atomic force microscopy measurements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7133128B2 System and method for measuring properties of a semiconductor substrate in a non-destructive way Physics 3 Expired
US5369372A Method for resistance measurements on a semiconductor element with controlled probe pressure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US9612258B2 Probe configuration and method of fabrication thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US10746759B2 Method for determining the shape of a sample tip for atom probe tomography Electricity 1 Active
US8484761B2 Method for cost-efficient manufacturing diamond tips for ultra-high resolution electrical measurements and devices obtained thereof Physics 1 Active
US8232517B2 Wavelength-sensitive detector comprising photoconductor units each having different types of elongated nanostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9588137B2 Method for determining local resistivity and carrier concentration using scanning spreading resistance measurement set-up Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US11549963B2 Method and apparatus for aligning a probe for scanning probe microscopy to the tip of a pointed sample Electricity 0 Active
US10495666B2 Device and method for two dimensional active carrier profiling of semiconductor components Electricity 0 Active
US10541108B2 Method and apparatus for transmission electron microscopy Electricity 0 Active
US10014178B2 Method for differential heating of elongate nano-scaled structures Electricity 0 Active
US8211812B2 Method for fabricating a high-K dielectric layer Electricity 0 Active
US11125805B2 Device for measuring surface characteristics of a material Physics 0 Active

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