Inventor · Minneapolis, MN, US

William Witcraft

27Patents
11h-index
27Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 30, 1992 → Jul 24, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5280894A Fixture for backside wafer etching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 315 Expired
US6048739A Method of manufacturing a high density magnetic memory device Electricity 84 Expired
US5569617A Method of making integrated spacer for magnetoresistive RAM Electricity 62 Expired
US7126330B2 Integrated three-dimensional magnetic sensing device and method to fabricate an integrated three-dimensional magnetic sensing device Physics 43 Expired
US7358722B2 Integrated three-dimensional magnetic sensing device and method to fabricate an integrated three-dimensional magnetic sensing device Physics 30 Active
US7637024B2 Magnetic field sensing device for compassing and switching Electricity 26 Expired
US5820924A Method of fabricating a magnetoresistive sensor Physics 21 Expired
US7239000B2 Semiconductor device and magneto-resistive sensor integration Physics 20 Expired
US6771533B2 Magnetic non-volatile memory coil layout architecture and process integration scheme Electricity 16 Expired
US6903429B2 Magnetic sensor integrated with CMOS Electricity 13 Expired
US6717403B2 Method and system for improving the efficiency of the set and offset straps on a magnetic sensor Physics 12 Expired
US6850057B2 Barber pole structure for magnetoresistive sensors and method of forming same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6914805B2 Method for building a magnetic keeper or flux concentrator used for writing magnetic bits on a MRAM device Physics 8 Expired
US6700371B2 Three dimensional conductive strap for a magnetorestrictive sensor Physics 8 Expired
US7037604B2 Magnetic sensing device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7449882B2 Integrated set/reset driver and magneto-resistive sensor Physics 6 Active
US7046547B2 Magnetic non-volatile memory coil layout architecture and process integration scheme Electricity 5 Expired
US7420365B2 Single chip MR sensor integrated with an RF transceiver Physics 4 Active
US6845036B2 Magnetic non-volatile memory coil layout architecture and process integration scheme Electricity 4 Expired
US7277793B2 Method and apparatus for an integrated GPS receiver and electronic compassing sensor device Physics 3 Active
US7423329B2 Semiconductor device and magneto-resistive sensor integration Physics 2 Active
US7426097B2 Giant magnetoresistive device with buffer-oxide layer between seed and ferromagnetic layers to provide smooth interfaces Electricity 2 Expired
US6961265B2 Magnetic non-volatile memory coil layout architecture and process integration scheme Electricity 2 Expired
US7206693B2 Method and apparatus for an integrated GPS receiver and electronic compassing sensor device Physics 1 Expired
US7265543B2 Integrated set/reset driver and magneto-resistive sensor Physics 1 Expired

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