Inventor · Hangzhou City, CN

Xiaofeng Fan

76Patents
15h-index
63Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 30, 2005 → Mar 29, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8773562B1 Vertically stacked image sensor Electricity 276 Active
US10003759B2 Vertically stacked image sensor Electricity 37 Active
US7924333B2 Method and apparatus providing shared pixel straight gate architecture Electricity 34 Active
US7985658B2 Method of forming substrate for use in imager devices Electricity 30 Active
US7763913B2 Imaging method, apparatus, and system providing improved imager quantum efficiency Electricity 26 Active
US9319611B2 Image sensor with flexible pixel summing Electricity 24 Active
US9549099B2 Hybrid image sensor Electricity 24 Active
US9293500B2 Exposure control for image sensors Electricity 23 Active
US7964929B2 Method and apparatus providing imager pixels with shared pixel components Electricity 22 Active
US9741754B2 Charge transfer circuit with storage nodes in image sensors Electricity 21 Active
US9596420B2 Image sensor having pixels with different integration periods Electricity 20 Active
US9318479B2 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) with lateral gated section Electricity 16 Active
US9406713B2 Vertically stacked image sensor Electricity 15 Active
US10072815B2 Top-emission VCSEL-array with integrated diffuser Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Active
US9356061B2 Image sensor with buried light shield and vertical gate Electricity 15 Active
US10438987B2 Stacked backside illuminated SPAD array Electricity 14 Active
US10462402B2 Image sensor having full well capacity beyond photodiode capacity Electricity 12 Active
US9245917B2 Vertically stacked image sensor Electricity 12 Active
US8499244B2 Automation-resistant, advertising-merged interactive services Electricity 9 Active
US10295145B2 Top-emission VCSEL-array with integrated diffuser Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US8862975B2 Web-based workflow service visualization and navigation Physics 9 Active
US10026771B1 Image sensor with a cross-wafer capacitor Electricity 9 Active
US9819144B2 High-efficiency vertical emitters with improved heat sinking Electricity 8 Active
US8350939B2 Vertical 4-way shared pixel in a single column with internal reset and no row select Electricity 7 Active
US9653448B2 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) diode in FinFET technology Electricity 7 Active

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