Inventor
VAN BRUNT EDWARD ROBERT
US38 patents
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WOLFSPEED INC
20 patentsUS11361454B2Jun 14, 2022
Alignment for wafer images
WOLFSPEED INC2 citations71
US12402380B2Aug 26, 2025
Nondestructive characterization for crystalline wafers
WOLFSPEED INC1 citations62
US12393214B2Aug 19, 2025
Device design for short-circuit protection of transistors
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US12376332B2Jul 29, 2025
Edge termination structures for semiconductor devices
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US12237412B2Feb 25, 2025
Protection structures for semiconductor devices with sensor arrangements
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US12057389B2Aug 6, 2024
Transistor semiconductor die with increased active area
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US11791378B2Oct 17, 2023
Superjunction power semiconductor devices formed via ion implantation channeling techniques and related methods
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US11662371B2May 30, 2023
Semiconductor devices for improved measurements and related methods
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US11600724B2Mar 7, 2023
Edge termination structures for semiconductor devices
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US11579645B2Feb 14, 2023
Device design for short-circuitry protection circuitry within transistors
WOLFSPEED INC1 citations62
US11417760B2Aug 16, 2022
Vertical semiconductor device with improved ruggedness
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations62
US12159909B2Dec 3, 2024
Power semiconductor device with reduced strain
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations61
US12087854B2Sep 10, 2024
Vertical semiconductor device with improved ruggedness
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations61
US12074079B2Aug 27, 2024
Wide bandgap semiconductor device with sensor element
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations61
US12040355B2Jul 16, 2024
Nondestructive characterization for crystalline wafers
WOLFSPEED INC1 citations61
US11869948B2Jan 9, 2024
Power semiconductor device with reduced strain
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations61
US11489069B2Nov 1, 2022
Vertical semiconductor device with improved ruggedness
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations61
US12532488B2Jan 20, 2026
Semiconductor device with selectively grown field oxide layer in edge termination region
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations60
US12322087B1Jun 3, 2025
Multi-scale autoencoders for semiconductor workpiece understanding
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations60
US11222955B2Jan 11, 2022
Semiconductor power devices having gate dielectric layers with improved breakdown characteristics and methods of forming such devices
WOLFSPEED INC0 citations57
CREE INC
18 patentsUS10867797B2Dec 15, 2020
Methods and apparatuses related to shaping wafers fabricated by ion implantation
CREE INC12 citations85
US9484413B2Nov 1, 2016
Methods of forming buried junction devices in silicon carbide using ion implant channeling and silicon carbide devices including buried junctions
CREE INC9 citations84
US9318597B2Apr 19, 2016
Layout configurations for integrating schottky contacts into a power transistor device
CREE INC15 citations84
US11075264B2Jul 27, 2021
Super junction power semiconductor devices formed via ion implantation channeling techniques and related methods
CREE INC8 citations83
US10950719B2Mar 16, 2021
Seminconductor device with spreading layer
CREE INC2 citations73
US9972677B2May 15, 2018
Methods of forming power semiconductor devices having superjunction structures with pillars having implanted sidewalls
CREE INC3 citations73
US9515199B2Dec 6, 2016
Power semiconductor devices having superjunction structures with implanted sidewalls
CREE INC3 citations73
US9425265B2Aug 23, 2016
Edge termination technique for high voltage power devices having a negative feature for an improved edge termination structure
CREE INC4 citations73
US11057033B2Jul 6, 2021
Hybrid power module
CREE INC5 citations71
US11282927B2Mar 22, 2022
Contact structures for semiconductor devices
CREE INC0 citations62
US11164813B2Nov 2, 2021
Transistor semiconductor die with increased active area
CREE INC0 citations62
US9064738B2Jun 23, 2015
Methods of forming junction termination extension edge terminations for high power semiconductor devices and related semiconductor devices
CREE INC2 citations62
US10847647B2Nov 24, 2020
Power semiconductor devices having top-side metallization structures that include buried grain stop layers
CREE INC1 citations58
US10868169B2Dec 15, 2020
Monolithically integrated vertical power transistor and bypass diode
CREE INC0 citations52
US10103230B2Oct 16, 2018
Methods of forming buried junction devices in silicon carbide using ion implant channeling and silicon carbide devices including buried junctions
CREE INC0 citations52
US9236433B2Jan 12, 2016
Semiconductor devices in SiC using vias through N-type substrate for backside contact to P-type layer
CREE INC1 citations52
US10615274B2Apr 7, 2020
Vertical semiconductor device with improved ruggedness
CREE INC0 citations51
US10600903B2Mar 24, 2020
Semiconductor device including a power transistor device and bypass diode
CREE INC0 citations42