Micro Linear Corporation
59Patents
0Active
59Granted
40Portfolio score
Filing activity: Feb 24, 1987 → Nov 22, 2000
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5903138A | Two-stage switching regulator having low power modes responsive to load power consumption | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 258 | Expired |
| US6166455A | Load current sharing and cascaded power supply modules | Electricity | 249 | Expired |
| US5747977A | Switching regulator having low power mode responsive to load power consumption | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 179 | Expired |
| US6091233A | Interleaved zero current switching in a power factor correction boost converter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 163 | Expired |
| US5798635A | One pin error amplifier and switched soft-start for an eight pin PFC-PWM combination integrated circuit converter controller | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 157 | Expired |
| US5742151A | Input current shaping technique and low pin count for pfc-pwm boost converter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 131 | Expired |
| US5894243A | Three-pin buck and four-pin boost converter having open loop output voltage control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 129 | Expired |
| US5804950A | Input current modulation for power factor correction | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 114 | Expired |
| US5672959A | Low drop-out voltage regulator having high ripple rejection and low power consumption | Physics | 94 | Expired |
| US5592128A | Oscillator for generating a varying amplitude feed forward PFC modulation ramp | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 83 | Expired |
| US5652479A | Lamp out detection for miniature cold cathode fluorescent lamp system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 79 | Expired |
| US5808455A | DC-to-DC converter having hysteretic current limiting | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 64 | Expired |
| US6075295A | Single inductor multiple output boost regulator | Electricity | 61 | Expired |
| US5754012A | Primary side lamp current sensing for minature cold cathode fluorescent lamp system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Expired |
| US5818207A | Three-pin buck converter and four-pin power amplifier having closed loop output voltage control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Expired |
| US5281862A | Power MOSFET driver with cross-conduction current reduction | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US6445257B1 | Fuse-trimmed tank circuit for an integrated voltage-controlled oscillator | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US6441682B1 | Active polyphase filter with transconductor cross-coupling of filter sections | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US5663874A | Multiple output flyback DC-to-DC converter with synchronous rectification and constant on-time current mode control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Expired |
| US5027116A | Self-calibrating analog to digital converter | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US5859518A | Switched reluctance motor controller with sensorless rotor position detection | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US5508570A | Differential amplifier based integrator having a left-half plane pole | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US5793168A | Active deceleration circuit for a brushless DC motor | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US5956241A | Battery cell equalization circuit | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US5559470A | Circuit technique that sets transconductance | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.