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RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

850Patents
791Active
850Granted
65Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jan 22, 2002 → Jun 7, 2024 · 202 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

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US7230406B2 Fixed-frequency current mode converter and control method thereof Electricity 49 Expired
US8288967B2 LED control circuit and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Active
US6670794B1 Multi-phase DC-to-DC buck converter with multi-phase current balance and adjustable load regulation Electricity 47 Expired
US7701305B2 Frequency jittering control for varying the switching frequency of a power supply Electricity 42 Active
US7501805B2 Circuit and method for soft start from a residual voltage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Active
US8358113B2 Current balance in a multi-phase power converter with constant on-time control Electricity 37 Active
US9781786B2 Control circuit and method of a LED driver Electricity 33 Active
US6414470B1 Apparatus and method for balancing channel currents in a multi-phase DC-to-DC converter Electricity 32 Expired
US6839252B2 Two-step ripple-free multi-phase buck converter and method thereof Electricity 32 Expired
US7834606B2 Control circuit and method for a constant on-time PWM switching converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Active
US8803492B2 Cross-interference reduction of a buck power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US7233191B2 JFET driver circuit and JFET driving method Electricity 28 Expired
US6703885B1 Trimmer method and device for circuits Physics 27 Expired
US7122971B2 Driver circuit for driving a plurality of DC lamp strings Electricity 26 Expired
US7233131B2 Circuit and method for implementing a multi-function pin on a PWM controller chip in a voltage converter Electricity 25 Expired
US8193853B2 Efficiency and thermal improvement of a charge pump by mixing different input voltages Electricity 25 Active
US7906939B2 Soft-stop circuit and method for a voltage regulator Electricity 24 Active
US7132717B2 Power metal oxide semiconductor transistor layout with lower output resistance and high current limit Electricity 23 Expired
US6930474B2 Current sense apparatus and method using a combination of a simulation and a real sense for a switching mode power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US9853486B2 Resonant wireless power receiver circuit and control method thereof Electricity 21 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.