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Unitrode Corporation

72Patents
0Active
72Granted
41Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1974 → Jul 26, 1999

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5652501A Voltage sensor for detecting cell voltages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 233 Expired
US5627460A DC/DC converter having a bootstrapped high side driver Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 198 Expired
US5581170A Battery protector Electricity 120 Expired
US5663878A Apparatus and method for generating a low frequency AC signal Electricity 104 Expired
US4716514A Synchronous power rectifier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US5929577A Brushless DC motor controller Electricity 77 Expired
US5157269A Load current sharing circuit Physics 74 Expired
US6114835A Multi-cell battery pack charge balancing circuit Electricity 70 Expired
US5422562A Switching regulator with improved Dynamic response Electricity 69 Expired
US5767664A Bandgap voltage reference based temperature compensation circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US5206540A Transformer isolated drive circuit Electricity 60 Expired
US6344959B1 Method for sensing the output voltage of a charge pump circuit without applying a load to the output stage Electricity 59 Expired
US5359276A Automatic gain selection for high power factor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US5585741A Impedance emulator Physics 47 Expired
US5751139A Multiplexing power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US5504416A Battery charger circuit including battery temperature control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5004705A Inverted epitaxial process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5361041A Push-pull amplifier Electricity 36 Expired
US5098861A Method of processing a semiconductor substrate including silicide bonding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US5416354A Inverted epitaxial process semiconductor devices Electricity 33 Expired
US5710697A Power supply controller having frequency foldback and volt-second duty cycle clamp features Electricity 31 Expired
US6144245A Adaptive leading edge blanking circuit to eliminate spike on power switching transistor current sense signal Electricity 28 Expired
US5338979A Controllable bus terminator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5691889A Controller having feed-forward and synchronization features Electricity 28 Expired
US5291384A Phase shifted switching controller Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired

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