Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Barry A. Hoberman

40Patents
13h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 10, 1983 → Jul 14, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7051306B2 Managing power on integrated circuits using power islands Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Expired
US4954987A Interleaved sensing system for FIFO and burst-mode memories Physics 66 Expired
US4864165A ECL programmable logic array with direct testing means for verification of programmed state Electricity 51 Expired
US4802122A Fast flush for a first-in first-out memory Physics 35 Expired
US5490257A RAM based FIFO memory half-full detection apparatus and method Physics 31 Expired
US7415680B2 Power managers for an integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US4642797A High speed first-in-first-out memory Physics 21 Expired
US7996811B2 Power managers for an integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US7945885B2 Power managers for an integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US7227383B2 Low leakage and data retention circuitry Electricity 15 Expired
US7348804B2 Low leakage and data retention circuitry Electricity 14 Active
US4862419A High speed pointer based first-in-first-out memory Physics 13 Expired
US4725979A Emitter coupled logic circuit having fuse programmable latch/register bypass Electricity 13 Expired
US8253438B2 Low leakage and data retention circuitry Electricity 10 Active
US4814646A Programmable logic array using emitter-coupled logic Electricity 8 Expired
US4947060A High speed complimentary output stage utilizing current steering transistors and a single current source Electricity 8 Expired
US9228855B2 Magnetic logic units configured to measure magnetic field direction Physics 7 Active
US9166412B2 Power managers for an integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7592837B2 Low leakage and data retention circuitry Electricity 6 Active
US8782590B2 Power managers for an integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9395210B2 Magnetic logic units configured to measure magnetic field direction Physics 5 Active
US7443197B2 Low leakage and data retention circuitry Electricity 5 Active
US8854077B2 Low leakage and data retention circuitry Electricity 5 Active
US9660616B2 Power managers for an integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7940081B2 Low leakage and data retention circuitry Electricity 4 Active

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