Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Brian Amick

79Patents
11h-index
34Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 4, 2001 → Oct 20, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6650157B2 Using a push/pull buffer to improve delay locked loop performance Electricity 63 Expired
US6791360B2 Source synchronous interface using variable digital data delay lines Electricity 18 Expired
US6476663B1 Method for reducing supply noise near an on-die thermal sensor Electricity 18 Expired
US6806698B2 Quantifying a difference between nodal voltages Electricity 17 Expired
US6781355B2 I/O power supply resonance compensation technique Electricity 16 Expired
US6842351B2 Method and apparatus for I/O resonance compensation Electricity 16 Expired
US6893154B2 Integrated temperature sensor Physics 15 Expired
US6815986B2 Design-for-test technique for a delay locked loop Electricity 14 Expired
US6566900B2 Integrated on-chip process, temperature, and voltage sensor module Physics 14 Expired
US6687881B2 Method for optimizing loop bandwidth in delay locked loops Physics 12 Expired
US6822345B2 Chip/package resonance damping using controlled package series resistance Electricity 12 Expired
US7251305B2 Method and apparatus to store delay locked loop biasing parameters Electricity 11 Expired
US6614287B1 Calibration technique for delay locked loop leakage current Electricity 11 Expired
US6597218B1 Programmable bias-generator for self-biasing a delay locked loop Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7109767B1 Generating different delay ratios for a strobe delay Electricity 10 Expired
US6700390B2 Adjustment and calibration system to store resistance settings to control chip/package resonance Physics 9 Expired
US6628135B2 Analog-based on-chip voltage sensor Physics 8 Expired
US6704680B2 Method for decoupling capacitor optimization for a temperature sensor design Physics 8 Expired
US7193447B1 Differential sense amplifier latch for high common mode input Electricity 8 Expired
US6873503B2 SSTL pull-up pre-driver design using regulated power supply Electricity 8 Expired
US6570421B1 Programmable leakage current offset for phase locked loop Electricity 7 Expired
US6671863B2 Optimization of loop bandwidth for a phase locked loop Physics 7 Expired
US6749335B2 Adjustment and calibration system for post-fabrication treatment of on-chip temperature sensor Physics 7 Expired
US6664831B2 Circuit for post-silicon control of delay locked loop charge pump current Electricity 7 Expired
US6605988B1 Low voltage temperature-independent and temperature-dependent voltage generator Physics 7 Expired

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