Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Carl T. Nelson

48Patents
16h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 31, 1975 → Jun 26, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4823070A Switching voltage regulator circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US5305192A Switching regulator circuit using magnetic flux-sensing Electricity 97 Expired
US5731731A High efficiency switching regulator with adaptive drive output circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US5438499A Switching regulator circuit using magnetic flux-sensing Electricity 60 Expired
US4412241A Multiple trim structure Electricity 43 Expired
US4603291A Nonlinearity correction circuit for bandgap reference Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5220272A Switching regulator with asymmetrical feedback amplifier and method Electricity 36 Expired
US4789819A Breakpoint compensation and thermal limit circuit Physics 36 Expired
US5274323A Control circuit for low dropout regulator Physics 28 Expired
US4755741A Adaptive transistor drive circuit Electricity 21 Expired
US5334928A Frequency compensation circuit for low dropout regulators Physics 19 Expired
US4851953A Low voltage current limit loop Physics 18 Expired
US4497586A Celsius electronic thermometer circuit Physics 17 Expired
US5055767A Analog multiplier in the feedback loop of a switching regulator Electricity 17 Expired
US4451839A Bilateral zener trim Electricity 17 Expired
US5952817A Apparatus and method using waveform shaping for reducing high frequency noise from switching inductive loads Electricity 16 Expired
US5182526A Differential input amplifier stage with frequency compensation Electricity 16 Expired
US4177095A Process for fabricating an integrated circuit subsurface zener diode utilizing conventional processing steps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US4046605A Method of electrically isolating individual semiconductor circuits in a wafer Electricity 14 Expired
US5168243A Integrated high gain amplifier Electricity 14 Expired
US7620439B2 Conductive adhesives and biomedical articles including same Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Active
US4127859A Integrated circuit subsurface zener diode Electricity 13 Expired
US4575685A Arrangement for cancelling the input bias current, at picoampere levels, in an integrated circuit Electricity 12 Expired
US4502562A Stethoscope with removable insert Human Necessities 12 Expired
USRE39065E1 Switching voltage regulator circuit General 12 Expired

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