Charles Vinn
29Patents
11h-index
22Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 23, 1982 → Dec 1, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7307614B2 | Light emitting diode driver circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 114 | Expired |
| US5747976A | Constant on-time architecture for switching regulators | Electricity | 72 | Expired |
| US7482791B2 | Constant on-time regulator with internal ripple generation and improved output voltage accuracy | Electricity | 61 | Active |
| US6441682B1 | Active polyphase filter with transconductor cross-coupling of filter sections | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US7304464B2 | Switching voltage regulator with low current trickle mode | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Active |
| US7230408B1 | Pulse frequency modulated voltage regulator with linear regulator control | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US5061900A | Self-zeroing amplifier | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US5796303A | Popless amplifier | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US9467051B2 | Switching regulator using adaptive slope compensation with DC correction | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US7759912B2 | Adaptive compensation scheme for LC circuits in feedback loops | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US7087973B2 | Ballast resistors for transistor devices | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US7495420B2 | LDO with slaved switching regulator using feedback for maintaining the LDO transistor at a predetermined conduction level | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US4492954A | Digital-to-analog converter | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4646114A | Integrated circuit Zener diode | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US4902984A | Differential amplifier | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US4851786A | Differential amplifier | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5317281A | Slew rate booster circuit | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US4717888A | Integrated circuit offset voltage adjustment | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US5315170A | Track and hold circuit | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US4584520A | Switchable current source circuitry having a current mirror and a switching transistor coupled in parallel | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US4481478A | Differential amplifier having a compensation current injection selector network | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US4701641A | Logic network for D/A conversion | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7859236B2 | Voltage regulation system | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7560988B2 | Integrated circuit system for line regulation of an amplifier | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US6897662B2 | Method and apparatus for optimizing the accuracy of an electronic circuit | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.