Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Christopher Umminger

15Patents
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10Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 1997 → Jun 15, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6476589B2 Circuits and methods for synchronizing non-constant frequency switching regulators with a phase locked loop Electricity 108 Expired
US5847554A Synchronous switching regulator which employs switch voltage-drop for current sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US7920013B2 Systems and methods for oscillation suppression in switching circuits Electricity 33 Active
US6897717B1 Methods and circuits for more accurately mirroring current over a wide range of input current Physics 25 Expired
US6940261B1 Circuits and methods for providing multiple phase switching regulators which employ the input capacitor voltage signal for current sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6774611B2 Circuits and methods for synchronizing non-constant frequency switching regulators with a phase locked loop Electricity 12 Expired
US7382167B1 Circuit and method for controlling hysteresis for bilevel signal transitions Electricity 10 Expired
US7019497B2 Circuits and methods for synchronizing non-constant frequency switching regulators with a phase locked loop Electricity 9 Expired
US8194379B2 Inrush current control system with soft start circuit and method Electricity 8 Active
US7164258B2 Circuits and methods for providing multiple phase switching regulators which employ the input capacitor voltage signal for current sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US8022679B2 Systems and methods for fast switch turn on approximating ideal diode function Electricity 7 Active
US8853885B2 Method and system for voltage independent power supply load sharing Physics 3 Active
US10003190B2 Inrush control with multiple switches Electricity 3 Active
US10418805B2 Inrush control with multiple switches Electricity 2 Active
US9671465B2 Detecting faults in hot-swap applications Electricity 0 Active

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