Inventor · Austin, TX, US

David J. Knapp

113Patents
27h-index
85Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 21, 1984 → Aug 22, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8179787B2 Fault tolerant network utilizing bi-directional point-to-point communications links between nodes Electricity 182 Active
US8521035B2 Systems and methods for visible light communication Electricity 95 Active
US6005904A Phase-locked loop with protected output during instances when the phase-locked loop is unlocked Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 88 Expired
US8471496B2 LED calibration systems and related methods Electricity 79 Active
US9386668B2 Lighting control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Active
US7106224B2 Communication system and method for sample rate converting data onto or from a network using a high speed frequency comparison technique Electricity 73 Expired
US8749172B2 Luminance control for illumination devices Electricity 70 Active
US4746899A Method for reducing effects of electrical noise in an analog-to-digital converter Electricity 70 Expired
US9392663B2 Illumination device and method for controlling an illumination device over changes in drive current and temperature Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Active
US6344937B1 Beam steering optical arrangement using Risley prisms with surface contours for aberration correction Physics 51 Expired
US9578724B1 Illumination device and method for avoiding flicker Electricity 50 Active
US9736895B1 Color mixing optics for LED illumination device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 46 Active
US6057791A Apparatus and method for clocking digital and analog circuits on a common substrate to enhance digital operation and reduce analog sampling error Physics 45 Expired
US9485813B1 Illumination device and method for avoiding an over-power or over-current condition in a power converter Electricity 44 Active
US9769899B2 Illumination device and age compensation method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Active
US9295112B2 Illumination devices and related systems and methods Electricity 39 Active
US9651632B1 Illumination device and temperature calibration method Electricity 39 Active
US7304296B2 Optical fiber assembly wrapped across gimbal axes Physics 38 Expired
US7135189B2 Compositions and techniques for localized therapy Human Necessities 36 Expired
US5826072A Pipelined digital signal processor and signal processing system employing same Physics 34 Expired
US9237620B1 Illumination device and temperature compensation method Electricity 34 Active
US6470486B1 Method for delay-optimizing technology mapping of digital logic Physics 33 Expired
US7283564B2 Communication system and method for sending asynchronous data and/or isochronous streaming data across a synchronous network within a frame segment using a coding violation to signify at least the beginning of a data transfer Electricity 29 Expired
US7164691B2 Communication system and method for sending isochronous streaming data across a synchronous network within a frame segment using a coding violation to signify invalid or empty bytes within the frame segment Electricity 28 Expired
US9360174B2 Linear LED illumination device with improved color mixing Electricity 28 Active

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