Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

David Kunst

54Patents
13h-index
32Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 26, 1990 → Jan 4, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6008685A Solid state temperature measurement Physics 138 Expired
US8102676B2 Compensating for cord resistance to maintain constant voltage at the end of a power converter cord Electricity 75 Active
US7667987B2 Adjusting inductor switching frequency to compensate for inductance that deviates from a stated magnitude in order to maintain constant output current from a primary-side power converter Electricity 52 Active
US7522431B2 Constant current and voltage controller in a four-pin package with dual-use pin Electricity 49 Active
US7869229B2 Compensating for cord resistance to maintain constant voltage at the end of a power converter cord Electricity 38 Active
US6242974A Self-calibrating operational amplifier Physics 36 Expired
US5534788A Integrated resistor for sensing electrical parameters Electricity 35 Expired
US5442320A Mirror and bias circuit for class AB output stage with large swing and output drive Electricity 30 Expired
US7581198B2 Method and system for the modular design and layout of integrated circuits Electricity 27 Active
US6014030A Current-level monitor with hierarchical precision Physics 27 Expired
US7904864B2 Interconnect layer of a modularly designed analog integrated circuit Electricity 22 Active
US8040699B2 Secondary side constant voltage and constant current controller Electricity 20 Active
US5130572A Operational track-and-hold amplifier Electricity 14 Expired
US7911814B2 Constant current and voltage controller in a three-pin package with dual-use power pin Electricity 12 Active
US7166826B1 Automatic control of laser diode current and optical power output Electricity 12 Expired
US5659266A Low volatage output stage with improved output drive Electricity 11 Expired
US7697308B2 Compensating for inductance variation in a power converter using a dual-purpose feedback pin Electricity 10 Active
US10770976B2 Slew-controlled switched capacitors for AC-DC applications Electricity 9 Active
US7961483B2 Constant current and voltage controller in a small package with dual-use pin Electricity 8 Active
US8341582B2 Programmable analog tile configuration tool Physics 8 Active
US7788608B2 Microbump function assignment in a buck converter Electricity 8 Active
US7911808B2 Primary side constant output current controller with highly improved accuracy Electricity 7 Active
US7679936B2 Compensating for base current in a primary side power converter that uses an NPN bipolar transistor Electricity 7 Active
US8225260B2 Programmable analog tile placement tool Physics 7 Active
US7741870B2 Multi-function input terminal Electricity 7 Active

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