David Vail
26Patents
13h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: May 27, 1980 → May 1, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6587077B2 | Phased array antenna providing enhanced element controller data communication and related methods | Electricity | 221 | Expired |
| US4978633A | Hierarchical variable die size gate array architecture | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US6918068B2 | Fault-tolerant communications system and associated methods | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US4468784A | Three-state digital mixer-driver circuit | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US4864381A | Hierarchical variable die size gate array architecture | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US6473037B2 | Phased array antenna system having prioritized beam command and data transfer and related methods | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US6690324B2 | Phased array antenna having reduced beam settling times and related methods | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US5990830A | Serial pipelined phase weight generator for phased array antenna having subarray controller delay equalization | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US4448543A | Time-of-day clock having a temperature compensated low power frequency source | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6593881B2 | Phased array antenna including an antenna module temperature sensor and related methods | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US6646600B2 | Phased array antenna with controllable amplifier bias adjustment and related methods | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US6824307B2 | Temperature sensor and related methods | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US4385401A | Three-state digital mixer-driver circuit | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US6917500B2 | Hybrid relay including solid-state output and having non-volatile state-retention and associated methods | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6390672B1 | Space vehicle with temperature sensitive oscillator and associated method of sensing temperature in space | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US6496143B1 | Phased array antenna including a multi-mode element controller and related method | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6522293B2 | Phased array antenna having efficient compensation data distribution and related methods | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US4559613A | Digital frequency synthesizer circuit | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6522294B2 | Phased array antenna providing rapid beam shaping and related methods | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6573862B2 | Phased array antenna including element control device providing fault detection and related methods | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6580256B1 | System and method for remote regulation of a switching power converter | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6573863B2 | Phased array antenna system utilizing highly efficient pipelined processing and related methods | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US9960593B2 | Single event latchup (SEL) current surge mitigation | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US8035472B2 | Crossed gap ferrite cores | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US10886723B2 | Adaptive single event latchup (SEL) current surge mitigation | Electricity | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.