Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Don R. Sauer

45Patents
13h-index
12Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 30, 1976 → Nov 12, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5700046A Wafer gripper Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US5733024A Modular system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US6677808B1 CMOS adjustable bandgap reference with low power and low voltage performance Physics 54 Expired
US6147552A Chopper-stabilized operational amplifier including integrated circuit with true random voltage output Electricity 42 Expired
US6608526B1 CMOS assisted output stage Electricity 40 Expired
US5733096A Multi-stage telescoping structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6064257A Chopper-stabilized operational amplifier Electricity 29 Expired
US5600283A DC isolated differential oscillator having floating capacitor Electricity 28 Expired
US6433637B1 Single cell rail-to-rail input/output operational amplifier Electricity 23 Expired
US4069460A Current comparator circuit Physics 18 Expired
US6310467A LDO regulator with thermal shutdown system and method Physics 17 Expired
US5546045A Rail to rail operational amplifier output stage Electricity 16 Expired
US4550424A PM Decoder sample and hold circuit Electricity 16 Expired
US6380723B1 Method and system for generating a low voltage reference Physics 13 Expired
US5471172A """AB Cascode"" amplifier in an input stage of an amplifier or comparator" Electricity 12 Expired
US6208215A VCO and filter controlled by common integrated thermal frequency reference Electricity 11 Expired
US5455535A Rail to rail operational amplifier intermediate stage Electricity 11 Expired
US5926066A Chopper-stabilized operational amplifier including integrated circuit with true random voltage output Electricity 11 Expired
US4359693A Full wave amplitude modulation detector circuit Electricity 9 Expired
US7839317B1 Folding comparator compatible with level-crossing sampling Electricity 9 Active
US6121848A Integrated accurate thermal frequency reference Electricity 9 Expired
US5414388A Rail to rail operational amplifier input stage Electricity 8 Expired
US4379208A AM Stereo receiver logic Electricity 7 Expired
US4362999A AM Stereo phase modulation decoder Electricity 7 Expired
US6518847B1 Apparatus and method for a thermal feedback oscillator Electricity 6 Expired

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