Inventor · Roan Mountain, TN, US

Franklin M. Murden

23Patents
5h-index
20Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 23, 1996 → Jun 18, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5757220A Digitally controlled programmable attenuator Electricity 34 Expired
US5861831A Intermediate frequency (IF) sampling clock-to-clock auto-ranging analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and method Electricity 33 Expired
US7525381B2 Amplifier structures that enhance transient currents and signal swing Electricity 15 Active
US7382305B1 Reference generators for enhanced signal converter accuracy Electricity 12 Active
US5825319A High speed wide bandwidth digital peak detector Electricity 6 Expired
US7138865B1 Differential amplifiers with enhanced gain and controlled common-mode output level Electricity 5 Expired
US7623051B2 Metastability error reduction in signal converter systems Electricity 4 Active
US7173470B2 Clock sources and methods with reduced clock jitter Physics 4 Expired
US7978116B2 Apparatus and method for pipelined analog to digital conversion Electricity 3 Active
US7889004B1 Operational amplifiers with enhanced parameters Electricity 3 Active
US8368576B2 Pipelined analog-to-digital converter Electricity 3 Active
US8810283B2 CMOS transistor linearization method Electricity 3 Active
US7965217B2 Apparatus and method for pipelined analog to digital conversion Electricity 3 Active
US6987471B1 Bias controllers and methods for enhanced system efficiency Electricity 3 Expired
US8829980B2 Phased-array charge pump supply Electricity 2 Active
US8493148B2 Gain enhancement for cascode structure Electricity 2 Active
US9246455B2 Three stage amplifier Electricity 1 Active
US10523165B2 Common mode feedback circuit with backgate control Electricity 1 Active
US8928517B2 Pipelined analog-to-digital converter Electricity 1 Active
US8941439B2 Differential charge reduction Electricity 1 Active
US11764204B2 Electrostatic discharge and overdrive protection circuitry Electricity 0 Active
US7236111B2 Linearizing methods and structures for amplifiers Electricity 0 Expired
US8786364B2 Gain enhancement for cascode structure Electricity 0 Active

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