Inventor · Hillsboro, OR, US

Gerhard Schrom

81Patents
16h-index
74Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 29, 2000 → Apr 1, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7226843B2 Indium-boron dual halo MOSFET Electricity 128 Expired
US7230846B2 Purge-based floating body memory Physics 102 Expired
US7199617B1 Level shifter Electricity 59 Expired
US7719084B2 Laminated magnetic material for inductors in integrated circuits Electricity 46 Active
US7315463B2 Apparatus and method for multi-phase transformers Electricity 39 Expired
US7867787B2 Forming inductor and transformer structures with magnetic materials using damascene processing for integrated circuits Electricity 37 Active
US7636242B2 Integrated inductor Electricity 28 Active
US8108984B2 Method for manufacturing integrated circuit inductors having slotted magnetic material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7504808B2 Multiphase transformer for a multiphase DC-DC converter Electricity 25 Expired
US6838863B2 Voltage converter utilizing independently switched inductors Electricity 22 Expired
US6801026B2 Hysteretic DC-DC converters Electricity 22 Expired
US7423508B2 Control of eddy currents in magnetic vias for inductors and transformers in integrated circuits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US7518481B2 Slotted magnetic material for integrated circuit inductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US8288846B2 Power management integrated circuit Electricity 18 Active
US7274181B2 Systems, multiphase power converters with droop-control circuitry and methods Electricity 17 Expired
US7852185B2 On-die micro-transformer structures with magnetic materials Electricity 16 Active
US7482792B2 IC with fully integrated DC-to-DC power converter Electricity 16 Expired
US7274250B2 Low-voltage, buffered bandgap reference with selectable output voltage Physics 13 Expired
US7098766B2 Magnetic material for transformers and/or inductors Electricity 12 Expired
US7710234B2 Control of eddy currents in magnetic vias for inductors and transformers in integrated circuits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7523337B2 Power delivery system in which power supply and load exchange power consumption measurements via digital bus Physics 10 Expired
US6798256B1 Resonant buffer apparatus, method, and system Electricity 10 Expired
US8890737B2 Current balancing, current sensor, and phase balancing apparatus and method for a voltage regulator Electricity 9 Active
US7312485B2 CMOS fabrication process utilizing special transistor orientation Electricity 9 Expired
US7372382B2 Voltage regulation using digital voltage control Physics 9 Expired

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