Inventor · Portland, OR, US

Ian A. Young

259Patents
20h-index
181Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 18, 1979 → Apr 3, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6125217A Clock distribution network Physics 304 Expired
US6856129B2 Current probe device having an integrated amplifier Physics 95 Expired
US5412349A PLL clock generator integrated with microprocessor Electricity 78 Expired
US6754407B2 Flip-chip package integrating optical and electrical devices and coupling to a waveguide on a board Electricity 76 Expired
US10679782B2 Spin logic with spin hall electrodes and charge interconnects Electricity 68 Active
US5446867A Microprocessor PLL clock circuit with selectable delayed feedback Electricity 66 Expired
US6075908A Method and apparatus for optically modulating light through the back side of an integrated circuit die Physics 65 Expired
US6636976B1 Mechanism to control di/dt for a microprocessor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US6512861B2 Packaging and assembly method for optical coupling Electricity 62 Expired
US6303464A Method and structure for reducing interconnect system capacitance through enclosed voids in a dielectric layer Electricity 45 Expired
US6556471B2 VDD modulated SRAM for highly scaled, high performance cache Physics 45 Expired
US4796230A Folded-cascode configured differential current steering column decoder circuit Physics 44 Expired
US6670833B2 Multiple VCO phase lock loop architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6229861A Clock distribution network utilizing local deskewing clock generator circuitry Physics 35 Expired
US7049704B2 Flip-chip package integrating optical and electrical devices and coupling to a waveguide on a board Electricity 33 Expired
US11063131B2 Ferroelectric or anti-ferroelectric trench capacitor with spacers for sidewall strain engineering Electricity 28 Active
US6172937A Multiple synthesizer based timing signal generation scheme Physics 24 Expired
US7026883B2 Feedback loop for LC VCO Electricity 22 Expired
US5247479A Current sensing amplifier for SRAM Physics 22 Expired
US4316106A Dynamic ratioless circuitry for random logic applications Electricity 21 Expired
US6407600B1 Method and apparatus for providing a start-up control voltage Electricity 20 Expired
US4710647A Substrate bias generator including multivibrator having frequency independent of supply voltage Electricity 18 Expired
US6538497B2 On-chip power supply boost for voltage droop reduction Electricity 18 Expired
US4379267A Low power differential amplifier Electricity 18 Expired
US6064223A Low leakage circuit configuration for MOSFET circuits Electricity 15 Expired

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