Inventor · Palmerton, PA, US

John C. Kriz

40Patents
10h-index
26Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 5, 1990 → Jun 21, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5017807A Output buffer having capacitive drive shunt for reduced noise Electricity 41 Expired
US7170324B2 Output buffer with selectable slew rate Electricity 21 Expired
US6259295A Variable phase shifting clock generator Electricity 21 Expired
US7529070B2 Power pin to power pin electro-static discharge (ESD) clamp Electricity 19 Expired
US7106107B2 Reliability comparator with hysteresis Electricity 14 Expired
US7145364B2 Self-bypassing voltage level translator circuit Electricity 13 Expired
US7382168B2 Buffer circuit with multiple voltage range Electricity 13 Expired
US7248079B2 Differential buffer circuit with reduced output common mode variation Electricity 12 Expired
US6774698B1 Voltage translator circuit for a mixed voltage circuit Electricity 11 Expired
US7397279B2 Voltage level translator circuit with wide supply voltage range Electricity 11 Expired
US7498860B2 Buffer circuit having multiplexed voltage level translation Electricity 10 Active
US8536925B2 Voltage level translator circuit Electricity 10 Active
US7196561B2 Programmable reset signal that is independent of supply voltage ramp rate Electricity 10 Expired
US7936209B2 I/O buffer with low voltage semiconductor devices Electricity 9 Active
US7098694B2 Overvoltage tolerant input buffer Electricity 9 Expired
US7276957B2 Floating well circuit having enhanced latch-up performance Electricity 8 Expired
US7068074B2 Voltage level translator circuit Electricity 8 Expired
US7495873B2 Electrostatic discharge protection in a semiconductor device Electricity 7 Expired
US7057545B1 Semiconductor resistance compensation with enhanced efficiency Electricity 6 Expired
US7430100B2 Buffer circuit with enhanced overvoltage protection Electricity 6 Expired
US8159262B1 Impedance compensation in a buffer circuit Electricity 5 Active
US7034653B2 Semiconductor resistor Electricity 5 Expired
US7551020B2 Enhanced output impedance compensation Electricity 5 Active
US8362803B2 Mode latching buffer circuit Electricity 4 Active
US8598941B2 Hybrid impedance compensation in a buffer circuit Electricity 4 Active

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