John C. Tucker
41Patents
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45Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 22, 1997 → Feb 11, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8068622B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling a selectable voltage audio power output stage | Electricity | 86 | Active |
| US8311243B2 | Energy-efficient consumer device audio power output stage | Electricity | 31 | Active |
| US6588065B1 | Electric telescoping pole | Performing Operations; Transporting | 26 | Expired |
| US9306588B2 | Switchable secondary playback path | Electricity | 24 | Active |
| US6400297B1 | Method and system for operating two or more integrators with different power supplies for an analog-to-digital delta-sigma modulator | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US8525710B1 | Audio amplifier offset reduction using digital input/output comparisons | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US5987712A | Cord lock | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US6369733B1 | Method and system for operating two or more dynamic element matching (DEM) components with different power supplies for a delta-sigma modulator of an analog-to-digital converter | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US9680488B2 | Switchable secondary playback path | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US8390493B1 | Low-noise voltage reference generator with digitally-filtered reference matching | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US9332345B1 | Use of microphone capacitance as a switched capacitor in an input network of a delta-sigma modulator | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US8130127B1 | Discrete-time delta-sigma modulator with improved anti-aliasing at lower quantization rates | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US9419562B1 | Systems and methods for minimizing noise in an amplifier | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US9210500B2 | Headset type detection and configuration techniques | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US10284217B1 | Multi-path analog front end and analog-to-digital converter for a signal processing system | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7132849B2 | Method and apparatus for configuring the operation of an integrated circuit | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US8249275B1 | Modulated gain audio control and zipper noise suppression techniques using modulated gain | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7170338B1 | Chopper stabilization circuits and methods | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US9571931B1 | Systems and methods for reducing non-linearities of a microphone signal | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US9520782B2 | Boost converter voltage controlled based on audio signal | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US9287839B1 | Feedback loop for direct current (DC) offset removal | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10187025B1 | Systems and methods for predictively preventing a brownout condition in a personal audio device | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US9705458B1 | Energy-efficient consumer device audio power output stage with gain control | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US8362838B2 | Multi-stage amplifier with multiple sets of fixed and variable voltage rails | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9325434B2 | Systems and methods for reducing digital interference of external signals | Electricity | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.