Inventor · Austin, TX, US

John C. Tucker

41Patents
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45Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 22, 1997 → Feb 11, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.