Inventor · Winooski, VT, US

John S. Austin

21Patents
8h-index
15Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 22, 1989 → Jan 19, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5151619A CMOS off chip driver circuit Electricity 69 Expired
US5546052A Phase locked loop circuit with phase/frequency detector which eliminates dead zones Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5644265A Off-chip driver for mixed voltage applications Electricity 22 Expired
US4985975A System for attaching a fitting to a tube Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6009139A Asynchronously programmable frequency divider circuit with a symmetrical output Electricity 17 Expired
US6961403B1 Programmable frequency divider with symmetrical output Physics 10 Expired
US6057719A Programmable, self-resetting divider Electricity 9 Expired
US6879654B2 Non-integer frequency divider circuit Electricity 8 Expired
US6917662B2 Programmable low-power high-frequency divider Electricity 7 Expired
US7545191B2 Method for dividing a high-frequency signal Electricity 6 Active
US5491436A Compensated CMOS driver circuit with reduced DC losses Electricity 6 Expired
US5372393A Capture ring fitting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US5867052A Off-chip driver for mixed voltage applications Electricity 2 Expired
US8525561B2 Phase lock loop having high frequency CMOS programmable divider with large divide ratio Electricity 2 Active
US8471595B1 Selectable dynamic/static latch with embedded logic Electricity 2 Active
US7342429B2 Programmable low-power high-frequency divider Electricity 1 Expired
US7180973B2 Programmable low-power high-frequency divider Electricity 1 Expired
US7075350B2 Programmable low-power high-frequency divider Electricity 1 Expired
US7378890B2 Programmable low-power high-frequency divider Electricity 1 Active
US8791728B2 High frequency CMOS programmable divider with large divide ratio Electricity 0 Active
US7088190B2 Voltage-controlled oscillators having controlling circuits Electricity 0 Expired

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