Inventor · Milpitas, CA, US

John Y. Ma

30Patents
14h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 1, 1974 → Jun 20, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6501554B1 3D scanner and method for measuring heights and angles of manufactured parts Physics 242 Expired
US4746879A Digitally temperature compensated voltage-controlled oscillator Electricity 195 Expired
US5003622A Printed circuit transformer Electricity 56 Expired
US5912595A Digitally temperature compensated voltage-controlled oscillator tunable to different frequency channels Electricity 56 Expired
US4805232A Ferrite-core antenna Electricity 50 Expired
US4352209A Up-down frequency converter for cable T.V. Electricity 43 Expired
US5060297A TVRO receiver system with tracking filter for rejection of image frequencies Electricity 42 Expired
US4761825A TVRO earth station receiver for reducing interference and improving picture quality Electricity 42 Expired
US4792993A TVRD receiver system with automatic bandwidth adjustment Electricity 38 Expired
US4801940A Satellite seeking system for earth-station antennas for TVRO systems Electricity 30 Expired
US4816769A BPSK demodulator and FM receiver for digital data pagers Electricity 30 Expired
US6509559B1 Binary optical grating and method for generating a moire pattern for 3D imaging Physics 30 Expired
US4002986A Television receiver with tuner capable of receiving air and CATV signals Electricity 16 Expired
US4785302A Automatic polarization control system for TVRO receivers Electricity 15 Expired
US4876739A TVRO receiver system with low-cost video-noise reduction filter Electricity 14 Expired
US4684858A Motor pulse extraction system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US3980968A Non-proportionate AFC system Electricity 9 Expired
US4783848A TVRO receiver system for locating audio subcarriers Electricity 9 Expired
US3962643A Abrupt junction varactor diode television tuner Electricity 9 Expired
US3931579A Digital signal seeking tuning system Electricity 9 Expired
US4619000A CATV converter having improved tuning circuits Electricity 8 Expired
US5159711A Interference filter with high degree of selectivity for TVRO receiver system Electricity 8 Expired
US4709409A TVRO receiver with surface mounted high frequency voltage-controlled oscillator Electricity 8 Expired
US4626862A Antenna having coaxial driven element with grounded center conductor Electricity 7 Expired
US3965427A Television tuning system with precision substrate switch assembly Electricity 6 Expired

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