Joseph A. Devore
31Patents
12h-index
33Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 4, 1993 → May 31, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6121760A | Turn-on controller for switch-mode regulator | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US5408141A | Sensed current driving device | Electricity | 48 | Expired |
| US6169309A | High breakdown-voltage transistor with transient protection | Electricity | 33 | Expired |
| US6144070A | High breakdown-voltage transistor with electrostatic discharge protection | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US6268755A | MOSFET predrive circuit with independent control of the output voltage rise and fall time, with improved latch immunity | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US5710515A | Non-volatile memory in power and linear integrated circuits | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US6324044A | Driver for controller area network | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6236098A | Heat spreader | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5801091A | Method for current ballasting and busing over active device area using a multi-level conductor process | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5541799A | Reducing the natural current limit in a power MOS device by reducing the gate-source voltage | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5812006A | Optimized power output clamping structure | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5675241A | Voltage regulator with low drop out voltage | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US5432741A | Circuit for permanently disabling EEPROM programming | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5579193A | Reducing the natural current limit in a power MOS device by reducing the gate-source voltage | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US6469884B1 | Internal protection circuit and method for on chip programmable poly fuses | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5665991A | Device having current ballasting and busing over active area using a multi-level conductor process | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6940131B2 | MOS ESD CDM clamp with integral substrate injection guardring and method for fabrication | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7554309B2 | Circuits, devices and methods for regulator minimum load control | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6111737A | Internal voltage protection circuit | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6376870B1 | Low voltage transistors with increased breakdown voltage to substrate | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6476667B1 | Adjustable current limiting/sensing circuitry and method | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US5793245A | Wide range gate-source clamp | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6373343B1 | Oscillator and method | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US6600205B2 | Method for making low voltage transistors with increased breakdown voltage to substrate having three different MOS transistors | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US6215637A | Internal voltage clamp protection circuit without parasitic cross-talk | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.