Inventor · Dallas, TX, US

Joseph A. Devore

31Patents
12h-index
33Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 4, 1993 → May 31, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.