Inventor · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US

Kenneth Ostrom

32Patents
8h-index
22Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 8, 1997 → Aug 12, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6788035B2 Serial bus control method and apparatus for a microelectronic power regulation system Electricity 68 Expired
US6975494B2 Method and apparatus for providing wideband power regulation to a microelectronic device Electricity 62 Expired
US6791302B2 Methods and apparatus for open-loop enhanced control of power supply transients Physics 56 Expired
US7521913B2 Active transient response circuits, system and method for digital multiphase pulse width modulated regulators Electricity 19 Expired
US5926123A Self calibration circuitry and algorithm for multipass analog to digital converter interstage gain correction Electricity 19 Expired
US8143870B2 Methods and apparatus for current sensing Electricity 12 Active
US8120346B2 Methods and apparatus for current sensing Electricity 10 Active
US9350244B2 Switching regulator with increased light load efficiency in pulse frequency modulation mode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8598853B2 Method of balancing current supplied to a load Electricity 8 Active
US8179109B2 Methods and apparatus for a power supply with sequentially-activated segmented power switch Electricity 8 Active
US8008901B2 Regulated power supply with multiple regulators sharing the total current supplied to a load Electricity 7 Active
US9236800B2 System for balancing current supplied to a load Electricity 6 Active
US8541995B2 Multiphase power regulator with active transient response circuitry Electricity 6 Active
US8598857B2 Methods and apparatus for a multiphase power regulator Electricity 6 Active
US8044650B2 Methods and apparatus for current sensing in mutually coupled inductors Electricity 6 Active
US9240721B2 Multiphase digital current mode controller with dynamic current allocation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US6661212B2 Wideband regulator with fast transient suppression circuitry Electricity 5 Expired
US9621045B2 Multiphase regulator with self-test Electricity 5 Active
US8134354B2 Active transient response circuits, system and method for digital multiphase pulse width modulated regulators Electricity 5 Active
US10425007B2 Multiphase regulator with phase current testing Electricity 4 Active
US8896280B2 Switching regulator with increased light load efficiency Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7281866B2 Shunt voltage regulator and method of using Electricity 2 Expired
US6789036B2 Microelectronic transient power generator for power system validation Physics 2 Expired
US9325242B2 Switching regulator output capacitor current estimation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US6632031B1 Shunt transient voltage regulator in a processor package, method of making same, and method of using same Electricity 2 Expired

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