Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Kien Vi

16Patents
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16Co-inventors
53Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 12, 2007 → Dec 7, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7777704B2 System and method for controlling a multi-string light emitting diode backlighting system for an electronic display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US7663326B2 Temperature dependant LED current controller Electricity 15 Active
US8373364B2 Smart monitoring of light emitting diode strings Physics 5 Active
US8476965B2 Method and circuit for an operating area limiter Physics 4 Active
US8169450B2 System and method for ambient-light adaptive intensity control for an electronic display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8493300B2 Architecture and technique for inter-chip communication Electricity 3 Active
US8912770B2 Power conversion feedback control circuit for reaching a goal voltage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8581828B2 Load-aware compensation in light-emitting-diode backlight illumination systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7598800B2 Method and circuit for an efficient and scalable constant current source for an electronic display Physics 2 Active
US8536933B2 Method and circuit for an operating area limiter Physics 1 Active
US8049708B2 Hybrid analog and digital architecture for controlling backlight light emitting diodes of an electronic display Physics 1 Active
US8378957B2 Methods and circuits for triode region detection Electricity 1 Active
US11791830B2 ADC apparatus and control method Electricity 0 Active
US9064461B2 Load-aware compensation in light-emitting-diode backlight illumination systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11722143B2 ADC apparatus and control method Electricity 0 Active
US11740300B2 Short circuit detection apparatus and control method for switched capacitor converter Electricity 0 Active

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