Laurent Gonthier
37Patents
4h-index
17Co-inventors
60Inventor score
Filing activity: May 28, 1999 → Jun 14, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7119497B2 | Dimmer for resistive or capacitive loads | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| US6208126A | Circuit having a bidirectional switch for supplying a load from an AC voltage supply | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7483280B2 | Capacitive power supply circuit and method | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US8004231B2 | Control of a triac for the starting of a motor | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US9774243B2 | Power converter with inrush current limitation | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US11228239B2 | Discharge of an AC capacitor using totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) circuitry | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US6975122B2 | Protection of an A.C. switch | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US9525361B2 | Controlled rectifying circuit | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US9755541B2 | AC-DC converter with inrush current limitation | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US6542022B2 | Voltage pulse analog generator | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US10483869B1 | Power conversion circuit having inrush current limiting resistor bypass | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9912249B2 | Rectifying circuit with thyristors | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US7224087B2 | Circuit for the control of a triac without galvanic isolation | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
| US7514897B2 | Control of a triac for the starting of a motor | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US11271493B2 | Thyristor control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US11936288B2 | Discharge of an AC capacitor using totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) circuitry | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US10014797B2 | AC/DC converter with inrush current limitation | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US11251696B2 | Discharge of an AC capacitor | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US10298143B2 | Rectifying circuit with thyristors | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9667130B2 | Inrush current limiting circuit | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US7479744B2 | Power dimmer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11515805B2 | Capacitor discharge | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US8994283B2 | Circuit for controlling a lighting unit having a periodic power supply with a thyristor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US12381467B2 | Voltage converter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US10686388B2 | Rectifying bridge control circuit | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.