Inventor · Darien, IL, US

Lawrence E. Connell

71Patents
21h-index
49Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 15, 1980 → Sep 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6348781B1 Buck or boost power converter Electricity 205 Expired
US6141541A Method, device, phone and base station for providing envelope-following for variable envelope radio frequency signals Electricity 197 Expired
US6134130A Power reception circuits for a device receiving an AC power signal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US5513389A Push pull buffer with noise cancelling symmetry Electricity 105 Expired
US4996529A Auto-zeroing circuit for offset cancellation Electricity 60 Expired
US5856766A Communication device with a frequency compensating synthesizer and method of providing same Electricity 59 Expired
US7495515B1 Low-noise amplifier Electricity 41 Active
US7312654B2 Quiet power up and power down of a digital audio amplifier Electricity 39 Expired
US4398265A Keyboard and display interface adapter architecture Physics 38 Expired
US5999115A Segmented DAC using PMOS and NMOS switches for improved span Electricity 30 Expired
US6441594B1 Low power voltage regulator with improved on-chip noise isolation Physics 29 Expired
US5998978A Apparatus and method for reducing energy fluctuations in a portable data device Physics 29 Expired
US6138042A Method, device, phone, and base station for providing an efficient tracking power converter for variable signals Electricity 26 Expired
US5905393A Unbuffered latch resistant to back-writing and method of operation therefor Electricity 26 Expired
US5493486A High efficiency compact low power voltage doubler circuit Electricity 23 Expired
US4827226A Fully integrated, adjustable oscillator for use with a crystal Electricity 22 Expired
US5678227A Apparatus and method for minimizing the turn on time for a receiver operating in a discontinuous receive mode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5940447A Wireless powered communication device using power signal sampling and method Electricity 22 Expired
US6750704B1 Offset compensated differential amplifier Electricity 22 Expired
US4710724A Differential CMOS comparator for switched capacitor applications Electricity 22 Expired
US5565813A Apparatus for a low voltage differential amplifier incorporating switched capacitors Electricity 21 Expired
US7332979B2 Low noise reference oscillator with fast start-up Electricity 20 Expired
US5977840A Circuit for minimizing turn-on time of temperature compensated crystal oscillator Electricity 17 Expired
US5551078A Apparatus and method for minimizing the turn on time for a receiver operating in a discontinuous receive mode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7403071B2 High linearity and low noise amplifier with continuously variable gain control Electricity 14 Active

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