Inventor · Munich, DE

Ludwig Leipold

27Patents
11h-index
15Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 10, 1978 → Dec 21, 2001

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4728826A MOSFET switch with inductive load Electricity 123 Expired
US5086364A Circuitry for detecting a short circuit of a load in series with an FET Physics 36 Expired
US4730228A Overtemperature detection of power semiconductor components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US4947234A Semiconductor component with power MOSFET and control circuit Electricity 29 Expired
US4691129A Drive circuit for a power MOSFET with source-side load Electricity 24 Expired
US4339668A Monolithically integrated circuit of high dielectric strength for electrically coupling isolated circuits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5272399A Circuit limiting the load current of a power MOSFET Electricity 20 Expired
US4952827A Circuit arrangement for controlling the load current in a power MOSFET Electricity 17 Expired
US4502070A FET Controlled thyristor Electricity 15 Expired
US4633292A Semiconductor component with planar structure Electricity 14 Expired
US5371418A Drive circuit for a power MOSFET with load at the source side Electricity 11 Expired
US5266840A Circuit for detecting the failure of a load which is connected in series with an electronic switch Electricity 10 Expired
US4677325A High voltage MOSFET switch Electricity 8 Expired
US4875131A Circuit configuration for monitoring a semiconductor structural element and providing a signal when the temperature exceeds a predetermined level Electricity 7 Expired
US5172290A Gate-source protective circuit for a power MOSFET Electricity 7 Expired
US5029322A Power MOSFET with current-monitoring Electricity 6 Expired
US4688071A Circuit arrangement comprising a phototransistor Electricity 6 Expired
US4174535A Integrated current supply circuit Electricity 6 Expired
US6156621A Method for fabricating direct wafer bond Si/SiO.sub.2 /Si substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5434521A Integrated comparator circuit Electricity 5 Expired
US4578596A Circuit arrangement for driving a thyristor with a phototransistor Electricity 4 Expired
US5726478A Integrated power semiconductor component having a substrate with a protective structure in the substrate Electricity 4 Expired
US6774682B2 Circuit configuration for driving a semiconductor switching element and method for same Electricity 3 Expired
US4578595A Circuit arrangement for drive of a thyristor with light Electricity 2 Expired
US5160862A MOSFET switch circuit for preventing the switch being turned on during deactivation of an inductive load Electricity 2 Expired

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