Mark E. Jacobs
52Patents
23h-index
24Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 25, 1992 → Sep 12, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6249447A | System and method for determining output current and converter employing the same | Electricity | 127 | Expired |
| US6201719A | Controller for power supply and method of operation thereof | Electricity | 102 | Expired |
| US6351396B1 | Method and apparatus for dynamically altering operation of a converter device to improve conversion efficiency | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 65 | Expired |
| US6822882B1 | Gate driver with a DC offset bias circuit and a power converter employing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Expired |
| US6188586A | Asymmetrical half-bridge power converter having reduced input ripple and method of manufacturing the same | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US6288920A | Drive compensation circuit for synchronous rectifier and method of operating the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 54 | Expired |
| US7459893B2 | Optimal feedback control of switch-mode power converters | Electricity | 54 | Active |
| US5861734A | Control architecture for interleaved converters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Expired |
| US6882548B1 | Auxiliary active clamp circuit, a method of clamping a voltage of a rectifier switch and a power converter employing the circuit or method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Expired |
| US6034513A | System and method for controlling power factor and power converter employing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 45 | Expired |
| US5912549A | Current mode controller for continuous conduction mode power factor correction circuit and method of operation thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| US6091616A | Drive compensation circuit for synchronous rectifier and method of operating the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US5777866A | Power factor control for switched mode rectifiers with improved representing of currents in EMI capacitive elements | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Expired |
| US5784269A | Three phase high power factor converter using phase selection circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Expired |
| US5909108A | Current-sharing circuit for parallel-coupled switches and switch-mode power converter employing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US5847548A | Current-sharing passive snubber for parallel-connected switches and high power boost converter employing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US6396725B1 | System and method for improving control loop response of a power supply | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US5572416A | Isolated input current sense means for high power factor rectifier | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US6075716A | Two-stage, three phase boost converter with reduced total harmonic distortion | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5844790A | Split-boost converter having damped EMI isolation filter and method of operation thereof | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US5414747A | Method and apparatus for in-process analysis of polycrystalline films and coatings by x-ray diffraction | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6094087A | Gate drive circuit for isolated gate devices and method of operation thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5991168A | Transient response network, method of diverting energy in a multiple output power converter and a power converter employing the same | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US6055166A | Low trickle current startup bias circuit and method of operation thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US5327333A | Push push DC-DC reduced/zero voltage switching converter with off-set tapped secondary winding | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.