Inventor · Cedar Park, TX, US

Michael A. Kost

60Patents
11h-index
55Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 26, 2000 → Jun 9, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8212491B2 Switching power converter control with triac-based leading edge dimmer compatibility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Active
US7286009B2 Digital PWM amplifier with simulation-based feedback Electricity 47 Expired
US7023268B1 Systems and methods for automatically adjusting channel timing Electricity 38 Expired
US11150733B2 Methods and apparatuses for providing a haptic output signal to a haptic actuator Physics 34 Active
US8823289B2 Color coordination of electronic light sources with dimming and temperature responsiveness Electricity 24 Active
US10976825B2 Methods and apparatuses for controlling operation of a vibrational output system and/or operation of an input sensor system Electricity 22 Active
US8581504B2 Switching power converter control with triac-based leading edge dimmer compatibility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US8933648B1 Systems and methods for selecting a compatibility mode of operation for a lamp assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7747917B2 Scan cells with minimized shoot-through and scan chains and integrated circuits using the same Physics 12 Active
US7576606B2 Digital PWM amplifier having a low delay corrector Electricity 12 Active
US9178415B1 Inductor over-current protection using a volt-second value representing an input voltage to a switching power converter Electricity 12 Active
US8912734B2 Color mixing of electronic light sources with correlation between phase-cut dimmer angle and predetermined black body radiation function Electricity 11 Active
US7286010B2 Systems and methods for over-current protection Electricity 11 Expired
US7728658B2 Low-noise, low-distortion digital PWM amplifier Electricity 10 Active
US9167664B2 Systems and methods for low-power lamp compatibility with a trailing-edge dimmer and an electronic transformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9215770B2 Systems and methods for low-power lamp compatibility with a trailing-edge dimmer and an electronic transformer Electricity 10 Active
US9510401B1 Reduced standby power in an electronic power control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7362254B2 Systems and methods for minimizing delay in a control path Electricity 9 Active
US6535018B1 Voltage level shifting circuits and methods and systems using the same Electricity 8 Expired
US7482865B2 Systems and methods for correcting errors resulting from component mismatch in a feedback path Electricity 8 Active
US11669165B2 Methods and apparatuses for controlling operation of a vibrational output system and/or operation of an input sensor system Electricity 8 Active
US8723438B2 Switch power converter control with spread spectrum based electromagnetic interference reduction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8552893B1 Control system using nonlinear delta-sigma modulator with switching period error compensation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7706545B2 Systems and methods for protection of audio amplifier circuits Electricity 6 Active
US9024541B2 Utilizing secondary-side conduction time parameters of a switching power converter to provide energy to a load Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active

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