Inventor · Scottsdale, AZ, US

Michael A. Stapleton

16Patents
7h-index
21Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 31, 1999 → Mar 29, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6538888B1 Radial base heatsink Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US6523128B1 Controlling power for a sleeping state of a computer to prevent overloading of the stand-by power rails by selectively asserting a control signal Physics 43 Expired
US6574577B2 Circuit to indicate the status of a supply voltage Physics 37 Expired
US6472899B2 Method for determining a load line based variable voltage input for an integrated circuit product Physics 31 Expired
US10305363B1 Current doubling DC-DC converter with efficient sleep mode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7759918B2 Method for inhibiting thermal run-away Electricity 13 Active
US6880076B2 System and method for communicating device information between a device and a controller Physics 8 Expired
US6316924A Supply voltage sequencing circuit Physics 5 Expired
US9136836B2 Converter including a bootstrap circuit and method Electricity 3 Active
US6661263B2 Voltage sequencing arrangements providing first and second voltages sequenced to each other in time Electricity 3 Expired
US10250119B1 Fast response for current doubling DC-DC converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8582317B2 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor component and structure therefor Electricity 3 Active
US6462438B1 Supply voltage sequencing Physics 2 Expired
US9082868B2 Semiconductor component and method of manufacture Electricity 1 Active
US8710821B2 Method for inhibiting thermal run-away Electricity 0 Active
US8558522B2 Method for scaling a drive signal and circuit therefor Electricity 0 Active

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