Inventor · Ann Arbor, MI, US

Michael Shannon McCorquodale

29Patents
13h-index
16Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 13, 2000 → Jan 27, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6249073A Device including a micromechanical resonator having an operating frequency and method of extending same Electricity 95 Expired
US7307486B2 Low-latency start-up for a monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 32 Expired
US6972635B2 MEMS-based, computer systems, clock generation and oscillator circuits and LC-tank apparatus for use therein Electricity 31 Expired
US7365614B2 Integrated clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 29 Active
US7227423B2 Monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 27 Expired
US8164159B1 Semiconductor resonators with electromagnetic and environmental shielding and methods of forming same Electricity 21 Active
US7978017B2 Control voltage generator for a clock, frequency reference, and other reference signal generator Electricity 18 Active
US7157984B2 MEMS-based, computer systems, clock generation and oscillator circuits and LC-tank apparatus for use therein Electricity 17 Expired
US7227424B2 Transconductance and current modulation for resonant frequency control and selection Electricity 16 Expired
US7248124B2 Frequency calibration for a monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 16 Expired
US7679463B2 Multi-terminal harmonic oscillator integrated circuit with frequency calibration and frequency configuration Electricity 15 Active
US7456699B2 Frequency controller for a monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 13 Expired
US7358826B2 Discrete clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 13 Active
US7548125B2 Frequency calibration for a monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference Physics 12 Active
US7504899B2 Inductor and capacitor-based clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 12 Expired
US7132874B2 Linearizing apparatus and method Physics 8 Expired
US7656245B2 Integrated clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 7 Active
US7719371B2 Spread spectrum clock and reference signal generator Electricity 7 Active
US8093958B2 Clock, frequency reference, and other reference signal generator with a controlled quality factor Electricity 7 Active
US7924110B2 Monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 7 Active
US7656243B2 Monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 6 Expired
US7872541B2 Inductor and capacitor-based clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 6 Active
US8134414B2 Clock, frequency reference, and other reference signal generator with frequency stability over temperature variation Electricity 5 Active
US7656244B2 Discrete clock generator and timing/frequency reference Electricity 5 Active
US7786812B2 Oscillators having reactance-adjustable frequency control Electricity 5 Active

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