Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Milton E. Wilcox

31Patents
15h-index
5Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 25, 1976 → Oct 15, 2001

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5481178A Control circuit and method for maintaining high efficiency over broad current ranges in a switching regulator circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 356 Expired
US6580258B2 Control circuit and method for maintaining high efficiency over broad current ranges in a switching regulator circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 313 Expired
US5994885A Control circuit and method for maintaining high efficiency over broad current ranges in a switching regulator circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 228 Expired
US6304066A Control circuit and method for maintaining high efficiency over broad current ranges in a switching regular circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 210 Expired
US5731694A Control circuit and method for maintaining high efficiency over broard current ranges in a switching regulator circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Expired
US5408150A Circuit for driving two power mosfets in a half-bridge configuration Electricity 105 Expired
US5365118A Circuit for driving two power mosfets in a half-bridge configuration Electricity 91 Expired
US5929620A Switching regulators having a synchronizable oscillator frequency with constant ramp amplitude Electricity 89 Expired
US5847554A Synchronous switching regulator which employs switch voltage-drop for current sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US5731731A High efficiency switching regulator with adaptive drive output circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US5705919A Low drop-out switching regulator architecture Physics 74 Expired
US6366066B1 Circuit and method for reducing quiescent current in a switching regulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US6127815A Circuit and method for reducing quiescent current in a switching regulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US4001603A Emitter load switching circuit Electricity 30 Expired
US4520324A MOS Gain controlled amplifier Electricity 28 Expired
US4063193A Differential transistor pair integrated circuit oscillator with L-C tank circuit Electricity 15 Expired
US4230953A Non-linear control circuit Electricity 15 Expired
US4590444A Voltage controlled RC oscillator circuit Electricity 14 Expired
US5023474A Adaptive gate charge circuit for power FETs Electricity 14 Expired
US5099381A Enable circuit with embedded thermal turn-off Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4132964A Non-linearity correction in wide range voltage controlled oscillators Electricity 13 Expired
US4327333A AGC Current source Electricity 9 Expired
US5066871A Maximum swing cascode circuit for a bipolar charge pump Electricity 8 Expired
US4052682A Multiple oscillator modulator circuit Electricity 8 Expired
US5017816A Adaptive gate discharge circuit for power FETS Electricity 7 Expired

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