Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Randy G. Flatness

20Patents
13h-index
11Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 23, 1993 → Aug 14, 2009

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
US6724174B1 Adjustable minimum peak inductor current level for burst mode in current-mode DC-DC regulators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 132 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
US6476589B2 Circuits and methods for synchronizing non-constant frequency switching regulators with a phase locked loop Electricity 108 Expired
US6674274B2 Multiple phase switching regulators with stage shedding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US7394231B2 Current-mode control for switched step up-step down regulators Electricity 30 Expired
US7362191B2 Methods and circuits for frequency modulation that reduce the spectral noise of switching regulators Electricity 25 Active
US6369665B1 Maintaining constant amount of slope compensation regardless of switching frequency during synchronization Electricity 22 Expired
US7466112B2 Variable frequency current-mode control for switched step up-step down regulators Electricity 21 Expired
US7256570B2 Light load current-mode control for switched step up-step down regulators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6774611B2 Circuits and methods for synchronizing non-constant frequency switching regulators with a phase locked loop Electricity 12 Expired
US8274266B2 Switch mode power supply with dynamic topology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7365525B2 Protection for switched step up/step down regulators Electricity 9 Expired
US7019497B2 Circuits and methods for synchronizing non-constant frequency switching regulators with a phase locked loop Electricity 9 Expired
US7812585B2 Advanced current-mode control for switched regulators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
USRE41037E1 Adjustable minimum peak inductor current level for burst mode in current-mode DC-DC regulators General 2 Expired
US7170195B2 Circuits and methods for flexible current partitioning in monolithic switching regulators Electricity 2 Expired

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