Inventor · Cedar Rapids, IA, US

Robert John Thompson

23Patents
11h-index
24Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 29, 1985 → Apr 5, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8718188B2 Apparatus and methods for envelope tracking Electricity 185 Active
US4689040A Tip for a phacoemulsification needle Human Necessities 148 Expired
US8989682B2 Apparatus and methods for envelope tracking calibration Electricity 108 Active
US9118277B2 Apparatus and methods for envelope tracking in radio frequency systems Electricity 53 Active
US9584070B2 Apparatus and methods for envelope trackers Electricity 46 Active
US9935582B2 Apparatus and methods for envelope tracking systems Electricity 44 Active
US9294043B2 Apparatus and methods for calibrating envelope trackers Electricity 41 Active
US9571152B2 Apparatus and methods for calibration of envelope trackers Electricity 39 Active
US10382147B2 Methods of calibrating a power amplifier system to compensate for envelope amplitude misalignment Electricity 24 Active
US6414847B1 Integral dielectric heatspreader Electricity 17 Expired
US10333470B2 Apparatus and methods for envelope tracking systems Electricity 13 Active
US6596351B1 Collectible dice and packaging therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US10727894B2 Front end systems with switched termination for enhanced intermodulation distortion performance Electricity 4 Active
US10868577B2 Front end systems with switched termination for enhanced intermodulation distortion performance Electricity 2 Active
US11652504B2 Fast antenna switching Electricity 1 Active
US8076622B1 Low profile, conformal global positioning system array for artillery Electricity 1 Active
US12126307B2 Power amplifier modules with controllable envelope tracking noise filters Electricity 1 Active
US8799423B2 System and method for optimizing and digitally correcting errors on a computer system Physics 1 Active
US9670887B1 Ionizing device for improving combustion engine performance and methods of use Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9258187B2 System and method for optimizing and digitally correcting errors on a computer system Physics 0 Active
US10408172B2 Ionizing device for improving combustion engine performance and methods of use Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US11159194B2 Front end systems with switched termination for enhanced intermodulation distortion performance Electricity 0 Active
US12316369B2 Fast antenna switching Electricity 0 Active

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