Inventor · Yorktown Heights, NY, US

Robert L. Franch

22Patents
8h-index
21Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 23, 1990 → Aug 11, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5212616A Voltage regulation and latch-up protection circuits Electricity 46 Expired
US5157634A DRAM having extended refresh time Physics 31 Expired
US7400555B2 Built in self test circuit for measuring total timing uncertainty in a digital data path Physics 24 Expired
US7944229B2 Method and apparatus for calibrating internal pulses in an integrated circuit Physics 19 Active
US7961559B2 Duty cycle measurement circuit for measuring and maintaining balanced clock duty cycle Physics 18 Active
US7973549B2 Method and apparatus for calibrating internal pulses in an integrated circuit Physics 11 Active
US7255476B2 On chip temperature measuring and monitoring circuit and method Physics 11 Expired
US7459940B2 Local clock buffer (LCB) with asymmetric inductive peaking Electricity 10 Active
US7452128B2 On chip temperature measuring and monitoring circuit and method Physics 6 Active
US9568548B1 Measurement of signal delays in microprocessor integrated circuits with sub-picosecond accuracy using frequency stepping Physics 3 Active
US9575119B1 Measurement of signal delays in microprocessor integrated circuits with sub-picosecond accuracy using frequency stepping Physics 2 Active
US9618966B2 Pulse-drive resonant clock with on-the-fly mode change Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9612614B2 Pulse-drive resonant clock with on-the-fly mode change Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7645071B2 On chip temperature measuring and monitoring method Physics 2 Active
US7780347B2 On chip temperature measuring and monitoring circuit and method Physics 1 Active
US10296691B2 Optimizing the layout of circuits based on multiple design constraints Physics 1 Active
US7839175B2 Local clock buffer (LCB) with asymmetric inductive peaking Electricity 1 Active
US10145892B2 Increasing the resolution of on-chip measurement circuits Physics 1 Active
US9348357B2 Stitchable global clock for 3D chips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7762721B2 On chip temperature measuring and monitoring method Physics 0 Active
US9800232B2 Stitchable global clock for 3D chips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11636245B2 Methods and systems for leveraging computer-aided design variability in synthesis tuning Physics 0 Active

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