Stephen James Franck
36Patents
11h-index
35Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 19, 1993 → Jan 31, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6594094B2 | Read/write channel | Physics | 61 | Expired |
| US6633447B2 | Method and apparatus for compensation of second order distortion | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US8344806B1 | Power amplifier with power feedback | Electricity | 55 | Active |
| US6587292B1 | Magneto-resistive asymmetry compensation loop | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US8624678B2 | Output stage of a power amplifier having a switched-bulk biasing and adaptive biasing | Electricity | 32 | Active |
| US7092180B2 | Asymmetry correction for magneto-resistive heads | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US6278321A | Method and apparatus for an improved variable gain amplifier | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US6429747B2 | System and method for converting from single-ended to differential signals | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US8749309B2 | Gate-based output power level control power amplifier | Electricity | 18 | Active |
| US5412344A | Class AB amplifier with improved phase margin | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6661590B2 | Efficient analog front end for a read/write channel of a hard disk drive running from a highly regulated power supply | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6580326B2 | High-bandwidth low-voltage gain cell and voltage follower having an enhanced transconductance | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7151410B2 | Class AB enhanced transconductance source follower | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US10659031B2 | Radio frequency switch | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US8629725B2 | Power amplifier having a nonlinear output capacitance equalization | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US6285259A | System and method for converting from single-ended to differential signals | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7091783B2 | Rejection circuitry for variable-gain amplifiers and continuous-time filters | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6853509B2 | Acquisition signal error estimator | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6252459A | System and method for a dual bandwidth capacitor multiplying filter | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7368994B2 | Class AB enhanced transconductance source follower | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7405624B2 | Class AB source follower | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7741823B2 | Linear voltage regulator with improved large transient response | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US6549354B1 | Acquisition signal error estimator | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US10560060B2 | Linear CMOS PA with low quiescent current and boosted maximum linear output power | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7280005B2 | AC coupling network with variable attenuation | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.