Inventor · Hsinchu, TW

Sterling Smith

40Patents
8h-index
35Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 20, 1996 → Aug 20, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6841981B2 Radio frequency data communication device in CMOS process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5821892A Digital to analog conversion system Electricity 35 Expired
US7310397B2 Data recovery circuit, phase detection circuit and method for detecting and correcting phase conditions Electricity 27 Expired
US7095288B2 Logic system with adaptive supply voltage control Electricity 11 Expired
US7026878B2 Flexible synthesizer for multiplying a clock by a rational number Electricity 11 Expired
US6768385B2 Intelligent phase lock loop Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US8054384B2 Method of auto-configuring audio-video signals and associated apparatus Electricity 10 Active
US6999327B2 Charge pump for radio frequency data communication device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7106231B2 Video signal processing system including analog to digital converter and related method for calibrating analog to digital converter Electricity 8 Expired
US7098824B2 Apparatus and method for dithering image signals in combination with offset Electricity 8 Expired
US8217815B2 Sigma-delta modulator with shared operational amplifier and associated method Electricity 7 Active
US7795937B2 Semi-digital delay locked loop circuit and method Electricity 7 Active
US7471339B2 High-speed video signal processing system Electricity 6 Active
US6844758B2 Frequency synthesizer Electricity 6 Expired
US6714084B2 High resolution digital controlled oscillator Electricity 6 Expired
US7154352B2 Clock generator and related biasing circuit Electricity 6 Expired
US8542181B2 Flat panel display device, controller, and method for displaying images Physics 5 Active
US8564340B2 Dual phase-locked loop circuit and method for controlling the same Electricity 5 Active
US7084795B2 Video signal processing system with a dynamic ADC calibration loop and related methods Electricity 4 Expired
US7239355B2 Method of frame synchronization when scaling video and video scaling apparatus thereof Electricity 4 Expired
US7486336B2 ADC system, video decoder and related method for decoding composite video signal utilizing clock synchronized to subcarrier of composite video signal Electricity 3 Active
US8339175B2 Phase generating apparatus and method thereof Electricity 3 Active
US7702043B2 AM data recovery circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7468760B2 Apparatus and related method for level clamping control Electricity 2 Active
US7860913B2 Sound signal processing system and related apparatus and method Electricity 2 Active

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