Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Thomas D. Cook

17Patents
7h-index
13Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 29, 1986 → Jan 6, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5459398A Adaptive threshold circuit Physics 34 Expired
US5594649A Digitally reconfigurable engine knock detecting system Physics 23 Expired
US7863876B2 Built-in self-calibration (BISC) technique for regulation circuits used in non-volatile memory Physics 15 Active
US7560970B2 Level shifter Electricity 14 Active
US7948301B2 Charge pump with charge feedback and method of operation Electricity 12 Active
US4749955A Low voltage comparator circuit Electricity 11 Expired
US5552648A Method and apparatus for the generation of long time constants using switched capacitors Electricity 7 Expired
US7889523B2 Variable load, variable output charge-based voltage multipliers Electricity 5 Active
US8476963B2 Exponential charge pump Electricity 5 Active
US8008964B1 Variable input voltage charge pump Electricity 5 Active
US7965130B1 Low power charge pump and method of operation Electricity 4 Active
US8310300B2 Charge pump having ramp rate control Electricity 4 Active
US4941161A Detection of digital signal error rates Electricity 4 Expired
US8310877B2 Read conditions for a non-volatile memory (NVM) Physics 2 Active
USD514429S1 Padlock key General 2 Expired
US8040700B2 Charge pump for use with a synchronous load Electricity 1 Active
US8278977B2 Refresh operation during low power mode configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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