Inventor · Tempe, AZ, US

Thomas D. Petty

22Patents
10h-index
10Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 4, 1983 → Mar 11, 1997

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5818201A Circuit and method for battery charge control Electricity 179 Expired
US5610495A Circuit and method of monitoring battery cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5726597A Method and circuit for reducing offset voltages for a differential input stage Electricity 42 Expired
US5422559A Pulsed battery charger circuit Electricity 30 Expired
US5153529A Rail-to-rail input stage of an operational amplifier Electricity 22 Expired
US5798673A Low voltage operational amplifier bias circuit and method Electricity 20 Expired
US5422600A Amplifier input stage with charge pump supplying a differential transistor pair Electricity 18 Expired
US5699015A Low voltage operational amplifier and method Electricity 17 Expired
US5059921A Amplifier having two operating modes Electricity 12 Expired
US5140280A Rail-to-rail output stage of an operational amplifier Electricity 10 Expired
US5376875A Battery charger status monitor circuit and method therefor Electricity 10 Expired
US4581507A Impact switch Electricity 9 Expired
US5471174A Amplifier having an output stage with bias current cancellation Electricity 9 Expired
US5089769A Precision current mirror Physics 8 Expired
US5327100A Negative slew rate enhancement circuit for an operational amplifier Electricity 8 Expired
US5521488A Voltage regulator and method therefor Electricity 5 Expired
US5675268A Overcurrent detection circuit for a power MOSFET and method therefor Electricity 5 Expired
US5057709A Current threshold detector circuit Electricity 5 Expired
US5285170A Operational amplifier with all NPN transistor output stage Electricity 4 Expired
US5059923A Fractional load current detector Electricity 4 Expired
US4572968A SCR Fire sensitivity control and fire control apparatus Electricity 2 Expired
US5311147A High impedance output driver stage and method therefor Electricity 1 Expired

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