Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Thomas Li

29Patents
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38Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 14, 1997 → Jun 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6166455A Load current sharing and cascaded power supply modules Electricity 249 Expired
US6091233A Interleaved zero current switching in a power factor correction boost converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 163 Expired
US6075295A Single inductor multiple output boost regulator Electricity 61 Expired
US10411490B2 Voltage regulator systems configured to control input voltage Electricity 10 Active
US10274987B2 Apparatus, systems and methods for reconfigurable dickson star switched capacitor voltage regulator Electricity 10 Active
US10541603B2 Circuits for a hybrid switched capacitor converter Electricity 9 Active
US10715035B2 Circuits and methods for slew rate control of switched capacitor regulators Electricity 9 Active
US10601311B2 Circuits and methods for hybrid 3:1 voltage regulators Electricity 9 Active
US10720832B2 Circuits and methods for measuring the output current of a switched capacitor regulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US10833579B1 Switched capacitor regulators with flying-inverter-controlled power switches Electricity 8 Active
US10243457B2 Feedback control for efficient high-speed battery charging Electricity 8 Active
US10350728B2 System and process for in situ byproduct removal and platen cooling during CMP Electricity 7 Active
US9498866B2 Polishing pad cleaning with vacuum apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US9056383B2 Path for probe of spectrographic metrology system Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US11710228B2 Detecting an excursion of a CMP component using time-based sequence of images and machine learning Electricity 1 Active
US11980995B2 Motor torque endpoint during polishing with spatial resolution Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US10289146B2 Reconfigurable dickson star switched capacitor voltage regulator Electricity 1 Active
US10322492B2 Retaining ring for CMP Electricity 1 Active
US12148149B2 Training a machine learning system to detect an excursion of a CMP component using time-based sequence of images Electricity 0 Active
US12079984B2 Detecting an excursion of a CMP component using time-based sequence of images Electricity 0 Active
US11673226B2 Retaining ring for CMP Electricity 0 Active
USRE50386E1 Circuits and methods for measuring the output current of a switched capacitor regulator General 0 Active
US11890722B2 Chemical mechanical polishing slurry buildup monitoring Electricity 0 Active
US12311494B2 Pressure signals during motor torque monitoring to provide spatial resolution Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
USRE50353E1 Circuits and methods for hybrid 3:1 voltage regulators General 0 Active

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