Inventor · Monterey Park, CA, US

Tim Ng

40Patents
8h-index
37Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 1991 → Jul 11, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6788035B2 Serial bus control method and apparatus for a microelectronic power regulation system Electricity 68 Expired
US6791302B2 Methods and apparatus for open-loop enhanced control of power supply transients Physics 56 Expired
US6809504B2 Dual loop regulator Physics 46 Expired
US6947273B2 Power, ground, and routing scheme for a microprocessor power regulator Electricity 36 Expired
US10224812B1 Sensing network mismatch compensation for switching voltage regulator with input voltage and current sensing Electricity 15 Active
US8207720B2 Methods and apparatus for power supply load dump compensation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7391192B2 Apparatus and system for providing transient suppression power regulation Physics 12 Expired
US5856760A Overdrive protection clamp scheme for feedback amplifiers Electricity 9 Expired
US5128674A Two quadrants high speed multiplying DAC Electricity 6 Expired
US9627969B2 Inductor current measurement compensation for switching voltage regulators Electricity 5 Active
US7616456B2 Apparatus and system for providing transient suppression power regulation Physics 5 Active
US8972216B2 Methods and apparatus for calibration of power converters Electricity 5 Active
US9065339B2 Methods and apparatus for voltage regulation with dynamic transient optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9621045B2 Multiphase regulator with self-test Electricity 5 Active
US10425007B2 Multiphase regulator with phase current testing Electricity 4 Active
US10481626B1 Method and apparatus for power distribution using a multiphase voltage regulator with phase redundancy and fault tolerant operation Electricity 3 Active
US10483847B2 Power converter calibration method and apparatus Electricity 3 Active
US9110480B2 Voltage ramp circuitry and voltage ramp methods for voltage regulators Electricity 3 Active
US10693361B2 Faulty current sense line detection in multiphase voltage regulators Electricity 2 Active
US6789036B2 Microelectronic transient power generator for power system validation Physics 2 Expired
US9973084B2 Switching voltage regulator input power estimation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US11196342B2 Multiphase regulator with phase current testing using ramp current patterns Electricity 1 Active
US10277123B2 Method and apparatus for setting control loop parameters of a voltage regulator controller Electricity 1 Active
US10608537B2 Input calibration for switching voltage regulators Electricity 1 Active
US10324480B2 Dynamic switching frequency control in multiphase voltage regulators Electricity 1 Active

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