Inventor · Ames, IA, US

William C. Black

51Patents
17h-index
32Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 10, 1973 → Jul 3, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6542000B1 Nonvolatile programmable logic devices Electricity 142 Expired
US5831426A Magnetic current sensor Physics 109 Expired
US5442289A Biomagnetometer having flexible sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US5982309A Parallel-to-serial CMOS data converter with a selectable bit width mode D flip-flop M matrix Electricity 67 Expired
US5269325A Analysis of biological signals using data from arrays of sensors Electricity 67 Expired
US4977896A Analysis of biological signals using data from arrays of sensors Human Necessities 59 Expired
US5158932A Superconducting biomagnetometer with inductively coupled pickup coil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5444372A Magnetometer and method of measuring a magnetic field Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US5061680A Superconducting biomagnetometer with remote pickup coil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US6317359A Non-volatile magnetic circuit Physics 41 Expired
US6343032B1 Non-volatile spin dependent tunnel junction circuit Physics 39 Expired
US6693826B1 Magnetic memory sensing method and apparatus Physics 36 Expired
US7133648B1 Bidirectional multi-gigabit transceiver Electricity 24 Expired
US4014743A Method for continuous preparation of cooked thinned starch pastes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6252390A Magnetically coupled signal isolator Physics 20 Expired
US6870390B1 Tx line driver with common mode idle state and selectable slew rates Electricity 18 Expired
US6975132B2 DAC based driver with selectable pre-emphasis signal levels Electricity 18 Expired
US7376767B1 Distributed buffering system having programmable interconnecting logic and applications thereof Electricity 15 Expired
US6956442B2 Ring oscillator with peaking stages Electricity 15 Expired
US6976102B1 Integrated circuit with auto negotiation Electricity 15 Expired
US4633226A Multiple channel analog-to-digital converters Electricity 14 Expired
US4864274A Remote reading thermostat Physics 14 Expired
US7406118B2 Programmable logic device including programmable multi-gigabit transceivers Electricity 13 Expired
US4353105A CMOS Latch-up protection circuit Electricity 12 Expired
US7480347B2 Analog front-end having built-in equalization and applications thereof Electricity 12 Active

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