Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

William D. Llewellyn

32Patents
11h-index
11Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 3, 1984 → Jul 6, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5579352A Simplified window de-skewing in a serial data receiver Electricity 83 Expired
US5374860A Multi-tap digital delay line Electricity 40 Expired
US5339050A Frequency synthesizing phase lock loop with unvarying loop parameters Electricity 34 Expired
US5172397A Single channel serial data receiver Electricity 31 Expired
US6724248B2 DC offset self-calibration system for a digital switching amplifier Electricity 29 Expired
US9729986B2 Protection of a speaker using temperature calibration Electricity 25 Active
US5329251A Multiple biasing phase-lock-loops controlling center frequency of phase-lock-loop clock recovery circuit Physics 24 Expired
US6127893A Method and apparatus for controlling an audio signal level Electricity 19 Expired
US5912779A Method of reading and writing data on a magnetic medium Physics 16 Expired
US7236117B1 Apparatus and method for ping-pong mismatch correction Electricity 14 Expired
US7026866B2 DC offset self-calibration system for a switching amplifier Electricity 12 Expired
US5463655A Single-ended pulse gating circuit Electricity 9 Expired
US7443905B1 Apparatus and method for spread spectrum clock generator with accumulator Electricity 9 Expired
US5394079A Current mirror with improved input voltage headroom Physics 8 Expired
US6329876A Noise reduction scheme for operational amplifiers Electricity 7 Expired
US6566946B2 Noise reduction scheme for operational amplifiers Electricity 7 Expired
US8866544B2 Class D pulse width modulator with dual feedback Electricity 6 Active
US4546307A NPN Transistor current mirror circuit Electricity 6 Expired
US5426539A Multiple gap read/write head for data storage devices Physics 5 Expired
US7515310B2 Programmable gain amplifier with hybrid digital/analog architecture Electricity 5 Active
US5572505A Spring starter for a hard disk drive platter assembly Physics 5 Expired
US5644457A Multiple gap read/write head for data storage devices Physics 5 Expired
US5287054A Attenuating voltage follower circuit Electricity 3 Expired
US5361068A Low-current digital-to-analog converter Electricity 3 Expired
US6785392B1 Methods and apparatus for enabling or disabling an amplifier Electricity 3 Expired

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