William E. Main
28Patents
8h-index
8Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 5, 1977 → Dec 21, 2000
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4977381A | Differential relaxation oscillator | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US5886547A | Circuit and method of controlling mixer linearity | Electricity | 58 | Expired |
| US4808907A | Current regulator and method | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US5650749A | FM demodulator using injection locked oscillator having tuning feedback and linearizing feedback | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US4958122A | Current source regulator | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US6369647B1 | Demodulator circuit and method of tuning | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US4442549A | Meter drive circuit | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4283683A | Audio bridge circuit | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6249170A | Logarithmic gain control circuit and method | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5751192A | Integrated circuit and method for generating a transimpedance function | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US4709171A | Current limiter and method for limiting current | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US4122402A | Buffer amplifier circuit suitable for manufacture in monolithic integrated circuit form | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6208205A | Amplifier circuit and method for reducing noise therein | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5754038A | Method and circuit for current regulation | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US4928068A | FM demodulator | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6265917A | Circuit and method for altering the frequency of a signal | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US5703478A | Current mirror circuit | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US5729176A | Linear differential gain stage | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US5617056A | Base current compensation circuit | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US4360866A | Linear full wave rectifier and method for providing full wave rectified signals | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US5424682A | Variable gain amplifier circuit | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US5592076A | Base current supply circuit for multiple current sources | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US4567441A | Circuit and method for linearizing the output signal of an FM detector | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US4926132A | FM detector with reduced distortion | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US6407615B2 | Temperature compensation circuit and method of compensating | Physics | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.