| Top Inventors for class "Electricity: power supply or regulation systems" |
| Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
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| 1 | Weihong Qiu | US | San Jose, CA | Sep 13, 2012 / 20120229113 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING CONTROLLER INDUCED PULSE SKIPPING AT LOW DUTY CYCLE OPERATIONS | 21 |
| 2 | Alex B. Djenguerian | US | Saratoga, CA | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130058138 - METHOD AND APPARATUS TO LIMIT MAXIMUM SWITCH CURRENT IN A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY | 14 |
| 3 | John L. Melanson | US | Austin, TX | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120327690 - Primary-Side Based Control Of Econdary-Side Current For A Transformer | 14 |
| 4 | Junji Nishida | JP | Osaka | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130063108 - DC-DC CONVERTER CONTROL CIRCUIT AND DC-DC CONVERTER INCLUDING SAME | 14 |
| 5 | Robert T. Carroll | US | Andover, MA | May 16, 2013 / 20130119951 - POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITRY AND ADAPTIVE TRANSIENT CONTROL | 13 |
| 6 | Takashi Imura | JP | Chiba-Shi | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120286751 - VOLTAGE REGULATOR | 13 |
| 7 | Ta-Yung Yang | US | Milpitas, CA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130094253 - Control Circuit for Offline Power Converter without Input Capacitor | 12 |
| 8 | Takuya Ishii | JP | Osaka | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120091978 - DC-DC CONVERTER | 12 |
| 9 | Ke-Horng Chen | TW | Taipei County | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120319669 - HIGH EFFICIENCY BUCK-BOOST POWER CONVERTER | 12 |
| 10 | Ippei Noda | JP | Osaka | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130088208 - SWITCHING REGULATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME | 12 |
| 11 | Ryotaro Kudo | JP | Tokyo | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130049719 - VOLTAGE CLAMP CIRCUIT, A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND A VOLTAGE LEVEL CONVERSION CIRCUIT | 12 |
| 12 | Balu Balakrishnan | US | Saratoga, CA | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130069555 - DIMMER-DISABLED LED DRIVER | 11 |
| 13 | Laszlo Lipcsei | US | Campbell, CA | Jan 17, 2013 / 20130016530 - CONTROLLERS FOR POWER CONVERTERSAANM LIPCSEI; LaszloAACI CampbellAAST CAAACO USAAGP LIPCSEI; Laszlo Campbell CA USAANM GHERGHESCU; AlinAACI Santa ClaraAAST CAAACO USAAGP GHERGHESCU; Alin Santa Clara CA USAANM POPOVICI; CatalinAACI Santa ClaraAAST CAAACO USAAGP POPOVICI; Catalin Santa Clara CA US | 11 |
| 14 | Zaki Moussaoui | US | San Carlos, CA | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130021015 - Device and Method for Controlling a Buck-Boost Converter | 11 |
| 15 | Lieyi Fang | CN | Shanghai | May 16, 2013 / 20130119881 - LED LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTANT CURRENT CONTROL IN VARIOUS OPERATION MODES | 10 |
| 16 | Qian Ouyang | CN | Hangzhou | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130038316 - POWER LOSS CONTROL METHOD FOR METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS | 10 |
| 17 | Kazutoshi Nakamura | JP | Kanagawa-Ken | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130082302 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 10 |
| 18 | Ashraf W. Lotfi | US | Bridgewater, NJ | Dec 06, 2012 / 20120306011 - Integrated Circuit With A Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device And Method Of Forming The Same | 10 |
| 19 | Osvaldo Enrico Zambetti | IT | Milano | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130058378 - TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING A SIGNAL REPRESENTING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ENVIRONMENT | 10 |
| 20 | Jian-Rong Huang | TW | Hsinchu City | Dec 06, 2012 / 20120306586 - CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR A PWM VOLTAGE REGULATOR | 10 |
| 21 | Aleksandar Prodic | CA | Toronto | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130090712 - FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM, AND USE THEREOF | 9 |
| 22 | Kwan-Jen Chu | TW | Hsinchu City | Feb 16, 2012 / 20120038338 - OUTPUT CURRENT DETECTION OF A VOLTAGE REGULATOR | 9 |
| 23 | Takayuki Hashimoto | JP | Tokai | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120287097 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LED DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE | 9 |
| 24 | Benjamim Tang | US | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130027009 - Switching Regulator with Increased Light Load Efficiency | 9 |
| 25 | Scott Dearborn | US | Brackney, PA | Jul 26, 2012 / 20120187930 - VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAVING CURRENT AND VOLTAGE FOLDBACK BASED UPON LOAD IMPEDANCE | 9 |
| 26 | Robert H. Isham | US | Flemington, NJ | Jul 28, 2011 / 20110181253 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PRECISION CURRENT SENSING | 8 |
| 27 | Wei Chen | US | Saratoga, CA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130063102 - CONSTANT TIME CONTROLLER AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR SWITCHING REGULATOR | 8 |
| 28 | Stewart Kenly | US | Epping, NH | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120062290 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATOR | 8 |
| 29 | William M. Polivka | US | Campbell, CA | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130057316 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-DIFFERENTIAL COMPARISON OF AN ANALOG SIGNAL | 8 |
| 30 | Toru Miyamae | JP | Kasugai | Apr 05, 2012 / 20120081085 - POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY | 8 |
| 31 | Slobodan Cuk | US | Laguna Niguel, CA | Nov 08, 2012 / 20120281436 - ISOLATED DC-TO-DC VOLTAGE STEP-UP CONVERTER | 8 |
| 32 | Gerald Deboy | AT | Klagenfurt | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130009700 - Power Converter Circuit with AC Output | 8 |
| 33 | Yuichi Goto | JP | Kanagawa-Ken | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130038307 - SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND DC-TO-DC CONVERTER | 8 |
| 34 | Qi-Yan Luo | CN | Shenzhen City | May 16, 2013 / 20130124880 - POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT | 8 |
| 35 | Nien-Hui Kung | TW | Hsinchu City | May 16, 2013 / 20130119957 - Bi-directional Switching Regulator and Control Circuit Thereof | 8 |
| 36 | David Michael Hugh Matthews | GB | Windsor | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120243266 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SIDE INPUT WINDING REGULATION | 8 |
| 37 | Song-Lin Tong | CN | Shenzhen City | May 16, 2013 / 20130124880 - POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT | 7 |
| 38 | John M. Pigott | US | Phoenix, AZ | Jan 12, 2012 / 20120007558 - Battery Cell Equalizer System | 7 |
| 39 | Venkat Sreenivas | US | Winchester, MA | May 16, 2013 / 20130119951 - POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITRY AND ADAPTIVE TRANSIENT CONTROL | 7 |
| 40 | Richard K. Williams | US | Cupertino, CA | May 16, 2013 / 20130119955 - High Voltage SEPIC Converter | 7 |
| 41 | Congzhong Huang | US | Plano, TX | Sep 13, 2012 / 20120229110 - HIGH EFFICIENCY PFM CONTROL FOR BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER | 7 |
| 42 | Paul W. Latham, Ii | US | Lee, NH | Oct 04, 2012 / 20120249103 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED SWITCH-MODE DC-DC CONVERTERS FOR POWER SUPPLIES | 7 |
| 43 | Serban-Mihai Popescu | US | San Carlos, CA | Oct 04, 2012 / 20120249098 - CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR CURRENT SENSING | 7 |
| 44 | Peng Xu | US | San Jose, CA | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130099761 - Switching-Mode Power Supply with Ripple Mode Control and Associated Methods | 7 |
| 45 | Pramod Singnurkar | AT | Graz | Sep 13, 2012 / 20120228934 - Multi-Current Source and Method for Regulating Current | 7 |
| 46 | Lawrence M. Burns | US | Los Altos, CA | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120326680 - COMMON CASCODE ROUTING BUS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY DC-TO-DC CONVERSION | 7 |
| 47 | Takahiko Hasegawa | JP | Toyota-Shi | May 16, 2013 / 20130119968 - DC-DC CONVERTER WITH AN AUXILIARY CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING SOFT-SWITCHING | 7 |
| 48 | Vadim V. Ivanov | US | Tucson, AZ | May 09, 2013 / 20130113546 - Master-slave low-noise charge pump circuit and method | 7 |
| 49 | Jun Ye | CN | Shanghai | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120300507 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING EMI IN SWITCH MODE CONVERTER SYSTEMS | 7 |
| 50 | Zhao Wang | CN | Beijing | Apr 12, 2012 / 20120089262 - INTELLIGENT PROCESS INTERFACE AND SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEM | 6 |
| 51 | Heisuke Nakashima | JP | Tokyo | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120274301 - SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY | 6 |
| 52 | Takashi Ryu | JP | Kyoto | Apr 21, 2011 / 20110089925 - SWITCHING REGULATOR | 6 |
| 53 | Seiji Takahashi | JP | Yokkaichi-Shi | Jul 19, 2012 / 20120182004 - POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER | 6 |
| 54 | Isaac Y. Chen | TW | Hsinchu County | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130063216 - POWER OFF DELAY CIRCUIT AND METHOD, AND AUDIO SYSTEM WITH POWER OFF DELAY | 6 |
| 55 | Ting-Hung Wang | TW | Taipei City | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120262136 - ENHANCED PHASE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR A MULTIPHASE POWER CONVERTER | 6 |
| 56 | Rhys S.a. Philbrick | US | Cary, NC | Aug 23, 2012 / 20120212204 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING REGULATION ACCURACY OF SWITCH MODE REGULATOR DURING DCM | 6 |
| 57 | Tetsuya Kawashima | JP | Matsumoto City | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120194157 - SWITCHING REGULATOR PERFORMING OUTPUT VOLTAGE CHANGING FUNCTION | 6 |
| 58 | Erdem Bircan | US | San Carlos, CA | Jan 12, 2012 / 20120007575 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE MAXIMUM OUPUT POWER OF A POWER CONVERTER | 6 |
| 59 | Ji-Ming Chen | CN | Wuxi | May 03, 2012 / 20120106008 - SPIKE SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT AND CONVERSION CONTROL CIRCUIT | 6 |
| 60 | Tsutomu Ishino | JP | Kyoto | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130043851 - CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD | 6 |
| 61 | Mohammad A. Al-Shyoukh | US | Richardson, TX | Jul 01, 2010 / 20100164457 - Voltage Regulator Circuit | 6 |
| 62 | Yuancheng Ren | CN | Hangzhou | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130082742 - LOAD DETECTING CIRCUITS AND THE METHOD THEREOF | 6 |
| 63 | Eric Soenen | US | Austin, TX | May 16, 2013 / 20130119511 - INDUCTOR HAVING BOND-WIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | 6 |
| 64 | Steven P. Laur | US | Raleigh, NC | Aug 23, 2012 / 20120212204 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING REGULATION ACCURACY OF SWITCH MODE REGULATOR DURING DCM | 6 |
| 65 | Tod F. Schiff | US | Portland, OR | Mar 17, 2011 / 20110062928 - SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER WITH HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENT BALANCE | 6 |
| 66 | Kuo-Chi Liu | TW | Hsinchu City | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120293082 - Light emitting device open/short detection circuit | 6 |
| 67 | Kent Wong | US | Fremont, CA | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120320639 - METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SELECT A PARAMETER/MODE BASED ON A MEASUREMENT DURING AN INITIALIZATION PERIOD | 6 |
| 68 | Chun Cheung | US | Brooklyn, NY | Oct 06, 2011 / 20110241640 - SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTERMITTENT DIODE BRAKING FOR MULTIPLE PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR | 6 |
| 69 | Guillaume De Cremoux | GB | Edinburgh | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130093405 - BUCK CONVERTER | 6 |
| 70 | Young-Bae Park | KR | Anyang | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130044520 - SWITCH CONTROL CIRCUIT, POWER FACTOR CORRECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE POWER FACTOR CORRECTOR | 6 |
| 71 | Song-Lin Tong | CN | Shenzhen | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120242306 - DRIVING CIRCUIT | 6 |
| 72 | Douglas Dean Lopata | US | Boyertown, PA | Dec 06, 2012 / 20120306011 - Integrated Circuit With A Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Device And Method Of Forming The Same | 6 |
| 73 | Masami Aiura | JP | Sendai | Jul 28, 2011 / 20110181264 - CONTROLLER FOR BUCK AND BOOST CONVERTER | 5 |
| 74 | Kouichi Yamanoue | JP | Hiroshima-Shi | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130057244 - DUTY RATIO/VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT | 5 |
| 75 | Chung-Che Yu | TW | Taipei County | Nov 17, 2011 / 20110279103 - POWER CONVERTER AND PULSE WIDTH MODULATION SIGNAL CONTROLLING APPARATUS THEREOF | 5 |
| 76 | Wenkai Wu | US | East Greenwich, RI | Feb 23, 2012 / 20120043946 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING A POWER SUPPLY | 5 |
| 77 | Hsin-Hsin Ho | TW | Taipei County | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120319669 - HIGH EFFICIENCY BUCK-BOOST POWER CONVERTER | 5 |
| 78 | Noboru Akiyama | JP | Hitachinaka | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120287097 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LED DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE | 5 |
| 79 | Hua-Chiang Huang | TW | Hsin-Chu | Dec 29, 2011 / 20110316503 - Control Method for Multi-Phase DC-DC Controller and Multi-Phase DC-DC Controller | 5 |
| 80 | Ke-You Hu | CN | Shenzhen City | Jul 05, 2012 / 20120169506 - ALARM SYSTEM | 5 |
| 81 | Zhenyu Zhao | CA | Burlington | Sep 06, 2012 / 20120223849 - SET-POINT RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT FOR SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLIES | 5 |
| 82 | Toru Tanzawa | JP | Tokyo | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130051161 - APPARATUSES AND METHODS INCLUDING MEMORY WRITE OPERATION | 5 |
| 83 | Koji Tateno | JP | Tokyo | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130049719 - VOLTAGE CLAMP CIRCUIT, A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND A VOLTAGE LEVEL CONVERSION CIRCUIT | 5 |
| 84 | Jason Zhang | US | Monterey Park, CA | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120241819 - Composite Semiconductor Device with Turn-On Prevention Control | 5 |
| 85 | Socheat Heng | JP | Chiba-Shi | Feb 07, 2013 / 20130033247 - VOLTAGE REGULATOR | 5 |
| 86 | Paul Latham | US | Lee, NH | Aug 30, 2012 / 20120217945 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEED-FORWARD CONTROL OF LOAD CURRENT IN DC TO DC BUCK CONVERTERS | 5 |
| 87 | Neil Gibson | DE | Freising | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130063104 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DC-DC CONVERSION WITH LOW POWER MODE | 5 |
| 88 | Chien-Fu Tang | TW | Hsinchu City | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130070379 - POWER REGULATOR WITH OVER CURRENT PROTECTION AND CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOF AND METHOD OF OVER CURRENT PROTECTION | 5 |
| 89 | Yoichi Takano | JP | Tokyo | May 24, 2012 / 20120126762 - CURRENT LIMITING CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT | 5 |
| 90 | An-Tung Chen | TW | Pingzhen City | May 09, 2013 / 20130113049 - FUSE CIRCUIT FOR FINAL TEST TRIMMING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP | 5 |
| 91 | Nung-Te Huang | TW | Taipei | May 19, 2011 / 20110115447 - MULTIPHASE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND CURRENT ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF | 5 |
| 92 | Masaru Nakamura | JP | Niiza-Shi | Feb 23, 2012 / 20120043949 - SWITCHING POWER SOURCE APPARATUS | 5 |
| 93 | Tatsuya Okuda | JP | Tokyo | May 16, 2013 / 20130119961 - DC/DC CONVERTER | 5 |
| 94 | Chia-Jung Lee | TW | Hsinchu City | Sep 20, 2012 / 20120235659 - CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING VOLTAGE REGULATOR | 5 |
| 95 | Chi-Hao Wu | TW | Taipei City | Nov 18, 2010 / 20100289463 - PRIMARY-SIDE FEEDBACK CONTROL DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD FOR A POWER CONVERTER | 5 |
| 96 | Randhir S. Malik | US | Cary, NC | Sep 15, 2011 / 20110222258 - HIGHLY AVAILABLE NODE REDUNDANCY POWER ARCHITECTURE | 5 |
| 97 | Yen-Hui Wang | TW | Hsinchu City | Jan 06, 2011 / 20110001445 - LOW-PIN COUNT FAN SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF | 5 |
| 98 | Kei Kasai | JP | Tokyo | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130063121 - SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND DC-DC CONVERTER | 5 |
| 99 | Martin Feldtkeller | DE | Munich | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130069710 - POWER TRANSISTOR WITH CONTROLLABLE REVERSE DIODE | 5 |
| 100 | Pierre Irissou | US | Sunnyvale, CA | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120242304 - Source Driver Current Fold-Back Protection | 5 |
