Inventor
SCHMIDT THOMAS A
US17 patents
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
14 patentsUS5550702AAug 27, 1996
Adaptive duty-cycle limiting for overload protection of integrated circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC120 citations97
US5528125AJun 18, 1996
Buck-boost switch mode power supply with burst topology
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC80 citations96
US5349286ASep 20, 1994
Compensation for low gain bipolar transistors in voltage and current reference circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC65 citations96
US4939442AJul 3, 1990
Bandgap voltage reference and method with further temperature correction
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC85 citations96
US6717530B1Apr 6, 2004
Multiple temperature threshold sensing having a single sense element
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC53 citations92
US5880644AMar 9, 1999
N-bit pulse width modulated signal generator
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC31 citations92
US5812006ASep 22, 1998
Optimized power output clamping structure
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC30 citations92
US5579193ANov 26, 1996
Reducing the natural current limit in a power MOS device by reducing the gate-source voltage
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC19 citations92
US5541799AJul 30, 1996
Reducing the natural current limit in a power MOS device by reducing the gate-source voltage
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC33 citations92
US7071740B2Jul 4, 2006
Current limiting circuit for high-speed low-side driver outputs
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC23 citations91
US7035071B1Apr 25, 2006
Current limit with adaptive cycle skipping for switching regulators
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC37 citations91
US8040652B2Oct 18, 2011
Programmable power distribution switches with two-level current sensing
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC12 citations83
US7236003B2Jun 26, 2007
H-bridge circuit with shoot through current prevention during power-up
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC10 citations83
US7817393B2Oct 19, 2010
Power distribution switch circuits with fast responses to hard short-circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC5 citations61