Inventor
ALFANO DONALD E
US37 patents
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SILICON LAB INC
19 patentsUS7737871B2Jun 15, 2010
MCU with integrated voltage isolator to provide a galvanic isolation between input and output
SILICON LAB INC61 citations97
US7577223B2Aug 18, 2009
Multiplexed RF isolator circuit
SILICON LAB INC69 citations96
US7821428B2Oct 26, 2010
MCU with integrated voltage isolator and integrated galvanically isolated asynchronous serial data link
SILICON LAB INC53 citations93
US7738568B2Jun 15, 2010
Multiplexed RF isolator
SILICON LAB INC54 citations93
US7640455B2Dec 29, 2009
Digital PWM controller with programmable safe state in presence of fault
SILICON LAB INC13 citations92
US7502240B2Mar 10, 2009
Distributed power supply system with separate SYNC control for controlling remote digital DC/DC converters
SILICON LAB INC25 citations92
US7456621B2Nov 25, 2008
Digital controller based power factor correction circuit
SILICON LAB INC29 citations92
US7446430B2Nov 4, 2008
Plural load distributed power supply system with shared master for controlling remote digital DC/DC converters
SILICON LAB INC24 citations92
US8049573B2Nov 1, 2011
Bidirectional multiplexed RF isolator
SILICON LAB INC42 citations91
US7518894B2Apr 14, 2009
Distributed power supply system having reassignable master
SILICON LAB INC31 citations90
US7142140B2Nov 28, 2006
Auto scanning ADC for DPWM
SILICON LAB INC17 citations90
US7397234B2Jul 8, 2008
Current sensor with reset circuit
SILICON LAB INC9 citations84
US9531253B2Dec 27, 2016
Soft-start for isolated power converter
SILICON LAB INC9 citations81
US7728578B2Jun 1, 2010
Method and apparatus for high current measurement
SILICON LAB INC8 citations79
US7962773B2Jun 14, 2011
Micro controller unit (MCU) with RTC
SILICON LAB INC5 citations63
US7821251B2Oct 26, 2010
Current sensor
SILICON LAB INC4 citations63
US11218077B2Jan 4, 2022
Soft-start for isolated power converter
SILICON LAB INC0 citations59
US7701685B2Apr 20, 2010
Digital pulse width modulator with built-in protection functions for over current, over voltage and temperature
SILICON LAB INC1 citations52
US7558902B2Jul 7, 2009
Bus to MCU bridge
SILICON LAB INC1 citations52
SILICON LABS CP INC
12 patentsUS6738858B1May 18, 2004
Cross-bar matrix for connecting digital resources to I/O pins of an integrated circuit
SILICON LABS CP INC77 citations98
US7171542B1Jan 30, 2007
Reconfigurable interface for coupling functional input/output blocks to limited number of i/o pins
SILICON LABS CP INC55 citations94
US7343504B2Mar 11, 2008
Micro controller unit (MCU) with RTC
SILICON LABS CP INC11 citations84
US7498962B2Mar 3, 2009
Analog-to-digital converter with low power track-and-hold mode
SILICON LABS CP INC8 citations83
US6922164B1Jul 26, 2005
SAR analog-to-digital converter with abort function
SILICON LABS CP INC14 citations83
US7042201B2May 9, 2006
Digital control circuit for switching power supply with pattern generator
SILICON LABS CP INC10 citations73
US6839795B1Jan 4, 2005
Priority cross-bar decoder
SILICON LABS CP INC10 citations73
US7660968B2Feb 9, 2010
Reconfigurable interface for coupling functional input/output blocks to limited number of I/O pins
SILICON LABS CP INC7 citations72
US7613901B2Nov 3, 2009
Comparators in IC with programmably controlled positive / negative hysteresis level and open-drain / push-pull output coupled to crossbar switch or rising / falling edge interrupt generation
SILICON LABS CP INC6 citations72
US7071733B2Jul 4, 2006
Cross-bar matrix for connecting digital resources to I/O pins of an integrated circuit
SILICON LABS CP INC2 citations63
US7504900B2Mar 17, 2009
Integrated circuit package including programmable oscillators
SILICON LABS CP INC3 citations61
US7492139B2Feb 17, 2009
Digital control circuit for switching power supply with serial data input
SILICON LABS CP INC0 citations52
TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR INC
4 patentsUS6054823AApr 25, 2000
Verification of fan operation
TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR INC119 citations96
US6040668AMar 21, 2000
Monolithic fan controller
TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR INC132 citations96
US6037732AMar 14, 2000
Intelligent power management for a variable speed fan
TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR INC116 citations95
US6122284ASep 19, 2000
Multidrop analog signal bus
TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR INC37 citations91