Inventor
SCOONES KEVIN
DE36 patents
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
25 patentsUS10075080B1Sep 11, 2018
Three-level converter using an auxiliary switched capacitor circuit
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC61 citations97
US11916426B2Feb 27, 2024
Integrated battery charge regulation circuit based on power FET conductivity modulation
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC37 citations93
US7259603B2Aug 21, 2007
Switch mode power converter
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC24 citations92
US10651736B1May 12, 2020
Multi-level converter with continuous conduction mode (CCM) and discontinuous conduction mode (DCM)
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC17 citations85
US6965218B2Nov 15, 2005
Voltage regulator
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC19 citations84
US6737848B2May 18, 2004
Reference voltage source
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC13 citations82
US7183823B2Feb 27, 2007
Method of generating a pulsed output signal from a periodic ramp signal and a reference voltage, and a switch mode power converter
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC9 citations74
US5892450AApr 6, 1999
Circuit arrangement for testing the operation of a current monitoring circuit for a power transistor
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC13 citations74
US11362587B2Jun 14, 2022
Hysteretic pulse modulation for charge balance of multi-level power converters
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC2 citations72
US11101735B2Aug 24, 2021
Three-level converter using an auxiliary switched capacitor circuit
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC3 citations72
US10468988B2Nov 5, 2019
Three-level converter using an auxiliary switched capacitor circuit
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC3 citations72
US10439494B2Oct 8, 2019
Inductor current sensing and regulation for power converter
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC3 citations72
US10355609B2Jul 16, 2019
Voltage step-down technique for deriving gate-charge using multi-level core architecture
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC2 citations72
US5952869ASep 14, 1999
High power MOS transistor
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC13 citations72
US9210748B2Dec 8, 2015
Systems and methods of driving multiple outputs
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC4 citations67
US6642777B2Nov 4, 2003
Voltage reference circuit with increased intrinsic accuracy
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC2 citations63
US7135840B2Nov 14, 2006
DC/DC converter circuit and method for DC/DC conversion
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC2 citations62
US11824391B2Nov 21, 2023
Controlled transition to regulation
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations61
US12372559B2Jul 29, 2025
Current sensing for power converter
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations56
US10097089B2Oct 9, 2018
Circuit and method for direct current (DC)-DC voltage converter with adaptive charge transfer
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations52
US9692301B2Jun 27, 2017
DC-DC voltage converter with adaptive charge transferring capability
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations52
US12368437B2Jul 22, 2025
High voltage converter power stage
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations50
US10778029B2Sep 15, 2020
Capacitor balanced driver circuit for dual input charger
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations44
US10491023B2Nov 26, 2019
Capacitor balanced driver circuit for dual input charger
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations44
US12562295B2Feb 24, 2026
Trimming resistor using modulated signal
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0 citations43
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND
9 patentsUS7595616B2Sep 29, 2009
Control circuit for a polarity inverting buck-boost DC-DC converter
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND278 citations98
US6215286B1Apr 10, 2001
Step-up/step-down switching regulator operation
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND152 citations96
US6326774B1Dec 4, 2001
Step-up DC voltage converter and method of operation
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND34 citations92
US7902805B2Mar 8, 2011
Self-oscillating DC-DC buck converter with zero hysteresis
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND8 citations84
US7362083B2Apr 22, 2008
DC-DC converter with modulator circuit having a feed forward structure
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND11 citations84
US7276888B2Oct 2, 2007
Precharge circuit for DC/DC boost converter startup
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND12 citations84
US7893672B2Feb 22, 2011
Technique to improve dropout in low-dropout regulators by drive adjustment
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND16 citations83
US5642059AJun 24, 1997
Bus driver circuit with overvoltage protection
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND7 citations74
US5977815ANov 2, 1999
Integrated CMOS circuit
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND4 citations62