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Kevin Scoones
Also filed as: SCOONES KEVIN · SCOONES KEVIN A
36 granted patents·16 pending applications·780 citations·filing 1995–2025
97Inventor score
Files withTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC40TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND9GIBSON NEIL1IVANOV VADIM V1SCOONES KEVIN1
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52 records- 0198US10075080B1Three-level converter using an auxiliary switched capacitor circuitTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 11, 2018·61 cites·29 claims
- 0298US7595616B2Control circuit for a polarity inverting buck-boost DC-DC converterTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 29, 2009·278 cites·13 claims
- 0396US11916426B2Integrated battery charge regulation circuit based on power FET conductivity modulationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 27, 2024·37 cites·18 claims
- 0495US10651736B1Multi-level converter with continuous conduction mode (CCM) and discontinuous conduction mode (DCM)TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 12, 2020·17 cites·18 claims
- 0593US6215286B1Step-up/step-down switching regulator operationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 10, 2001·152 cites·20 claims
- 0691US8253389B2Battery protection circuit and method for energy harvester circuitIVANOV VADIM V·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 28, 2012·22 cites·20 claims
- 0785US11101735B2Three-level converter using an auxiliary switched capacitor circuitTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 24, 2021·3 cites·21 claims
- 0885US10468988B2Three-level converter using an auxiliary switched capacitor circuitTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 5, 2019·3 cites·19 claims
- 0985US7893672B2Technique to improve dropout in low-dropout regulators by drive adjustmentTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 22, 2011·16 cites·6 claims
- 1085US7259603B2Switch mode power converterTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 21, 2007·24 cites·9 claims
- 1184US7276888B2Precharge circuit for DC/DC boost converter startupTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 2, 2007·12 cites·9 claims
- 1282US2025350279A1High Voltage Converter Power StageTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1381US8970199B2Electronic device and method for DC-DC conversion with variable bias currentSCOONES KEVIN·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 3, 2015·9 cites·5 claims
- 1478US9210748B2Systems and methods of driving multiple outputsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 8, 2015·4 cites·18 claims
- 1577US10439494B2Inductor current sensing and regulation for power converterTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 8, 2019·3 cites·14 claims
- 1677US7183823B2Method of generating a pulsed output signal from a periodic ramp signal and a reference voltage, and a switch mode power converterTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 27, 2007·9 cites·11 claims
- 1776US6326774B1Step-up DC voltage converter and method of operationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 4, 2001·34 cites·14 claims
- 1873US2024120765A1Integrated battery charge regulation circuit based on power fet conductivity modulationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1972US12368437B2High voltage converter power stageTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 22, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 2072US11362587B2Hysteretic pulse modulation for charge balance of multi-level power convertersTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 14, 2022·2 cites·17 claims
- 2172US10355609B2Voltage step-down technique for deriving gate-charge using multi-level core architectureTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 16, 2019·2 cites·16 claims
- 2272US7362083B2DC-DC converter with modulator circuit having a feed forward structureTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 22, 2008·11 cites·10 claims
- 2372US2023420968A1Controlled transition to regulationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2471US6965218B2Voltage regulatorTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 15, 2005·19 cites·7 claims
- 2570US2025300560A1Multiphase power converter with distributed controlTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2668US7902805B2Self-oscillating DC-DC buck converter with zero hysteresisTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 8, 2011·8 cites·17 claims
- 2767US12372559B2Current sensing for power converterTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·26 claims
- 2863US11824391B2Controlled transition to regulationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 21, 2023·0 cites·23 claims
- 2960US10778029B2Capacitor balanced driver circuit for dual input chargerTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 15, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3060US6737848B2Reference voltage sourceTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 18, 2004·13 cites·2 claims
- 3157US2024372462A1Psrr improvement for dc-dc convertersTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3256US10491023B2Capacitor balanced driver circuit for dual input chargerTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 26, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3356US2025244391A1Voltage data capture circuits and techniquesTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3455US2025309893A1Circuit for switch matchingTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3554US10097089B2Circuit and method for direct current (DC)-DC voltage converter with adaptive charge transferTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 9, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3654US5892450ACircuit arrangement for testing the operation of a current monitoring circuit for a power transistorTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 6, 1999·13 cites·4 claims
- 3754US2024364219A1Power converter loop gain modulationTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3853US5952869AHigh power MOS transistorTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 14, 1999·13 cites·3 claims
- 3952US2025112600A1Power-on and shut-down pop reduction in audio systemsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4050US2024146267A1Auto zero techniques for high voltage analog front-end with robust ac common-mode rejectionTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4149US9692301B2DC-DC voltage converter with adaptive charge transferring capabilityTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 27, 2017·0 cites·2 claims
- 4249US2023318442A1Battery surge reduction based on early warning signalTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4349US2024288890A1Bandgap reference circuitTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4449US2023318455A1Battery surge reduction using a transient auxiliary converterTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4548US2024288894A1Buried zener diode voltage reference with digital correctionTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4646US2025048028A1Power-on pop reduction in audio systemsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4741US5642059ABus driver circuit with overvoltage protectionTEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 24, 1997·7 cites·5 claims
- 4838US8148963B2Self-oscillating converterGIBSON NEIL·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 3, 2012·0 cites·9 claims
- 4937US7135840B2DC/DC converter circuit and method for DC/DC conversionTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 14, 2006·2 cites·3 claims
- 5037US6642777B2Voltage reference circuit with increased intrinsic accuracyTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 4, 2003·2 cites·6 claims
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