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William E. Edwards
Also filed as: EDWARDS WILLIAM E · EDWARDS WILLIAM ERNEST
49 granted patents·513 citations·filing 1983–2019
98Inventor score
Files withFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC14EDWARDS WILLIAM E13ST MICROELECTRONICS INC7NXP USA INC5SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS3
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49 records- 0196US5850139ALoad pole stabilized voltage regulator circuitST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 15, 1998·82 cites·18 claims
- 0294US8531194B2Selectable threshold reset circuitEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 10, 2013·14 cites·20 claims
- 0393US5852359AVoltage regulator with load pole stabilizationST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 22, 1998·77 cites·33 claims
- 0491US10101395B2Wetting current diagnosticsEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 16, 2018·5 cites·17 claims
- 0591US7423416B1Voltage regulator and method for providing a regulated outputFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 9, 2008·23 cites·20 claims
- 0690US5945818ALoad pole stabilized voltage regulator circuitST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 31, 1999·47 cites·6 claims
- 0788US5955915ACircuit for limiting the current in a power transistorST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 21, 1999·48 cites·11 claims
- 0886US5648718AVoltage regulator with load pole stabilizationSGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 15, 1997·47 cites·27 claims
- 0985US5570060ACircuit for limiting the current in a power transistorSGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 29, 1996·41 cites·5 claims
- 1083US9465075B2Wetting current diagnosticsEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 11, 2016·5 cites·20 claims
- 1183US9176159B2Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with signal pre-processing and methods of their operationFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 3, 2015·5 cites·20 claims
- 1280US9329237B2Switch detection device and method of useFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 3, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 1378US9103847B2Variable reluctance sensor interface with integration based arming thresholdPIGOTT JOHN M·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 11, 2015·3 cites·13 claims
- 1476US5637992AVoltage regulator with load pole stabilizationSGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 10, 1997·30 cites·15 claims
- 1574US9778319B2Systems and methods for switch health determinationFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 3, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 1673US9601479B2Protection circuit, circuit employing same, and associated method of operationFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 21, 2017·2 cites·23 claims
- 1772US9970405B2Method and apparatus for determining a value of a variable parameterFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 15, 2018·2 cites·11 claims
- 1872US8970209B2VRS interface with 1/T arming functionPIGOTT JOHN M·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 3, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 1971US9285244B2Variable reluctance sensor interface with integration based arming thresholdFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 15, 2016·1 cites·19 claims
- 2069US9726519B2Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with clearing and methods of their operationFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 8, 2017·2 cites·14 claims
- 2168US9897633B2System and method for switch status detectionEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 20, 2018·2 cites·11 claims
- 2268US9835687B2System and method for switch status detectionEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 5, 2017·2 cites·15 claims
- 2365US9435277B2Method of calibrating a crank angle of a combustion engineGARRARD MICHAEL ROBERT·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 6, 2016·2 cites·18 claims
- 2463US10641827B2Wetting current diagnosticsNXP USA INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 5, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 2562US10101180B2Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with clearing and methods of their operationNXP USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 16, 2018·0 cites·15 claims
- 2662US4576787ABurnable absorber assemblyWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1983·Granted Mar 18, 1986·18 cites·22 claims
- 2761US10649033B2Methods for switch health determinationNXP USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 12, 2020·0 cites·13 claims
- 2861US9715246B2State-based undervoltage hysteresisEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 25, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 2957US9322870B2Wafer-level gate stress testingEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 26, 2016·1 cites·19 claims
- 3056US9778668B2Sensed switch current controlEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 3, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 3153US9856800B2Ignition control device having an electronic fuel injection (EFI) mode and a capacitive discharge ignition (CDI) modeFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 2, 2018·0 cites·14 claims
- 3252US9236331B2Multiple die lead frameEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 12, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3351US10892617B2High speed wide dynamic range input structureNXP USA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 12, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3451US9506979B2Test mode entry interlockFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 29, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3551US7929266B2Electronic device operable to protect a power transistor when used in conjunction with a transformerFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 19, 2011·2 cites·20 claims
- 3649US9397082B2Multiple die lead frame packagingEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 19, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3748US9366548B2Variable reluctance sensor interfaces and methods of their operationFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 14, 2016·0 cites·16 claims
- 3848US5994971AOscillator using a time constant circuit based on cyclic heating and coolingST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 30, 1999·9 cites·24 claims
- 3946US10446436B2In-line protection from process induced dielectric damageNXP USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 15, 2019·0 cites·25 claims
- 4046USD421480SFish lureEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 7, 2000·5 cites·1 claims
- 4146US6031363AVoltage regulator circuitST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 29, 2000·11 cites·21 claims
- 4245US9139155B2Squib driver diagnostic circuit and methodEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 22, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 4345US6906900B2Structure and method of thermally protecting power devices for airbag deploymentFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 14, 2005·1 cites·21 claims
- 4441US10240548B2Control system and method of operating a control systemGARRARD MIKE·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 26, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 4540US10235324B2Interconnect sharing with integrated control for reduced pinoutFREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 19, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 4640US5157587ASealing arrangementMOTOROLA INC·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 20, 1992·8 cites·19 claims
- 4738US5397964AReflected energy adaptive inductive load driver and method thereforMOTOROLA INC·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 14, 1995·8 cites·29 claims
- 4836US9909932B2System and method for temperature sensing in an internal combustion engineEDWARDS WILLIAM E·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 6, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 4927US5952858AJunction capacitor compensation for wave shapingST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 14, 1999·0 cites·16 claims
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