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Colleen J. O. Toole

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2849
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Total Applications
708
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392
Pending Applications
53
Abandoned Applications
275

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16/220489
Circuits, apparatuses, and methods for frequency division Dec 13, 2018 Issued
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16/216226
Integrated circuit including phase locked loop circuit Dec 10, 2018 Issued
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16/216805
Systems for controlling a slew rate of a switch Dec 10, 2018 Issued
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16/213185
Switch circuitry Dec 6, 2018 Issued
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16/209832
Filter networks for driving capacitive loads Dec 3, 2018 Issued
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16/206321
DUTY CYCLE CORRECTION FOR COMPLEMENTARY CLOCK SIGNALS Nov 29, 2018 Abandoned
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16/205308
Fractional frequency synthesis by sigma-delta modulating frequency of a reference clock Nov 29, 2018 Issued
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16/201244
Frequency locked loop with fast reaction time Nov 26, 2018 Issued
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16/186323
Driving D-Mode FETS in Half-Bridge Driver Configuration Nov 8, 2018 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 15772427 [patent_doc_number] => 20200117231 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-04-16 [patent_title] => METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSACTION BASED PROPAGATED CLOCK-GATING FOR LOW POWER DESIGN [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/160075 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2018-10-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4932 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -24 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16160075 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/160075
Method and apparatus for transaction based propagated clock-gating for low power design Oct 14, 2018 Issued
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16/050949
Methods and apparatus to provide an adaptive gate driver for switching devices Jul 30, 2018 Issued
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16/051457
Magnetic field controlled transistor Jul 30, 2018 Issued
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16/049049
SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, SWITCHING ELEMENT SELECTING METHOD USED FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND CHIP DESIGNING METHOD FOR SWITCHING ELEMENT Jul 29, 2018 Abandoned
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16/048935
Coupling surface acoustic wave resonators to a Josephson ring modulator Jul 29, 2018 Issued
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16/046581
SWITCHED-CAPACITOR FILTER WITH GLITCH REDUCTION Jul 25, 2018 Abandoned
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16/043346
Comparator circuit, corresponding device and method Jul 23, 2018 Issued
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16/029277
Control circuit for an H-bridge circuit Jul 5, 2018 Issued
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15/966134
Phase locked loop design with reduced VCO gain Apr 29, 2018 Issued
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15/965994
Low power comparator and self-regulated device Apr 29, 2018 Issued
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15/966939
Voltage-controlled delay generator Apr 29, 2018 Issued
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