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Thomas J. Hiltunen

Examiner (ID: 18093, Phone: (571)272-5525 , Office: P/2842 )

Most Active Art Unit
2849
Art Unit(s)
2816, 2842, 2849
Total Applications
1568
Issued Applications
1234
Pending Applications
107
Abandoned Applications
270

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/219225
Voltage reference circuit Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/214310
Managing on-chip power rail between internal power supply and external power supply Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/211844
Multi-voltage chip Mar 24, 2021 Issued
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17/209248
Voltage divider circuit regarding battery voltage, and associated electronic device equipped with voltage divider circuit Mar 22, 2021 Issued
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17/206860
Pre-charge technique for improved charge pump efficiency Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/206000
Semiconductor device and operation method thereof Mar 17, 2021 Issued
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17/249691
LINEAR VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH FAST LOAD REGULATION AND METHOD THEREOF Mar 9, 2021 Abandoned
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17/996409
DC/DC converter Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/249717
Bias current generator circuit Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/914401
Control circuit and control unit for a vehicle Mar 7, 2021 Issued
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17/190354
Cascade MosFet design for variable torque generator/motor gear switching Mar 1, 2021 Issued
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17/249278
Powering an impedance injection unit during startup operations Feb 24, 2021 Issued
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17/181073
Delay based comparator Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/173055
Semi dynamic flop and single stage pulse flop with shadow latch and transparency on both input data edges Feb 9, 2021 Issued
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17/913632
Mirror clamp circuit Feb 7, 2021 Issued
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17/794028
Clamp circuit Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/167848
Driver for power distribution switch Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/164000
Electronic circuit for voltage regulation Jan 31, 2021 Issued
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17/161137
Radio frequency power detector Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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17/921850
Power supply soft-start control method, control apparatus and control device, and storage medium Jan 24, 2021 Issued
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