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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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16/815435
Adjustable soft shutdown and current booster for gate driver Mar 10, 2020 Issued
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16/811492
Method for operating a superjunction transistor device Mar 5, 2020 Issued
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16/811371
Calibration circuit and associated calibrating method capable of precisely adjusting clocks with distorted duty cycles and phases Mar 5, 2020 Issued
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16/810560
Low quiescent current linear regulator with mode selection based on load current and fast transient detection Mar 4, 2020 Issued
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16/795653
Efficient switching circuit Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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16/794405
Wireless power supply sensing system Feb 18, 2020 Issued
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16/792073
Apparatus and method of balancing input power from multiple sources Feb 13, 2020 Issued
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16/751425
Semiconductor integrated circuit Jan 23, 2020 Issued
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16/739086
CHARGE PUMP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PUMP VOLTAGE Jan 8, 2020 Abandoned
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16/732201
Reduced voltage ratings for power transistors in a buck converter Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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17/254245
Power supply adjusting system, method and apparatus, chip, and electronic device Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/724694
Techniques for encoding beacon signals in wireless power delivery environments Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/720890
Controlled power transitions between electrical power supplies Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/687985
Driver circuitry and associated methods Nov 18, 2019 Issued
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16/686731
Digitally programmable analog duty-cycle correction circuit Nov 17, 2019 Issued
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16/682313
Driving circuit for high-side transistor, switching circuit, and controller for DC/DC converter Nov 12, 2019 Issued
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16/681013
SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR HIGH-SIDE TRANSISTOR, AND CONTROLLER FOR DC/DC CONVERTER Nov 11, 2019 Abandoned
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16/678021
Boost converter and boost converter cell Nov 7, 2019 Issued
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16/677387
Charge pump circuit with improved discharge and corresponding discharge method Nov 6, 2019 Issued
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16/675779
Signal detection circuit Nov 5, 2019 Issued
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