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Sterling Smith — 40 Patents

MSMstar Semiconductor: 39 patents #2 of 622Top 1%
TITexas Instruments: 1 patents #7,388 of 12,488Top 60%
Plano, TX: #129 of 4,842 inventorsTop 3%
Texas: #2,511 of 125,132 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Sterling Smith has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mstar Semiconductor. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in June 2015. Sterling Smith ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Sterling Smith in Plano, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2006.peak 71998: 1 patents19982004: 2 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 7 patents2007: 4 patents20072008: 4 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 3 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 6 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9058044 Reference voltage generation circuit Ying-Jia Zhu, Jian-Ping Cheng 2015-06-16
9007339 Method for implementing touch screen on display panel and associated apparatus Chi Kang Liu, Guo-Kiang Hung 2015-04-14
8823755 Apparatus and method for increasing pixel resolution of image using coherent sampling Jiunn-Kuang Chen 2014-09-02
8635569 Apparatus and method of generating universal memory I/O Hsian-Feng Liu, Eer-Wen Tyan, Chun-Chia Chen, Ming-Chieh Yeh, Chung-Ching Chen +1 more 2014-01-21
8564340 Dual phase-locked loop circuit and method for controlling the same Yong Liu, Wen cai Lu 2013-10-22
8542181 Flat panel display device, controller, and method for displaying images Chih-Tien Chang 2013-09-24
8542258 Apparatus and method for increasing pixel resolution of image using coherent sampling Jiunn-Kuang Chen 2013-09-24
8532168 Receiver and method for adjusting adaptive equalizer of receiver Po-Nien Lin 2013-09-10
8497853 Flat panel display device, controller, and method for displaying images Chih-Tien Chang, Kuo-Feng Hsu, Cheng Lu, Song-Yi Lin, Guo-Kiang Hung 2013-07-30
8456209 Delay locked loop and associated method Chun-Chia Chen 2013-06-04
8339175 Phase generating apparatus and method thereof Hsian-Feng Liu 2012-12-25
8217815 Sigma-delta modulator with shared operational amplifier and associated method Jianqiu Chen, Jianping Cheng 2012-07-10
8054384 Method of auto-configuring audio-video signals and associated apparatus Steve Wiyi Yang, Henry Tin-Hang Yung, Her-Ming Jong 2011-11-08
7913907 Read state retention circuit and method Chung-Ho Ning 2011-03-29
7860913 Sound signal processing system and related apparatus and method Hung-Kun Chen 2010-12-28
7795937 Semi-digital delay locked loop circuit and method Ellen Chen Yeh, Wen cai Lu 2010-09-14
7702043 AM data recovery circuit Henry Tin-Hang Yung 2010-04-20
7564502 Automatic gain control analog-to-digital converting system and related method Ke-Chiang Huang, Ta-Chan Kao 2009-07-21
7486336 ADC system, video decoder and related method for decoding composite video signal utilizing clock synchronized to subcarrier of composite video signal Ke-Chiang Huang, Ta-Chan Kao 2009-02-03
7471339 High-speed video signal processing system Chia-Ming Yang, Chih-Shiun Lu 2008-12-30
7468760 Apparatus and related method for level clamping control Ke-Chiang Huang, Ta-Chan Kao 2008-12-23
7379726 AM data recovery circuit Henry Tin-Hang Yung 2008-05-27
7315602 Digital spread spectrum frequency synthesizer 2008-01-01
7310397 Data recovery circuit, phase detection circuit and method for detecting and correcting phase conditions Sheng-Yao Liu, Huimin Tsai 2007-12-18
7274921 AM data recovery circuit Henry Tin-Hang Yung 2007-09-25