Inventor
Ray A. Mentzer
Inventor
Corvallis, OR, US
Overview
Patents· 22 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
H04Nprimary
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television28%
H03KPulse technique19%
H03LAutomatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses9%
H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation9%
G06FElectric digital data processing6%
H10WGeneric packages, interconnections, connectors or other constructional details of devices covered by class h106%
H01GCapacitors3%
H02HEmergency protective circuit arrangements3%
H03BGeneration of oscillations, directly or by frequency-changing, by circuits employing active elements which operate in a non-switching manner3%
H03FAmplifiers3%
PatentTitleYear
9,854,190Imaging systems and methods for transient signal integrity verification20178,525,284'System for reducing sensor area in a back side illuminated CMOS active pixel sensor'20137,800,676'CMOS image sensor with active reset and 4-transistor pixels'20107,724,284'Multi-camera system and method having a common processing block'20107,687,836'Capacitance noise shielding plane for imager sensor devices'20107,639,291'Dark current/channel difference compensated image sensor'20097,545,418'Image sensor device having improved noise suppression capability and a method for supressing noise in an image sensor device'20097,539,880'System and method for managing power consumption'20097,492,394'System and method for correcting erroneous image signals from defective photosensitive pixels during analog-to-digital conversion'20097,081,922'Apparatus and method for obtaining average scene intensity information from a photo detector array'20066,784,930'Active pixel sensor with enhanced reset'20046,734,897'Digital imaging circuit and method'20045,821,824'Multistage voltage converter for voltage controlled oscillator'19985,535,086'ESD protection circuit and method for BICMOS devices'19965,508,702'BiCOMS digital-to-analog conversion'19965,459,412'BiCMOS circuit for translation of ECL logic levels to MOS logic levels'19955,436,908'Common edge output skew detection circuit'19955,382,921'Automatic selection of an operating frequency in a low-gain broadband phase lock loop system'19955,349,311'Current starved inverter voltage controlled oscillator'19945,304,952'Lock sensor circuit and method for phase lock loop circuits'19945,173,621'Transceiver with isolated power rails for ground bounce reduction'19925,065,224'Low noise integrated circuit and leadframe'1991Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1991–1992Patents assigned to FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR (2)· patent assignee history
1991–1992Based in Scarborough, ME, US· patent location history
1994–1998Patents assigned to NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (8)· patent assignee history
1994–1996Based in Portland, ME, US· patent location history
1998–2017Based in Corvallis, OR, US· patent location history
2004Patents assigned to AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (2)· patent assignee history
2009–2013Patents assigned to APTINA IMAGING CORP (5)· patent assignee history
2009–2013Patents assigned to MENTZER RAY ALAN (2)· patent assignee history
2009Based in Denver, CO, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP | 8 | 1994–1998 |
| APTINA IMAGING CORP | 5 | 2009–2013 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2 | 2004 |
| FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR | 2 | 1991–1992 |
| MENTZER RAY ALANself | 2 | 2009–2013 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Corvallis, OR, US | 12 | 1998–2017 |
| Portland, ME, US | 7 | 1994–1996 |
| Scarborough, ME, US | 2 | 1991–1992 |
| Denver, CO, US | 1 | 2009 |