Inventor

Willem Smit

Inventor

Chandler, AZ, US

Overview

20→

Patents

1996–2010

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 20 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing24%

G05FSystems for regulating electric or magnetic variables11%

G07CTime or attendance registers8%

G11CStatic stores8%

H03FAmplifiers8%

H03KPulse technique8%

G06KGraphical data reading5%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes5%

G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus5%

H04BTransmission5%

PatentTitleYear

7,650,440'Peripheral supplied addressing in a simple DMA module'2010 7,225,088'Programmable power supply and brownout detector for electronic equipment'2007 7,158,771'Integrated circuit transponder having a plurality of high-gain radio frequency signal inputs'2007 6,522,981'Programmable power supply and brownout detector method for a microprocessor power supply'2003 6,516,182'High gain input stage for a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder and method therefor'2003 6,509,825'Integrated circuit device having a self-biased, single pin radio frequency signal input'2003 6,446,212'Processor having an extended operating voltage range'2002 6,393,589'Watchdog timer control circuit with permanent and programmable enablement'2002 6,384,670'Method of using a bandgap voltage comparator in a low voltage detection circuit'2002 6,304,823'Microprocessor power supply system including a programmable power supply and a programmable brownout detector'2001 6,268,764'Bandgap voltage comparator used as a low voltage detection circuit'2001 6,175,312'Encoder and decoder microchips and remote control devices for secure unidirectional communication'2001 6,166,960'Method, system and apparatus for determining that a programming voltage level is sufficient for reliably programming an eeprom'2000 6,151,238'Calibrating functions of an integrated circuit and storing calibration parameters thereof in a programmable fuse array'2000 6,058,294'Adjustable frequency stabilizing internal chip capacitor system'2000 5,998,980'Highly efficient multi-frequency voltage regulating circuit incorporating a magnetic field power sensor and programmable magnetic field detection'1999 5,768,208'Fail safe non-volatile memory programming system and method therefor'1998 5,675,534'Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized access to nonvolatile memory in electronic encoders having a voltage level detection circuit'1997 5,675,622'Method and apparatus for electronic encoding and decoding'1997 5,517,187'Microchips and remote control devices comprising same'1996

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996Patents assigned to NANOTEQ PTY LIMITED (1)· patent assignee history

1996–2001Based in Pretoria, ZA· patent location history

1997–2010Patents assigned to MICROCHIP TECH INC (19)· patent assignee history

1997–1998Based in Phoenix, AZ, US· patent location history

1999–2010Based in Chandler, AZ, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MICROCHIP TECH INC	19	1997–2010
NANOTEQ PTY LIMITED	1	1996

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Chandler, AZ, US	15	1999–2010
Phoenix, AZ, US	3	1997–1998
Pretoria, ZA	2	1996–2001