G05F 3/16
Being semiconductor devices
Official title: being semiconductor devices
G05F3/16 (Being semiconductor devices) appears on 6,005 US grants and 3,797 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05F- Granted patents
- 6,005
- Published applications
- 3,797
- Assignees
- 1,252
- Inventors
- 7,942
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 35 | 0 |
| 1977 | 50 | 0 |
| 1978 | 34 | 0 |
| 1979 | 22 | 0 |
| 1980 | 27 | 0 |
| 1981 | 57 | 0 |
| 1982 | 49 | 0 |
| 1983 | 44 | 0 |
| 1984 | 58 | 0 |
| 1985 | 51 | 0 |
| 1986 | 68 | 0 |
| 1987 | 71 | 0 |
| 1988 | 65 | 0 |
| 1989 | 85 | 0 |
| 1990 | 71 | 0 |
| 1991 | 80 | 0 |
| 1992 | 92 | 0 |
| 1993 | 81 | 0 |
| 1994 | 96 | 0 |
| 1995 | 102 | 0 |
| 1996 | 131 | 0 |
| 1997 | 166 | 0 |
| 1998 | 181 | 0 |
| 1999 | 203 | 0 |
| 2000 | 185 | 0 |
| 2001 | 183 | 49 |
| 2002 | 174 | 136 |
| 2003 | 155 | 148 |
| 2004 | 154 | 144 |
| 2005 | 132 | 152 |
| 2006 | 143 | 144 |
| 2007 | 133 | 144 |
| 2008 | 107 | 132 |
| 2009 | 129 | 146 |
| 2010 | 122 | 132 |
| 2011 | 113 | 118 |
| 2012 | 91 | 104 |
| 2013 | 119 | 127 |
| 2014 | 121 | 132 |
| 2015 | 130 | 156 |
| 2016 | 162 | 169 |
| 2017 | 201 | 155 |
| 2018 | 192 | 162 |
| 2019 | 213 | 203 |
| 2020 | 251 | 209 |
| 2021 | 162 | 190 |
| 2022 | 177 | 148 |
| 2023 | 157 | 176 |
| 2024 | 140 | 164 |
| 2025 | 141 | 150 |
| 2026 | 99 | 107 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fast settling voltage regulator circuitry with pole frequency tracking6 Oct 2026US 12,754,580 B2Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Low-dropout regulator and chip6 Oct 2026US 12,754,581 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Digitally assisted low noise sub IV chopper less bandgap reference circuit6 Oct 2026US 12,754,582 B2Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Bandgap reference circuit with leakage current compensation6 Oct 2026US 12,754,583 B2Richtek Technology Corporation
- Voltage reference circuit, integrated circuit, and method for generating a reference voltage29 Sep 2026US 12,748,444 B2Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Device and Method for Generating a Temperature-Independent Reference Voltage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299628 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Low voltage solution for zener voltage reference1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299629 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Self-Biased Voltage Reference Generators24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288187 A1Apple Inc.
- Semiconductor integrated circuit24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288188 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Voltage reference circuit24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288189 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Power consumption reduction in medical devices by employing different supply voltages278US 6,091,987 AMedtronic, Inc. · 2000
- Constant current driver with auto-clamped pre-charge function225US 6,323,631 B1Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Current-efficient low-drop-out voltage regulator with improved load regulation and frequency response224US 6,188,211 B1Texas Instruments Incorporated · 2001
- Current mirror circuit and reference voltage generating and light emitting element driving circuits using the same213US 5,880,582 ASumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. · 1999
- Output circuit having transistor monitor for matching output impedance to load impedance204US 4,719,369 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1988