G06F 1/04
Generating or distributing clock signals or signals derived directly therefrom
G06F1/04 (Generating or distributing clock signals or signals derived directly therefrom) appears on 10,818 US grants and 9,384 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 10,818
- Published applications
- 9,384
- Assignees
- 2,131
- Inventors
- 18,166
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 22 | 0 |
| 1989 | 47 | 0 |
| 1990 | 46 | 0 |
| 1991 | 43 | 0 |
| 1992 | 53 | 0 |
| 1993 | 58 | 0 |
| 1994 | 80 | 0 |
| 1995 | 96 | 0 |
| 1996 | 124 | 0 |
| 1997 | 120 | 0 |
| 1998 | 186 | 0 |
| 1999 | 183 | 0 |
| 2000 | 217 | 0 |
| 2001 | 219 | 53 |
| 2002 | 198 | 181 |
| 2003 | 232 | 289 |
| 2004 | 247 | 295 |
| 2005 | 211 | 286 |
| 2006 | 313 | 282 |
| 2007 | 271 | 299 |
| 2008 | 268 | 332 |
| 2009 | 251 | 264 |
| 2010 | 293 | 233 |
| 2011 | 263 | 275 |
| 2012 | 269 | 241 |
| 2013 | 316 | 367 |
| 2014 | 363 | 414 |
| 2015 | 386 | 409 |
| 2016 | 436 | 403 |
| 2017 | 445 | 357 |
| 2018 | 363 | 371 |
| 2019 | 485 | 517 |
| 2020 | 538 | 498 |
| 2021 | 543 | 547 |
| 2022 | 579 | 535 |
| 2023 | 529 | 548 |
| 2024 | 568 | 543 |
| 2025 | 509 | 451 |
| 2026 | 312 | 394 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 1/10Distribution of clock signals3,606
- G06F 1/08Clock generators with changeable or programmable clock frequency2,965
- G06F 1/12Synchronisation of different clock signals provided by a plurality of clock generators2,662
- G06F 1/14Time supervision arrangements1,463
- G06F 1/06Clock generators producing several clock signals1,132
Recent patents
- System and method for area-efficient monitoring of clock signals6 Oct 2026US 12,754,236 B2NXP B. V.
- Clock converting circuit with symmetric structure6 Oct 2026US 12,754,585 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Modular peripheral display assembly sustainable power board architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,754,587 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Computing system architecture having efficient bus connections6 Oct 2026US 12,754,861 B2SK hynix Inc.
- Memory device that includes a duty correction circuit, memory controller that includes a duty sensing circuit, and storage device that includes a memory device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,768 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Hardware Mechanism for Universal Synchronization of Communications in an SOC8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310254 A1Google Inc.
- Memory device including clock signal correction circuit, memory system, and operating method of memory device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310358 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Nonvolatile memory device supporting high-efficiency i/o interface8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310383 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Delay operations in processor cores for power improvements8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310489 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Computing system using dynamic optical switch and operation method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310511 A1Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Reference time distribution over a network1,680US 8,014,423 B2SMSC Holdings S.A.R.L. · 2011
- Man machine interface446US 4,570,217 A1986
- System and method for synchronizing time across a computer cluster404US 6,199,169 B1Compaq Computer Corporation · 2001
- Method and circuitry for minimizing clock-data skew in a bus system385US 5,432,823 ARambus Inc. · 1995