H03B 5/1243
The means comprising voltage variable capacitance diodes
Official title: {the means comprising voltage variable capacitance diodes}
H03B5/1243 (The means comprising voltage variable capacitance diodes) appears on 934 US grants and 737 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03B- Granted patents
- 934
- Published applications
- 737
- Assignees
- 344
- Inventors
- 1,531
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2002 | 19 | 34 |
| 2003 | 30 | 22 |
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| 2022 | 25 | 29 |
| 2023 | 27 | 14 |
| 2024 | 14 | 13 |
| 2025 | 22 | 20 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for implementing a dual-core voltage-controlled oscillator18 Aug 2026US 12,712,490 B2Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Methods and apparatus to terminate transmission lines in voltage-controlled oscillators21 Jul 2026US 12,689,327 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Inductor-capacitor voltage-controlled oscillator with common-mode noise suppression16 Jun 2026US 12,658,851 B2Apple Inc.
- Voltage controlled oscillator and method2 Jun 2026US 12,647,071 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuits26 May 2026US 12,640,683 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Multi-core vco with robust unwanted mode suppression and circular coil topology6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230038 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Methods, apparatus, and systems for a multi-band hybrid inductor-capacitor voltage-controlled oscillator30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221937 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Digitally controlled oscillator with segmented varactor bank and multiple-voltage linearization, and associated apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213711 A1Mediatek Inc.
- Calibration circuit25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180586 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Oscillation Circuit and Buffer Thereof21 May 2026US 2026/0142616 A1RichWave Technology Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Voltage controlled oscillator with current control134US 5,175,884 AMotorola, Inc. · 1992
- RF circuits including transistors having strained material layers131US 7,709,828 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd · 2010
- LC oscillator115US 6,664,863 B1Niigata Seimitsu Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Voltage controlled oscillator band switching technique107US 5,739,730 AMicrotune, Inc. · 1998
- Apparatus and method for phase lock loop gain control using unit current sources81US 6,583,675 B2Broadcom Corporation · 2003