H03J 5/00
Discontinuous tuning
Official title: Discontinuous tuning; Selecting predetermined frequencies; Selecting frequency bands with or without continuous tuning in one or more of the bands, e.g. push-button tuning, turret tuner (H03J7/00, H03J9/00 take precedence; for bandspreading H03J3/10)
H03J5/00 (Discontinuous tuning) appears on 1,189 US grants and 395 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03J- Granted patents
- 1,189
- Published applications
- 395
- Assignees
- 342
- Inventors
- 1,420
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 71 | 0 |
| 1977 | 61 | 0 |
| 1978 | 68 | 0 |
| 1979 | 55 | 0 |
| 1980 | 72 | 0 |
| 1981 | 79 | 0 |
| 1982 | 50 | 0 |
| 1983 | 33 | 0 |
| 1984 | 42 | 0 |
| 1985 | 39 | 0 |
| 1986 | 32 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 11 |
| 2002 | 15 | 43 |
| 2003 | 21 | 24 |
| 2004 | 30 | 29 |
| 2005 | 25 | 42 |
| 2006 | 25 | 27 |
| 2007 | 40 | 21 |
| 2008 | 20 | 13 |
| 2009 | 16 | 18 |
| 2010 | 7 | 11 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9 |
| 2012 | 14 | 4 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 |
| 2014 | 12 | 14 |
| 2015 | 11 | 32 |
| 2016 | 23 | 14 |
| 2017 | 17 | 10 |
| 2018 | 14 | 11 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9 |
| 2020 | 12 | 18 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 |
| 2022 | 15 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- VHF-UHF harmonic load pull tuner8 Sep 2026US 12,732,164 B1
- Method for performing antenna tuning control of wireless transceiver device in wireless communications system, and associated apparatus4 Aug 2026US 12,700,888 B2Mediatek Inc.
- Systems and methods for switching reference crystal oscillators for a transceiver of a wireless device10 Mar 2026US 12,574,054 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Compact frequency adjustable portable antenna24 Jun 2025US 12,341,272 B2Compact Antennas, LLC
- Oscillator circuit, corresponding radar sensor, vehicle and method of operation28 Jan 2025US 12,210,089 B2STMicroelectronics S,r.l.
- Capacitive element and circuit structure including capacitive element(s)19 Feb 2026US 2026/0051888 A1GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
- Compact frequency adjustable portable antenna9 Oct 2025US 2025/0316905 A1Compact Antennas, LLC
- Impedance tuning circuit31 Jul 2025US 2025/0247118 A1Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Radio-frequency impedance tuner31 Oct 2024US 2024/0364370 A1Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Varactor tuned input trap10 Oct 2024US 2024/0339974 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for dual-band antenna matching340US 7,180,467 B2Kyocera Wireless Corp. · 2007
- Tuning mode arrangement useful for restricting channel selection to certain channels315US 4,355,415 ARCA Corporation · 1982
- Television channel lockout273US 4,510,623 AGeneral Electric Company · 1985
- Channel assignment for CATV system266US 4,527,194 AZenith Electronics Corporation · 1985
- Television system scheduler261US 4,162,513 ARCA Corporation · 1979