H03J 5/02
Discontinuous tuning: with variable tuning element having a number of predetermined settings
Official title: with variable tuning element having a number of predetermined settings and adjustable to a desired one of these settings
H03J5/02 (Discontinuous tuning: with variable tuning element having a number of predetermined settings) appears on 674 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03J- Granted patents
- 674
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 198
- Inventors
- 755
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03J 5/0245Discontinuous tuning using an electrical variable impedance element482
- H03J 5/04Operated by hand103
- H03J 5/0218Discontinuous tuning using an electrical variable impedance element52
- H03J 5/14Operated by auxiliary power10
- H03J 5/0209Discontinuous tuning using an electrical variable impedance element7
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- 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
- Method for performing antenna tuning control of wireless transceiver device in wireless communications system, and associated apparatus13 Jun 2024US 2024/0195451 A1Mediatek Inc.
- Tuning device, system and method2 May 2024US 2024/0146289 A1Infineon Technologies AG
- Tunable Inductor Arrangement, Transceiver, Method, and Computer Program9 Mar 2023US 2023/0070802 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Transmitting and receiving apparatus for permitting the transmission and reception of multi-tier subscription programs215US 4,430,669 APayview Limited · 1984