H03K 17/00
Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
Official title: Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking (gated amplifiers H03F3/72; switching arrangements for exchange systems using static devices H04Q3/52)
H03K17/00 (Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking) appears on 27,942 US grants and 23,750 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 27,942
- Published applications
- 23,750
- Assignees
- 5,714
- Inventors
- 40,957
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 178 | 0 |
| 1977 | 197 | 0 |
| 1978 | 150 | 0 |
| 1979 | 121 | 0 |
| 1980 | 143 | 0 |
| 1981 | 167 | 0 |
| 1982 | 182 | 0 |
| 1983 | 165 | 0 |
| 1984 | 180 | 0 |
| 1985 | 202 | 0 |
| 1986 | 216 | 0 |
| 1987 | 307 | 0 |
| 1988 | 259 | 0 |
| 1989 | 278 | 0 |
| 1990 | 278 | 0 |
| 1991 | 295 | 0 |
| 1992 | 302 | 0 |
| 1993 | 264 | 0 |
| 1994 | 305 | 0 |
| 1995 | 313 | 0 |
| 1996 | 356 | 0 |
| 1997 | 292 | 0 |
| 1998 | 415 | 0 |
| 1999 | 406 | 0 |
| 2000 | 394 | 0 |
| 2001 | 382 | 107 |
| 2002 | 398 | 349 |
| 2003 | 428 | 384 |
| 2004 | 393 | 475 |
| 2005 | 372 | 573 |
| 2006 | 464 | 600 |
| 2007 | 473 | 563 |
| 2008 | 416 | 630 |
| 2009 | 437 | 662 |
| 2010 | 560 | 700 |
| 2011 | 535 | 756 |
| 2012 | 569 | 772 |
| 2013 | 732 | 982 |
| 2014 | 913 | 1146 |
| 2015 | 958 | 1223 |
| 2016 | 1184 | 1230 |
| 2017 | 1352 | 1244 |
| 2018 | 1195 | 1411 |
| 2019 | 1587 | 1452 |
| 2020 | 1561 | 1395 |
| 2021 | 1222 | 1234 |
| 2022 | 1165 | 1282 |
| 2023 | 1134 | 1220 |
| 2024 | 1195 | 1360 |
| 2025 | 1124 | 1190 |
| 2026 | 828 | 810 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03K 17/51Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking: characterised by10,948
- H03K 17/94Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking: characterised by6,784
- H03K 17/08Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage5,177
- H03K 17/16Modifications for eliminating interference voltages or currents4,346
- H03K 17/04Modifications for accelerating switching2,109
- H03K 17/06Modifications for ensuring a fully conducting state1,926
- H03K 17/22Modifications for ensuring a predetermined initial state when the supply voltage has1,585
- H03K 17/10Modifications for increasing the maximum permissible switched voltage1,381
All 18 subgroupsShow fewer
- H03K 17/14Modifications for compensating variations of physical values1,017
- H03K 17/30Modifications for providing a predetermined threshold before switching813
- H03K 17/12Modifications for increasing the maximum permissible switched current810
- H03K 17/18Modifications for indicating state of switch756
- H03K 17/28Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching639
- H03K 17/002Switching arrangements with several input- or output terminals559
- H03K 17/13Modifications for switching at zero crossing303
- H03K 17/20Modifications for resetting core switching units to a predetermined state48
- H03K 17/296Time-programme switches providing a choice of time-intervals for executing more than one33
- H03K 17/26Modifications for temporary blocking after receipt of control pulses31
Recent patents
- Illuminated control module for a motor vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,753,904 B2Dav
- Twister oven for photoconductive switches6 Oct 2026US 12,754,373 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Interface circuit and display device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,701 B2Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- Adiabatic circuits for cold scalable electronics6 Oct 2026US 12,754,878 B2Zettaflops LLC
- Half-bridge circuit using monolithic flip-chip GAN power devices6 Oct 2026US 12,756,203 B2Navitas Semiconductor Limited
- Capacitive switch structure for nondiscrete, tactile and nontactile switches with customizable minimum activation thresholds8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309556 A1Nitto Bend Technologies, Inc.
- Adjustable voltage divider circuit and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310250 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Photonic quantum computer architecture and methods of operation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311016 A1Psiquantum, Corp.
- Pwm electromechanical valve driver with dual path current recirculation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311921 A1Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
- Electrostatic discharge (esd) protection circuit using tie-cell technique8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312400 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Cordless, battery operated surical tool1,621US 5,747,953 AStryker Corporation · 1998
- Time delay switch1,477US 5,473,204 A1995
- Rocker switch with centering torsion spring1,233US 6,566,619 B2ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. · 2003
- Multi-function surgical device control system1,186US 5,712,460 ALinvatec Corporation · 1998