H03K 17/04
Modifications for accelerating switching
H03K17/04 (Modifications for accelerating switching) appears on 2,109 US grants and 1,529 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 2,109
- Published applications
- 1,529
- Assignees
- 791
- Inventors
- 3,550
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 41 | 0 |
| 1988 | 38 | 0 |
| 1989 | 31 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 30 | 0 |
| 1992 | 39 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 35 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 14 |
| 2002 | 42 | 34 |
| 2003 | 60 | 48 |
| 2004 | 56 | 47 |
| 2005 | 43 | 62 |
| 2006 | 48 | 44 |
| 2007 | 44 | 51 |
| 2008 | 32 | 51 |
| 2009 | 42 | 42 |
| 2010 | 42 | 27 |
| 2011 | 32 | 31 |
| 2012 | 22 | 44 |
| 2013 | 37 | 42 |
| 2014 | 55 | 64 |
| 2015 | 53 | 72 |
| 2016 | 60 | 79 |
| 2017 | 89 | 89 |
| 2018 | 90 | 86 |
| 2019 | 101 | 76 |
| 2020 | 113 | 91 |
| 2021 | 78 | 85 |
| 2022 | 76 | 75 |
| 2023 | 89 | 93 |
| 2024 | 60 | 70 |
| 2025 | 76 | 69 |
| 2026 | 33 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Semiconductor device, display apparatus, and electronic device25 Aug 2026US 12,719,465 B2Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd.
- Transient stabilized SOI FETs25 Aug 2026US 12,721,181 B2pSemi Corporation
- Method and apparatus for controlling adaptive charge-recovery in switching regulator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303080 A1Airoha Technology Corp.
- High efficiency low-power active cable architecture24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291483 A1Lerain Technology Co., Ltd.
- Switching Drive Device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238204 A1Astemo, Ltd.
- Voltage Converter Device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205001 A1
- Driving circuit for power switch device and method thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205103 A1Fast Sic Semiconductor Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular power supply with PLL control298US 4,783,728 AModular Power Corporation · 1988
- Crisscross voltage level shifter256US 6,002,290 ASarnoff Corporation · 1999
- Circuit for driving a voltage-controlled semiconductor switch189US 5,404,059 AABB Patent GmbH · 1995
- Power driver circuit178US 5,504,449 AHarris Corporation · 1996
- Transformer coupled FET drive circuit170US 5,963,078 APeco II, Inc. · 1999