H03K 17/166
Soft switching
Official title: {Soft switching}
H03K17/166 (Soft switching) appears on 802 US grants and 667 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 802
- Published applications
- 667
- Assignees
- 343
- Inventors
- 1,401
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 9 |
| 2002 | 25 | 13 |
| 2003 | 18 | 14 |
| 2004 | 16 | 31 |
| 2005 | 26 | 24 |
| 2006 | 25 | 22 |
| 2007 | 18 | 11 |
| 2008 | 13 | 16 |
| 2009 | 14 | 20 |
| 2010 | 17 | 21 |
| 2011 | 15 | 13 |
| 2012 | 19 | 21 |
| 2013 | 23 | 27 |
| 2014 | 27 | 30 |
| 2015 | 24 | 28 |
| 2016 | 31 | 33 |
| 2017 | 32 | 28 |
| 2018 | 31 | 49 |
| 2019 | 54 | 26 |
| 2020 | 37 | 33 |
| 2021 | 36 | 28 |
| 2022 | 29 | 33 |
| 2023 | 27 | 31 |
| 2024 | 33 | 61 |
| 2025 | 46 | 28 |
| 2026 | 23 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Power switch deactivation driver1 Sep 2026US 12,726,103 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Control of gate drive resistance based on radio frequency interference25 Aug 2026US 12,715,303 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Control device of power switch21 Jul 2026US 12,689,366 B2Excelliance MOS Corporation
- Buffer circuit for driving a GAN power switch and corresponding driver circuit9 Jun 2026US 12,652,038 B2STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Systems and methods for power module for inverter for electric vehicle9 Jun 2026US 12,652,781 B2BorgWarner US Technologies LLC
- Electronic circuitry, power converter, and power conversion apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280409 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- LED Current Overshoot Reduction Apparatus and Method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247508 A1Diodes Incorporated
- Method for operating a power converter, power converter circuit, controller and computer program6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229992 A1
- LED Current Overshoot Reduction Apparatus and Method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197915 A1Diodes Incorporated
- Systems and methods for adaptive switching control in power conversion systems2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189155 A1Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- CMOS buffer circuit which is not influenced by bounce noise125US 5,179,298 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Phase-controlled power modulation system120US 5,239,255 ABayview Technology Group, LLC · 1993
- Variable slew control for output buffers105US 5,568,081 ACypress Semiconductor Corporation · 1996
- Static switch95US 5,153,802 AMerlin Gerin · 1992
- Driver circuit providing load and time adaptive current94US 4,829,199 ANCR Corporation · 1989