H03K 17/567
Circuits characterised by the use of more than one type of semiconductor
Official title: Circuits characterised by the use of more than one type of semiconductor device, e.g. BIMOS, composite devices such as IGBT
H03K17/567 (Circuits characterised by the use of more than one type of semiconductor) appears on 1,105 US grants and 1,019 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 1,105
- Published applications
- 1,019
- Assignees
- 451
- Inventors
- 2,050
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 10 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9 |
| 2007 | 7 | 24 |
| 2008 | 8 | 35 |
| 2009 | 23 | 29 |
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| 2012 | 22 | 40 |
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| 2021 | 69 | 46 |
| 2022 | 56 | 65 |
| 2023 | 42 | 59 |
| 2024 | 45 | 46 |
| 2025 | 49 | 48 |
| 2026 | 29 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Efficient switching circuit6 Oct 2026US 12,756,384 B2Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
- Unidirectional switch circuit15 Sep 2026US 12,738,935 B2Ideal Power Inc.
- Semiconductor apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,732,184 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Efficient IGBT switching1 Sep 2026US 12,726,191 B2EHT Ventures LLC
- Control of gate drive resistance based on radio frequency interference25 Aug 2026US 12,715,303 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Double gate transistor device and method of operating1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303088 A1Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Driving power switches with variable currents17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280410 A1Power Integrations, Inc.
- System and method for automated dynamic characterization of hybrid switches and busbar for use therewith17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280555 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Overcurrent Protection for Bidirectional Power Semiconductor Devices20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246262 A1Ideal Power Inc.
- Semiconductor switching module with insulated gate bipolar transistor and unipolar switching device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247645 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Color variations in a dimmable lighting device with stable color temperature light sources344US 7,288,902 B1Cirrus Logic, Inc. · 2007
- Modular power supply with PLL control298US 4,783,728 AModular Power Corporation · 1988
- Circuit for driving a voltage-controlled semiconductor switch189US 5,404,059 AABB Patent GmbH · 1995
- Semiconductor switch and power conversion system provided with semiconductor switch181US 8,089,780 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2012
- Isolated gate driver for power switching device and method for carrying out same124US 5,900,683 AFord Global Technologies, LLC · 1999