H03K 17/66
Switching arrangements for passing the current in either direction at will
Official title: Switching arrangements for passing the current in either direction at will; Switching arrangements for reversing the current at will
H03K17/66 (Switching arrangements for passing the current in either direction at will) appears on 330 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 330
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 153
- Inventors
- 471
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and systems of operating a double-sided double-base bipolar junction transistor23 Jun 2026US 12,665,593 B2Ideal Power Inc.
- Methods and systems of operating a double-sided double-base bipolar junction transistor23 Dec 2025US 12,506,476 B2Ideal Power Inc.
- Unidirectional hybrid switch circuit12 Aug 2025US 12,388,442 B2Ideal Power Inc.
- Switch arrangement for a converter27 May 2025US 12,316,305 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Gate drive circuit, test device, and switching method21 Jan 2025US 12,206,390 B2Sintokogio, Ltd.
- Bipolar junction device, and methods and switch assemblies using same25 Dec 2025US 2025/0392305 A1Ideal Power Inc.
- Methods and systems of operating a double-sided double-base bipolar junction transistor21 Aug 2025US 2025/0266827 A1Ideal Power Inc.
- Unidirectional hybrid switch circuit12 Jun 2025US 2025/0192771 A1Ideal Power Inc.
- Methods and systems of operating a double-sided double-base bipolar junction transistor3 Apr 2025US 2025/0112634 A1Ideal Power Inc.
- Gate drive circuit, test device, and switching method5 Oct 2023US 2023/0318592 A1Sintokogio, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Switching amplifier circuit108US 4,475,151 A1984
- Sample and hold circuit107US 4,389,579 AMotorola, Inc. · 1983
- Arrangement for generating DC magnetic fields of alternating polarity for the magnetic-inductive flow measurement71US 4,410,926 AFlowtec AG · 1983
- Inductive load driving method and H-bridge circuit control device71US 5,952,856 AShindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Integrated, high speed, zero hold current and delay compensated charge pump66US 4,847,519 AVTC Inc. · 1989