H03K 21/38
Starting, stopping or resetting the counter
Official title: Starting, stopping or resetting the counter (counters with a base other than a power of two H03K23/48, H03K23/66)
H03K21/38 (Starting, stopping or resetting the counter) appears on 269 US grants and 197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 269
- Published applications
- 197
- Assignees
- 162
- Inventors
- 496
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 8 |
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| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
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| 2015 | 16 | 14 |
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| 2017 | 18 | 11 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7 |
| 2019 | 15 | 19 |
| 2020 | 26 | 24 |
| 2021 | 15 | 11 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Semiconductor device and counting method18 Aug 2026US 12,712,550 B2Kioxia Corporation
- Control system for LLC voltage converter using up-down counter configured to react to comparator output21 Jul 2026US 12,689,281 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Dynamic protection circuit, power supply circuit and control method thereof26 May 2026US 12,640,723 B2Nuvoton Technology Corporation
- LFPS pulse detection using unit interval adjustment based on average pulse width25 Nov 2025US 12,483,248 B1Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- 4-bit synchronous counter IC with ripple carry-out, loading capability, and integrated MOD-10 reset functionality9 Sep 2025US 12,413,233 B1Kuwait University
- Timer circuit6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227823 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Cycle counting circuit18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172155 A1
- Clock divider and method of controlling same16 Apr 2026US 2026/0106621 A1Itda Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- System and methods for clock pulse generation12 Mar 2026US 2026/0074682 A1Ciena Corporation
- Control System for LLC Voltage Converter Using Up-Down Counter Configured to React to Comparator Output27 Nov 2025US 2025/0364883 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Smart switch40US 7,535,131 B12009
- Initial reset signal generator and low voltage detector37US 4,013,902 AHoneywell Inc. · 1977
- Voltage converter for a frequency synthesizer36US 4,484,153 AMotorola, Inc. · 1984
- Power-on reset semiconductor integrated circuit33US 4,103,187 AKabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha · 1978
- Counter provided with complementary field effect transistor inverters30US 4,114,049 ATokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. · 1978