H03K 23/40
Gating or clocking signals applied to all stages, i.e. synchronous counters
Official title: Gating or clocking signals applied to all stages, i.e. synchronous counters {(H03K23/74 - H03K23/84 take precedence)}
H03K23/40 (Gating or clocking signals applied to all stages, i.e. synchronous counters) appears on 600 US grants and 394 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 394
- Assignees
- 286
- Inventors
- 993
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9 |
| 2004 | 14 | 10 |
| 2005 | 17 | 21 |
| 2006 | 27 | 21 |
| 2007 | 26 | 28 |
| 2008 | 16 | 27 |
| 2009 | 28 | 29 |
| 2010 | 22 | 28 |
| 2011 | 29 | 27 |
| 2012 | 29 | 15 |
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| 2014 | 26 | 15 |
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| 2018 | 14 | 13 |
| 2019 | 22 | 10 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bidirectional counter and integrated circuit including the same28 Jul 2026US 12,695,456 B2Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
- Programmable clock divider for radio frequency (RF) mixers10 Mar 2026US 12,574,199 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- NP5 fractional clock divider13 Jan 2026US 12,524,035 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- 4-bit synchronous counter IC with ripple carry-out, loading capability, and integrated MOD-10 reset functionality9 Sep 2025US 12,413,233 B1Kuwait University
- Method and system for injection locked divider with frequency calibration19 Aug 2025US 12,395,163 B2Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Multiphase voltage regulation circuit having interleaved clock control mechanism10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269729 A1Anpec Electronics Corporation
- Photodetection device and counter circuit30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222709 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Divider circuit28 May 2026US 2026/0149453 A1NXP B. V.
- Adjusted-frequency synchronizer for clock domain crossing7 May 2026US 2026/0126827 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Semiconductor device16 Apr 2026US 2026/0106607 A1Renesas Electronics Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple clock frequency divider with fifty percent duty cycle output133US 5,914,996 AIntel Corporation · 1999
- Memory storage cell based array of counters100US 6,567,340 B1NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. · 2003
- Content addressable memory with selectable mask write mode88US 6,757,779 B1NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. · 2004
- Divide-by-N differential phase interpolator77US 6,597,212 B1Neoaxiom Corporation · 2003
- High speed digital programmable frequency divider76US 4,951,303 A1990