H03K 3/00
Circuits for generating electric pulses
Official title: Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits (H03K4/00 takes precedence; for digital function generators in computers G06F1/02)
H03K3/00 (Circuits for generating electric pulses) appears on 14,422 US grants and 10,671 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 14,422
- Published applications
- 10,671
- Assignees
- 2,677
- Inventors
- 20,301
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 176 | 0 |
| 1977 | 162 | 0 |
| 1978 | 124 | 0 |
| 1979 | 83 | 0 |
| 1980 | 83 | 0 |
| 1981 | 100 | 0 |
| 1982 | 69 | 0 |
| 1983 | 83 | 0 |
| 1984 | 69 | 0 |
| 1985 | 127 | 0 |
| 1986 | 120 | 0 |
| 1987 | 151 | 0 |
| 1988 | 111 | 0 |
| 1989 | 146 | 0 |
| 1990 | 122 | 0 |
| 1991 | 151 | 0 |
| 1992 | 154 | 0 |
| 1993 | 144 | 0 |
| 1994 | 152 | 0 |
| 1995 | 210 | 0 |
| 1996 | 200 | 0 |
| 1997 | 194 | 0 |
| 1998 | 207 | 0 |
| 1999 | 231 | 0 |
| 2000 | 226 | 0 |
| 2001 | 251 | 69 |
| 2002 | 265 | 209 |
| 2003 | 249 | 238 |
| 2004 | 262 | 282 |
| 2005 | 236 | 323 |
| 2006 | 276 | 328 |
| 2007 | 286 | 297 |
| 2008 | 256 | 368 |
| 2009 | 263 | 346 |
| 2010 | 357 | 305 |
| 2011 | 311 | 330 |
| 2012 | 289 | 294 |
| 2013 | 347 | 449 |
| 2014 | 478 | 543 |
| 2015 | 538 | 516 |
| 2016 | 610 | 513 |
| 2017 | 579 | 506 |
| 2018 | 463 | 465 |
| 2019 | 655 | 563 |
| 2020 | 716 | 587 |
| 2021 | 579 | 531 |
| 2022 | 565 | 546 |
| 2023 | 560 | 585 |
| 2024 | 545 | 589 |
| 2025 | 512 | 524 |
| 2026 | 379 | 365 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03K 3/02Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used11,989
- H03K 3/01Details3,881
- H03K 3/84Generating pulses having a predetermined statistical distribution of a parameter528
- H03K 3/64Generators producing trains of pulses, i.e. finite sequences of pulses128
- H03K 3/78Generating a single train of pulses having a predetermined pattern106
- H03K 3/86Generating pulses by means of delay lines and not covered by the59
- H03K 3/80Generating trains of sinusoidal oscillations36
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- Single-to-differential circuit and method for operating the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312571 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Integrated circuit and method of forming the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312572 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
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