H03K 5/08
By limiting
Official title: by limiting; by thresholding; by slicing, i.e. combined limiting and thresholding (H03K5/07 takes precedence; comparing one pulse with another H03K5/22; providing a determined threshold for switching H03K17/30)
H03K5/08 (By limiting) appears on 1,518 US grants and 953 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 1,518
- Published applications
- 953
- Assignees
- 620
- Inventors
- 2,579
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 42 | 5 |
| 2002 | 63 | 42 |
| 2003 | 56 | 61 |
| 2004 | 69 | 52 |
| 2005 | 48 | 67 |
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| 2007 | 39 | 30 |
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| 2019 | 81 | 43 |
| 2020 | 45 | 18 |
| 2021 | 26 | 16 |
| 2022 | 24 | 30 |
| 2023 | 28 | 31 |
| 2024 | 28 | 24 |
| 2025 | 27 | 15 |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Semiconductor device12 May 2026US 12,627,293 B2Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Techniques for reduction of degradation in channels caused by bias temperature instability5 May 2026US 12,620,981 B2Altera Corporation
- Positive hysteresis elimination comparison circuit and motor driver having positive hysteresis elimination comparison circuit21 Apr 2026US 12,609,680 B2Anpec Electronics Corporation
- Bias voltage generation circuit and electronic circuit27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252135 A1Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.
- Techniques For Reduction Of Degradation In Channels Caused By Bias Temperature Instability20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246456 A1Altera Corporation
- Active clamp circuit and semiconductor device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247692 A1Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Comparator circuit provided with mos transistors used as differential pair, and power supply apparatus with the comparator circuit30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221962 A1Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.
- Fast-settling threshold estimator for a bit slicer16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205129 A1NXP USA, Inc.
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- Detection of passing magnetic articles with a peak-to-peak percentage threshold detector having a forcing circuit and automatic gain control164US 6,297,627 B1Allegro MicroSystems, LLC · 2001
- Method and apparatus for providing information from a speed and direction sensor144US 7,026,808 B2Allegro MicroSystems, LLC · 2006