H03L 7/0997
Controlling the number of delay elements connected in series in the ring
Official title: {Controlling the number of delay elements connected in series in the ring oscillator}
H03L7/0997 (Controlling the number of delay elements connected in series in the ring) appears on 185 US grants and 118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Programmable delay line programmable delay circuit and digital controlled oscillator118US 5,465,076 ANippondenso Co., Ltd. · 1995
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- Ring oscillator having selectable number of inverter stages82US 5,418,499 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
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