H03M 1/12
Analogue/digital converters
Official title: Analogue/digital converters ({H03M1/001 – } H03M1/10 take precedence)
H03M1/12 (Analogue/digital converters) appears on 11,972 US grants and 8,634 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03M- Granted patents
- 11,972
- Published applications
- 8,634
- Assignees
- 2,524
- Inventors
- 14,868
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 86 | 0 |
| 1977 | 63 | 0 |
| 1978 | 83 | 0 |
| 1979 | 48 | 0 |
| 1980 | 82 | 0 |
| 1981 | 61 | 0 |
| 1982 | 101 | 0 |
| 1983 | 70 | 0 |
| 1984 | 58 | 0 |
| 1985 | 79 | 0 |
| 1986 | 102 | 0 |
| 1987 | 93 | 0 |
| 1988 | 94 | 0 |
| 1989 | 104 | 0 |
| 1990 | 149 | 0 |
| 1991 | 150 | 0 |
| 1992 | 110 | 0 |
| 1993 | 112 | 0 |
| 1994 | 96 | 0 |
| 1995 | 92 | 0 |
| 1996 | 99 | 0 |
| 1997 | 115 | 0 |
| 1998 | 149 | 0 |
| 1999 | 114 | 0 |
| 2000 | 140 | 0 |
| 2001 | 204 | 34 |
| 2002 | 239 | 146 |
| 2003 | 214 | 173 |
| 2004 | 218 | 191 |
| 2005 | 193 | 224 |
| 2006 | 264 | 262 |
| 2007 | 249 | 259 |
| 2008 | 272 | 298 |
| 2009 | 275 | 284 |
| 2010 | 296 | 336 |
| 2011 | 323 | 304 |
| 2012 | 263 | 327 |
| 2013 | 403 | 379 |
| 2014 | 454 | 343 |
| 2015 | 501 | 409 |
| 2016 | 462 | 340 |
| 2017 | 464 | 353 |
| 2018 | 423 | 385 |
| 2019 | 522 | 570 |
| 2020 | 606 | 493 |
| 2021 | 497 | 467 |
| 2022 | 503 | 533 |
| 2023 | 472 | 515 |
| 2024 | 456 | 427 |
| 2025 | 441 | 354 |
| 2026 | 308 | 228 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03M 1/34Analogue value compared with reference values4,384
- H03M 1/124Sampling or signal conditioning arrangements specially adapted for a/d converters2,427
- H03M 1/1205Multiplexed conversion systems2,238
- H03M 1/14Conversion in steps with each step involving the same or a different1,776
- H03M 1/50With intermediate conversion to time interval1,642
- H03M 1/18Automatic control for modifying the range of signals the converter can handle938
- H03M 1/22Pattern-reading type745
- H03M 1/20Increasing resolution using an n bit system to obtain n + m493
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems, devices, and methods for continuous time signal processing814US 9,331,721 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2016
- Adaptable, digital computer controlled cardiac pacemaker448US 4,958,632 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1990
- Capacitively coupled successive approximation ultra low power analog-to-digital converter270US 5,880,691 ACalifornia Institute of Technology · 1999
- Correlated double sampling with up/down counter244US 5,877,715 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1999
- Serial analog-to-digital converter using successive comparisons219US 5,801,657 AStanford University · 1998