H03M 1/14
Conversion in steps with each step involving the same or a different
Official title: Conversion in steps with each step involving the same or a different conversion means and delivering more than one bit
H03M1/14 (Conversion in steps with each step involving the same or a different) appears on 1,776 US grants and 1,184 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03M- Granted patents
- 1,776
- Published applications
- 1,184
- Assignees
- 508
- Inventors
- 2,357
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 7 |
| 2002 | 42 | 19 |
| 2003 | 24 | 30 |
| 2004 | 49 | 37 |
| 2005 | 39 | 48 |
| 2006 | 63 | 52 |
| 2007 | 56 | 44 |
| 2008 | 45 | 50 |
| 2009 | 56 | 50 |
| 2010 | 57 | 62 |
| 2011 | 56 | 59 |
| 2012 | 41 | 66 |
| 2013 | 87 | 65 |
| 2014 | 79 | 43 |
| 2015 | 73 | 62 |
| 2016 | 64 | 33 |
| 2017 | 64 | 41 |
| 2018 | 51 | 37 |
| 2019 | 65 | 68 |
| 2020 | 93 | 49 |
| 2021 | 66 | 59 |
| 2022 | 53 | 50 |
| 2023 | 44 | 53 |
| 2024 | 41 | 47 |
| 2025 | 45 | 34 |
| 2026 | 24 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03M 1/16With scale factor modification, i.e. by changing the amplification between the steps960
- H03M 1/145The steps being performed sequentially in series-connected stages422
- H03M 1/144The steps being performed sequentially in a single stage, i.e. recirculation type147
- H03M 1/141In which at least one step is of the folding type84
- H03M 1/143In pattern-reading type converters29
- H03M 1/142The reference generators for the steps being arranged in a common two-dimensional20
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated circuit analog-to-digital converter and associated calibration method and apparatus130US 5,771,012 AHarris Corporation · 1998
- Statistically based continuous autocalibration method and apparatus129US 4,996,530 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1991
- Sub-ranging analog-to-digital converter129US 5,459,465 AComlinear Corporation · 1995
- Pipelined analog-to-digital converter115US 5,534,864 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1996
- Two-step parallel analog to digital converter108US 4,875,048 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1989