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Automatic control of electronic oscillations
Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within H03L · public-visibility date · generated 2026
top 25 per window · public-visibility date
Rising· last 2 yrs
Inventors whose newest H03L patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier
- 199Michael H. Perrott44 patents · 1,270 citations
- 296Pak Shing Chau16 patents · 809 citations
- 392Jun Kim12 patents · 703 citations
- 488Masum Hossain33 patents · 496 citations
- 583Jongtae Kwak32 patents · 507 citations
- 679Scott Robert Humphreys28 patents · 782 citations
- 775Nasser A. Kurd46 patents · 697 citations
- 871Liming Xiu35 patents · 520 citations
- 967Eric Naviasky12 patents · 441 citations
- 1063Menno Spijker13 patents · 266 citations
- 1158Kadaba Lakshmikumar14 patents · 232 citations
- 1254Eyal Fayneh18 patents · 229 citations
- 1350Ernest Knoll14 patents · 212 citations
- 1446James D. Strom36 patents · 269 citations
- 1542Timothy A. Monk13 patents · 172 citations
- 1638Bradford J. Lyndaker8 patents · 104 citations
- 1733John C. Valcore, Jr.8 patents · 104 citations
- 1829Siavash Fallahi16 patents · 104 citations
- 1925Clement Lamoureux11 patents · 81 citations
- 2021Imad Lahoud11 patents · 81 citations
- 2117Jeff Machovec11 patents · 81 citations
- 2213Mohammed Alshaiba Saleh Ghannam Almazrouei11 patents · 81 citations
- 238Sajid Bhatti11 patents · 81 citations
- 244James D. Barnette14 patents · 132 citations
- 251Marzio Pedrali-Noy16 patents · 140 citations
Active· last 5 yrs
Sustained H03L output across the last 5 years
- 199Michael H. Perrott44 patents · 1,270 citations
- 296Pak Shing Chau16 patents · 809 citations
- 392Jun Kim12 patents · 703 citations
- 488Masum Hossain33 patents · 496 citations
- 583Jongtae Kwak32 patents · 507 citations
- 679Scott Robert Humphreys28 patents · 782 citations
- 775Nasser A. Kurd46 patents · 697 citations
- 871Liming Xiu35 patents · 520 citations
- 967Eric Naviasky12 patents · 441 citations
- 1063Daniel M. Dreps13 patents · 336 citations
- 1158Yasuhiro Takai15 patents · 287 citations
- 1254Douglas F. Pastorello12 patents · 297 citations
- 1350Michael L. Bushman15 patents · 323 citations
- 1446Kamran Rahbar11 patents · 436 citations
- 1542Menno Spijker13 patents · 266 citations
- 1638Raghunand Bhagwan13 patents · 215 citations
- 1733Kadaba Lakshmikumar14 patents · 232 citations
- 1829Shuichi Takada9 patents · 219 citations
- 1925Yohan Frans16 patents · 239 citations
- 2021Hon Kin Chiu10 patents · 199 citations
- 2117Ahmed Elkholy10 patents · 196 citations
- 2213Yantao Ma54 patents · 303 citations
- 238Alan C. Rogers16 patents · 186 citations
- 244Eyal Fayneh18 patents · 229 citations
- 251Ernest Knoll14 patents · 212 citations
All-time canon
Career PatentIndex Score in H03L
- 199Terry E. Flach8 patents · 2,920 citations
- 296Michael D. Stoop6 patents · 2,740 citations
- 392George E. Pax36 patents · 2,049 citations
- 488Brian P. Higgins31 patents · 1,953 citations
- 583Kevin M. Devereaux31 patents · 1,953 citations
- 679Shu-Sun Yu30 patents · 1,913 citations
- 775Tyler Lowrey25 patents · 1,768 citations
- 871Frank Carr15 patents · 789 citations
- 967Klaas Bult17 patents · 654 citations
- 1063David Cutrer5 patents · 1,256 citations
- 1158John B. Georges5 patents · 1,256 citations
- 1254Graham Allan16 patents · 708 citations
- 1350Benedict Lau19 patents · 1,241 citations
- 1446Richard C. Foss10 patents · 538 citations
- 1542Richard G. Cliff17 patents · 1,083 citations
- 1638Xicheng Jiang13 patents · 609 citations
- 1733David Jefferson10 patents · 976 citations
- 1829Srinivas T. Reddy6 patents · 665 citations
- 1925Jurgen Van Engelen6 patents · 518 citations
- 2021Keith Bryan Hardin9 patents · 983 citations
- 2117Ronnie M. Harrison22 patents · 1,096 citations
- 2213L. Todd Cope5 patents · 574 citations
- 238Ralph Duncan7 patents · 452 citations
- 244Myles Wakayama18 patents · 782 citations
- 251Eric N. Mann10 patents · 731 citations
Rising· last 2 yrs
The top-scoring H03L patents made public in the last 2 years
- 199US11909405B1✦ AIDigital coarse locking in digital phase-locked loops8 cites · 202486% earned
- 296US11916561B1✦ AIAdaptive alignment of sample clocks within analog-to-digital converters6 cites · 202485% earned
- 392US12063044B2✦ AIDigital phase locked loop and methods of operating same4 cites · 202475% earned
- 488US11909404B1Delay-locked loop offset calibration and correction5 cites · 202484% earned
- 583US11870450B1Jitter and reference spur management with adaptive gain by voltage controlled oscillator c4 cites · 202482% earned
- 679US11909406B1Ring oscillator phase-locked loop with digital phase noise suppression4 cites · 202482% earned
- 775US12189008B1Atomic beam magnetic resonance method and system based on combined separated oscillatory f2 cites · 202576% earned
- 871US12016381B2Hookah device3 cites · 202463% earned
- 967US11923857B1DTC nonlinearity correction2 cites · 202476% earned
- 1063US12119830B2Systems and methods for PLL gain calibration and duty cycle calibration using shared phase2 cites · 202476% earned
- 1158US12132490B2Systems and methods for PLL gain calibration2 cites · 202476% earned
- 1254US12334811B2Closed loop stability ramp implementation for Constant On-Time buck converter2 cites · 202476% earned
- 1350US12334943B2Atomic clock system2 cites · 202476% earned
- 1446US12057849B2Frequency synthesis system and frequency generation method of microwave photons based on p2 cites · 202476% earned
- 1542US12280116B2ASGPR-binding compounds for the degradation of extracellular proteins1 cites · 202440% earned
- 1638US12191897B2Local oscillator (LO) generation for carrier aggregation in phased array front ends1 cites · 202446% earned
- 1733US12210089B2Oscillator circuit, corresponding radar sensor, vehicle and method of operation1 cites · 202450% earned
- 1829US12107588B2Maintaining phase coherence for a fractional-N PLL2 cites · 202467% earned
- 1925US12063046B2Oscillator monitoring circuits for different oscillator domains2 cites · 202467% earned
- 2021US11953676B2Fast Lissajous lock control and synchronization of scanning axes of microelectromechanical2 cites · 202467% earned
- 2117US11927612B1Digital droop detector2 cites · 202467% earned
- 2213US12283965B1Charge pump for fractional-n frequency synthesizer1 cites · 202567% earned
- 238US12191770B2System and method for multi-phase power conversion and control2 cites · 202476% earned
- 244US11909409B1Low jitter PLL2 cites · 202476% earned
- 251US12401488B1Dynamic timing loop gain to compensate phase interpolation nonlinearities1 cites · 202567% earned
Active· last 5 yrs
The top-scoring H03L patents of the last 5 years
- 199US10895850B1✦ AIMixed-domain circuit with differential domain-converters81 cites · 202193% earned
- 296US11996686B2✦ AIClock sync input dropout protection37 cites · 202387% earned
- 392US11082052B2✦ AIFrequency lock loop circuits, low voltage dropout regulator circuits, and related methods36 cites · 202191% earned
- 488US10917097B1Circuits and methods for transferring two differentially encoded client clock domains over34 cites · 202191% earned
- 583US10892763B1Second-order clock recovery using three feedback paths32 cites · 202191% earned
- 679US11283459B1Calibration of a time-to-digital converter using a virtual phase-locked loop24 cites · 202282% earned
- 775US11387833B1Differential digital-to-time converter for even-order INL cancellation and supply noise/di24 cites · 202290% earned
- 871US11150609B1Trapped ion platform with optical input and output28 cites · 202191% earned
- 967US11036253B1Dynamic scaling of system clock signal in response to detection of supply voltage droop27 cites · 202191% earned
- 1063US11469877B1High bandwidth CDR22 cites · 202290% earned
- 1158US11589610B2Nicotine delivery device having a mist generator device and a driver device20 cites · 202277% earned
- 1254US11005572B1Temperature-locked loop for optical elements having a temperature-dependent response23 cites · 202190% earned
- 1350US11652489B1Fractional divider with duty cycle regulation and low subharmonic content15 cites · 202383% earned
- 1446US11418205B1System and method of FN-PLL with multi modulus divider17 cites · 202289% earned
- 1542US11545982B2Type-I PLLs for phase-controlled applications13 cites · 202288% earned
- 1638US10951216B1Synchronization of clock signals generated using output dividers20 cites · 202185% earned
- 1733US10992501B1Eye monitor for parallelized digital equalizers17 cites · 202189% earned
- 1829US11349457B2Signal generation circuit having minimum delay, semiconductor apparatus using the same, an14 cites · 202280% earned
- 1925US11569804B1INL detection and calibration for phase-interpolator11 cites · 202388% earned
- 2021US10965297B1Sigma-delta modulation quantization error reduction technique for fractional-N phase-locke16 cites · 202189% earned
- 2117US11108400B1Hitless switching by resetting multi-modulus feedback divider16 cites · 202189% earned
- 2213US11909405B1Digital coarse locking in digital phase-locked loops8 cites · 202486% earned
- 238US11356107B1Frequency tracking loop using a scaled replica oscillator for injection locked oscillators13 cites · 202283% earned
- 244US11489657B1Bit-level mode retimer13 cites · 202283% earned
- 251US11819551B2ASGPR-binding compounds for the degradation of extracellular proteins10 cites · 202370% earned
All-time canon
The defining H03L patents of the whole record
- 199US6033399A✦ AIElectrosurgical generator with adaptive power control2,513 cites · 200091% earned
- 296US6228080B1✦ AIElectrosurgical generator with adaptive power control1,906 cites · 200190% earned
- 392USRE40388E✦ AIElectrosurgical generator with adaptive power control1,361 cites · 200890% earned
- 488US5748103ATwo-way TDMA telemetry system with power conservation features842 cites · 199892% earned
- 583US5944659AArchitecture for TDMA medical telemetry system598 cites · 199989% earned
- 679US6130602ARadio frequency data communications device581 cites · 200079% earned
- 775US5614855ADelay-locked loop504 cites · 199795% earned
- 871US4965532ACircuit for driving ultrasonic transducer458 cites · 199095% earned
- 967US6008703ADigital compensation for wideband modulation of a phase locked loop frequency synthesizer441 cites · 199995% earned
- 1063US5485490AMethod and circuitry for clock synchronization433 cites · 199690% earned
- 1158US5915084AScannable sense amplifier circuit417 cites · 199995% earned
- 1254US6125157ADelay-locked loop circuitry for clock delay adjustment382 cites · 200088% earned
- 1350US7180467B2System and method for dual-band antenna matching373 cites · 200494% earned
- 1446US6773396B2Cellular architecture and data transfer methods for real time patient monitoring within me358 cites · 200188% earned
- 1542US4302728AUltrasonic wave oscillator circuit with output meter350 cites · 198194% earned
- 1638US6778023B2Tunable filter and method of tuning a filter344 cites · 200394% earned
- 1733US5767791ALow-power circuit and method for providing rapid frequency lock in a wireless communicatio334 cites · 199891% earned
- 1829US6589170B1Medical telemetry system with cellular reception of patient data330 cites · 200388% earned
- 1925US5535432ADual-mode satellite/cellular phone with a frequency synthesizer328 cites · 199691% earned
- 2021US6147560AMethod and device relating to supervision and control of an oscillator signal324 cites · 200094% earned
- 2117US7020791B1Clock recovery using a double-exponential smoothing process301 cites · 200694% earned
- 2213US6014546AMethod and system providing RF distribution for fixed wireless local loop service294 cites · 200094% earned
- 238US6839393B1Apparatus and method for controlling a master/slave system via master device synchronizati292 cites · 200585% earned
- 244US7936203B2Temperature compensation via power supply modification to produce a temperature-independen283 cites · 200789% earned
- 251US7043651B2Technique for synchronizing clocks in a network282 cites · 200394% earned
Rising· last 2 yrs
Assignees whose newest H03L patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier
- 199MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC413 patents · 10,286 citations
- 296RAMBUS INC210 patents · 5,621 citations
- 392CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP191 patents · 7,338 citations
- 488TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC543 patents · 7,357 citations
- 583INTEL CORP510 patents · 7,600 citations
- 679SILICON LAB INC218 patents · 4,642 citations
- 775WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC11 patents · 929 citations
- 871ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M152 patents · 2,702 citations
- 967ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC71 patents · 2,419 citations
- 1063IBM478 patents · 8,040 citations
- 1158XILINX INC188 patents · 3,954 citations
- 1254FUJITSU LTD412 patents · 7,398 citations
- 1350QUALCOMM INC314 patents · 3,209 citations
- 1446ANALOG DEVICES INC140 patents · 3,000 citations
- 1542SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD604 patents · 6,076 citations
- 1638NEC CORP360 patents · 7,453 citations
- 1733TOSHIBA KK216 patents · 3,480 citations
- 1829SEIKO EPSON CORP386 patents · 1,780 citations
- 1925RAYTHEON CO51 patents · 904 citations
- 2021SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC82 patents · 1,015 citations
- 2117NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE20 patents · 548 citations
- 2213INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG259 patents · 2,274 citations
- 238REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP147 patents · 838 citations
- 244BOSCH GMBH ROBERT30 patents · 355 citations
- 251ANRITSU CO17 patents · 406 citations
Active· last 5 yrs
Sustained H03L output across the last 5 years
- 199MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC413 patents · 10,286 citations
- 296RAMBUS INC210 patents · 5,621 citations
- 392CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP191 patents · 7,338 citations
- 488ALTERA CORP200 patents · 3,969 citations
- 583TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC543 patents · 7,357 citations
- 679INTEL CORP510 patents · 7,600 citations
- 775SILICON LAB INC218 patents · 4,642 citations
- 871WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC11 patents · 929 citations
- 967MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP183 patents · 5,186 citations
- 1063ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M152 patents · 2,702 citations
- 1158ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC71 patents · 2,419 citations
- 1254IBM478 patents · 8,040 citations
- 1350XILINX INC188 patents · 3,954 citations
- 1446FUJITSU LTD412 patents · 7,398 citations
- 1542QUALCOMM INC314 patents · 3,209 citations
- 1638ANALOG DEVICES INC140 patents · 3,000 citations
- 1733SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD604 patents · 6,076 citations
- 1829NEC CORP360 patents · 7,453 citations
- 1925CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN23 patents · 790 citations
- 2021TOSHIBA KK216 patents · 3,480 citations
- 2117SEIKO EPSON CORP386 patents · 1,780 citations
- 2213SIEMENS AG88 patents · 1,610 citations
- 238RAYTHEON CO51 patents · 904 citations
- 244SONY CORP215 patents · 3,094 citations
- 251MARVELL INT LTD88 patents · 1,105 citations
All-time canon
All-time PatentIndex Score in H03L
- 199KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP36 patents · 2,070 citations
- 296MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC413 patents · 10,286 citations
- 392RAMBUS INC210 patents · 5,621 citations
- 488BROADCOM CORP339 patents · 6,520 citations
- 583MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC60 patents · 1,565 citations
- 679CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP191 patents · 7,338 citations
- 775MOTOROLA INC381 patents · 13,486 citations
- 871ALTERA CORP200 patents · 3,969 citations
- 967TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC543 patents · 7,357 citations
- 1063LEXMARK INT INC10 patents · 1,011 citations
- 1158INTEL CORP510 patents · 7,600 citations
- 1254SILICON LAB INC218 patents · 4,642 citations
- 1350WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC11 patents · 929 citations
- 1446HITACHI LTD108 patents · 2,901 citations
- 1542MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP183 patents · 5,186 citations
- 1638ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M152 patents · 2,702 citations
- 1733CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC34 patents · 1,850 citations
- 1829ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC71 patents · 2,419 citations
- 1925IBM478 patents · 8,040 citations
- 2021NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP157 patents · 5,408 citations
- 2117XILINX INC188 patents · 3,954 citations
- 2213FUJITSU LTD412 patents · 7,398 citations
- 238NORTEL NETWORKS LTD29 patents · 1,528 citations
- 244QUALCOMM INC314 patents · 3,209 citations
- 251SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC96 patents · 2,204 citations
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