DIFF Subgroup
H05B 45/30 Driver circuits
Introduced: January 2020
Full Title
Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED] > Driver circuits
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 12 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 2020.
Child Classifications
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- H05B 45/34 Voltage stabilisation; Maintaining constant voltage since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05B 45/345 Current stabilisation; Maintaining constant current since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05B 45/355 Power factor correction [PFC]; Reactive power compensation since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05B 45/357 specially adapted for retrofit LED light sources since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05B 45/36 Circuits for reducing or suppressing harmonics, ripples or electromagnetic interferences [EMI] since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,201
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 6,828
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 3,988
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,564
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,533
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 3,310
- FUJI JP 2,870
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 2,675
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2,665
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 2,634
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,981
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 5,041
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 4,742
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 4,411
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,915
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,471
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 3,210
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 3,191
- FUJI JP 2,987
- SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,907