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IPC Subgroup
H03K 17/78

by the use, as active elements, of opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and -breaking > characterised by the use of specified components > by the use, as active elements, of opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Subclass:
PULSE TECHNIQUE

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H03K 17/785 controlling field-effect transistor switches
  • H03K 17/79 controlling semiconductor switches with more than two PN-junctions, or more than three electrodes, or more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region
  • H03K 17/795 controlling bipolar transistors

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 5,625
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,496
  3. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,478
  4. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 3,383
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 3,091
  6. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,070
  7. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,722
  8. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,290
  9. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,177
  10. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,158