IPC Subgroup
H03M 1/16 with scale factor modification, i.e. by changing the amplification between the steps
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion > Analogue/digital converters > Conversion in steps with each step involving the same or a different conversion means and delivering more than one bit > with scale factor modification, i.e. by changing the amplification between the steps
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- Subclass:
- CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 5,625
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,496
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,478
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 3,383
- INTEL CORPORATION US 3,091
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,070
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,722
- SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,290
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,177
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,158