Atheros Communications, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →209Patents
90Active
209Granted
51Portfolio score
Filing activity: Aug 4, 1999 → Nov 3, 2010 · 91 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6853197B1 | Method and apparatus for insuring integrity of a connectorized antenna | Electricity | 257 | Expired |
| US7130646B2 | Positioning with wireless local area networks and WLAN-aided global positioning systems | Electricity | 129 | Expired |
| US6870815B2 | Methods for implementing a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) and a temporary channel selection feature for WLAN devices | Electricity | 114 | Expired |
| US7212788B2 | Method and apparatus for signal power loss reduction in RF communication systems | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 107 | Expired |
| US6697013B2 | Radar detection and dynamic frequency selection for wireless local area networks | Electricity | 104 | Expired |
| US6795407B2 | Methods for controlling shared access to wireless transmission systems and increasing throughput of the same | Electricity | 96 | Expired |
| US6973476B1 | System and method for communicating data via a wireless high speed link | Electricity | 96 | Expired |
| US7929508B1 | Radio frequency signal analysis and classification using time-frequency information | Electricity | 89 | Active |
| US6737920B2 | Variable gain amplifier | Electricity | 79 | Expired |
| US6961545B2 | Method and system for providing antenna diversity | Electricity | 75 | Expired |
| US7616698B2 | Multiple-input multiple output system and method | Electricity | 71 | Active |
| US6747605B2 | Planar high-frequency antenna | Electricity | 69 | Expired |
| US7245893B1 | Method and system for noise floor calibration and receive signal strength detection | Electricity | 63 | Expired |
| US6593838B2 | Planar inductor with segmented conductive plane | Electricity | 61 | Expired |
| US6850117B2 | CMOS transceiver having an integrated power amplifier | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 61 | Expired |
| US6784740B1 | Power amplifier | Electricity | 54 | Expired |
| US6741219B2 | Parallel-feed planar high-frequency antenna | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
| US6807146B1 | Protocols for scalable communication system using overland signals and multi-carrier frequency communication | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US7251459B2 | Dual frequency band wireless LAN | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US7768960B1 | Efficient communication channel survey | Electricity | 45 | Active |
| US7158586B2 | Systems and methods to provide wideband magnitude and phase imbalance calibration and compensation in quadrature receivers | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US7369510B1 | Wireless LAN using RSSI and BER parameters for transmission rate adaptation | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US6628673B1 | Scalable communication system using overlaid signals and multi-carrier frequency communication | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US7123670B2 | Fine frequency offset estimation and calculation and use to improve communication system performance | Electricity | 43 | Expired |
| US7756082B1 | Wireless LAN using background scanning technique | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.