Patent assignee · CA · COMPANY

SiGe Semiconductor, Inc.

68Patents
35Active
68Granted
48Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 2, 2000 → Feb 3, 2017 · 19 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6850742B2 Direct conversion receiver Electricity 76 Expired
US7348847B2 Integrated implementation of a collector boost scheme and method therefor Electricity 64 Expired
US7103328B2 Power transfer measurement circuit for wireless systems Physics 61 Expired
US7994862B1 Circuit and method of temperature dependent power amplifier biasing Electricity 46 Active
US7187913B1 Integrated circuit tuner with broad tuning range Electricity 42 Expired
US8451044B2 Switching circuit Electricity 38 Active
US6680655B2 Automatic gain control for a voltage controlled oscillator Electricity 37 Expired
US6681103B1 On-chip image reject filter Electricity 35 Expired
US8729949B2 Switching circuit Electricity 33 Active
US8330519B2 System and method of transistor switch biasing in a high power semiconductor switch Electricity 33 Active
US8271028B2 Dual band amplifier Electricity 30 Active
US6859028B2 Design-for-test modes for a phase locked loop Physics 29 Expired
US7359677B2 Device and methods for high isolation and interference suppression switch-filter Electricity 29 Active
US8093940B2 System and method of transistor switch biasing in a high power semiconductor switch Electricity 19 Active
US8723531B2 Integrated VSWR detector for monolithic microwave integrated circuits Physics 16 Active
US6917243B2 Integrated power amplifier circuit Electricity 16 Expired
US6825725B1 Integrated power amplifier circuit Electricity 16 Expired
US6469586B1 Low voltage voltage-controlled oscillator topology Electricity 14 Expired
US6822511B1 Integrated power amplifier circuit Electricity 12 Expired
US6882220B2 Integrated power amplifier circuit Electricity 12 Expired
US7689180B2 Method and apparatus for a cartesian error feedback circuit to correct distortion within a power amplifier Electricity 11 Active
US7756500B1 Active inductor circuits for filtering in a cable tuner circuit Electricity 11 Active
US7170265B2 Voltage regulator circuit with two or more output ports Physics 11 Expired
US7728663B2 Integrated implementation of a voltage boost follower and method therefor Electricity 10 Active
US8260224B2 System and method of prebias for rapid power amplifier response correction Electricity 10 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.