Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Testing properties of a voltage-controlled oscillator
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Application No.: US16203857Application Date: 2018-11-29
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Publication No.: US10673442B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Philipp Franz Freidl , Fabio Padovan , Mattias Welponer
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity, LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5b4ba5bf
- Main IPC: H03L7/093
- IPC: H03L7/093 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/14 ; H03L7/189 ; H03L7/197

Abstract:
An integrated circuit is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment, the circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) that is configured to receive a tuning voltage at a tuning input and to provide an RF oscillator signal at an oscillator output. The circuit further includes a first and a second switchable resistor network. The first switchable resistor network includes at least a first resistor and at least a first switch and is connected between the tuning input of the VCO and a first node, which operably provides a first voltage. The second switchable resistor network includes at least a second resistor and at least a second switch and is connected between the tuning input of the VCO and a second node, which operably provides a second voltage. Furthermore, the circuit includes a control circuit that is configured to activate, dependent on a control signal, either the first switchable resistor network, the second switchable resistor network or both, the first and the second resistor networks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190190524A1 TESTING PROPERTIES OF A VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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