Invention Application
- Patent Title: VARIABLE-CAPACITANCE CIRCUIT ELEMENT
- Patent Title (中): 可变电容电路元件
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Application No.: US11464946Application Date: 2006-08-16
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Publication No.: US20070075791A1Publication Date: 2007-04-05
- Inventor: Sebastien Dedieu , Jean-Francois Larchanche , Frederic Paillardet
- Applicant: Sebastien Dedieu , Jean-Francois Larchanche , Frederic Paillardet
- Applicant Address: FR Montrouge
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS SA
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS SA
- Current Assignee Address: FR Montrouge
- Priority: FR0508684 20050823
- Main IPC: H03B5/12
- IPC: H03B5/12

Abstract:
An electronic circuit element has two capacitance values selected by means of a main control signal. The electronic circuit element comprises two variable-capacitance electronic components connected in parallel and each receiving opposite intermediate control signals, derived from the main control signal. The two variable-capacitance components are differentiated by a configuration parameter. The electronic circuit element exhibits a variation in capacitance corresponding to a difference between respective variations in capacitance of the two variable-capacitance electronic components during an inversion of the main control signal. The variation in capacitance of the electronic circuit element may be less than 5 attoFarads.
Public/Granted literature
- US07408422B2 Variable-capacitance circuit element Public/Granted day:2008-08-05
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