Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digitally tunable capacitor
- Patent Title (中): 数字可调谐电容
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Application No.: US12245487Application Date: 2008-10-03
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Publication No.: US07825715B1Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Jody Greenberg
- Applicant: Jody Greenberg
- Applicant Address: BM Hamilton
- Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: BM Hamilton
- Main IPC: H03K5/00
- IPC: H03K5/00

Abstract:
The disclosed device can contain a pair of switchable capacitors, one of which has the larger capacitance of the pair. Each of the switchable capacitors can include a capacitor in series with a switch. Both switchable capacitors can be connected in a parallel circuit that has a tunable capacitance. The ratio of the capacitances of the pair can approximately equal a ratio of mutually prime integers. In a particular case, the ratio of capacitances can approximately equal a ratio of two consecutive integers. The capacitance ratio can be called a weight or weight ratio. A switch controller can drive the pair of switchable capacitors with a pair of (M+1)-ary pulse width modulated signals, each of which has the same modulation period.
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