Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for digitally controlling capacitance
- Patent Title (中): 用于数字控制电容的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12821489Application Date: 2010-06-23
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Publication No.: US08275336B2Publication Date: 2012-09-25
- Inventor: Chen Tse-Peng
- Applicant: Chen Tse-Peng
- Applicant Address: TW Taipei
- Assignee: Richwave Technology Corp.
- Current Assignee: Richwave Technology Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taipei
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: H04B1/06
- IPC: H04B1/06 ; H04B7/00

Abstract:
An oscillator circuit having a source of an oscillating signal, a tank circuit including an inductor and a capacitor, and a discretely switchable capacitance module configured to control an amount of capacitance in the oscillator circuit. The discretely switchable capacitance module includes, in one embodiment, a capacitor coupled between a first node and a second node, a switch, having a control node, coupled between the second node and a third node; and a DC feed circuit, having a first end coupled to the second node and a second end configured to receive a first or second control signal. The control node of the switch is tied to a predetermined bias voltage. When the first control signal is applied, the capacitor is coupled between the first node and the third node via the switch such that the capacitor is coupled in parallel with the capacitor of the tank circuit, and when the second control signal is applied the capacitor is decoupled from the tank circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110319036A1 Apparatus and Method for Digitally Controlling Capacitance Public/Granted day:2011-12-29
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