Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiband voltage controlled oscillator without switched capacitor
- Patent Title (中): 多频带压控振荡器,无开关电容
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Application No.: US13176893Application Date: 2011-07-06
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Publication No.: US08493155B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Stephane Razafimandimby
- Applicant: Stephane Razafimandimby
- Applicant Address: FR Montrouge
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
- Current Assignee Address: FR Montrouge
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
- Priority: FR1002850 20100706
- Main IPC: H03B5/12
- IPC: H03B5/12 ; H03K3/282 ; H03K3/354

Abstract:
A controlled oscillator includes, connected in parallel, a capacitor configured to be tuneable based upon a first signal, an inductor, and an active impedance. The active impedance is formed by a pair of cross-coupled transistors connected so as to produce a negative resistive component at the terminals of the active impedance. Circuitry produces a degeneracy tuneable by a second signal in the cross-coupled pair, such that the cross-coupled pair produces a capacitive component tuneable based upon the second signal at the terminals of the active impedance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120007686A1 MULTIBAND VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR WITHOUT SWITCHED CAPACITOR Public/Granted day:2012-01-12
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