Tapped inductor voltage controlled oscillator

US10348242B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Futurewei Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael L. Bushman · Bartlett, US
• Charles J. Duey · Westminster, US
• James W. Caldwell · Elgin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A voltage controlled oscillator includes a resonator and an amplifier. The resonator includes a capacitive element and an inductive element. The inductive element has a plurality of conductive segments forming a physical loop. The inductive element has electrical connections on the physical loop to the plurality of conductive segments forming at least one electrical loop disposed within an interior space formed by the physical loop. The amplifier has an input and an output, the input coupled to a first conductive segment forming a first impedance and the output coupled to a second conductive segment forming a second impedance.