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Voltage-controlled phase shifter

US5939917A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 26, 1997
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H11/20
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a voltage-controlled phase shifter including two differential stages, each including a biasing branch and output branches coupled with the output branches of the other stage; two first resistors coupling the output branches to a first supply potential; a first capacitor connected between the output branches; two second resistors connected in series between the biasing branches; a second capacitor connected in series between the two second resistors; means for applying an input signal in the form of a differential current across the second capacitor; and means for supplying, as an output signal, the sum of the current in one of the first resistors and of a predetermined fraction of a corresponding component of the differential current constituting the input signal.

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