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VCO with automatic calibration

US6856205B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 2003
Grant dateFeb 15, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S331/02
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Voltage-controlled oscillator with apparatus for automatic calibration. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes switches connecting associated coarse-tuning capacitors to an LC resonant tank of the oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator also comprises a calibration loop used to appropriately set the switches associated with the coarse tuning apparatus based on a oscillator control signal.

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