Patent · US Expired

VCO with automatic calibration

US7109815B1 · kind B1 · utility

5Cited by
1References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 2004
Grant dateSep 19, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2025

Classification

  • 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 capacitors based on a oscillator control signal.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.