EP1714386A1 - Circuit de substitution a diodes a capacite variable - Google Patents

Circuit de substitution a diodes a capacite variable

Info

Publication number
EP1714386A1
EP1714386A1 EP05707830A EP05707830A EP1714386A1 EP 1714386 A1 EP1714386 A1 EP 1714386A1 EP 05707830 A EP05707830 A EP 05707830A EP 05707830 A EP05707830 A EP 05707830A EP 1714386 A1 EP1714386 A1 EP 1714386A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
capacitance
diodes
circuit
capacitance diode
diode
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP05707830A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Gerhard Kottschlag
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Robert Bosch GmbH
Original Assignee
Robert Bosch GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Robert Bosch GmbH filed Critical Robert Bosch GmbH
Publication of EP1714386A1 publication Critical patent/EP1714386A1/fr
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
    • H03J3/00—Continuous tuning
    • H03J3/02—Details
    • H03J3/16—Tuning without displacement of reactive element, e.g. by varying permeability
    • H03J3/18—Tuning without displacement of reactive element, e.g. by varying permeability by discharge tube or semiconductor device simulating variable reactance
    • H03J3/185—Tuning without displacement of reactive element, e.g. by varying permeability by discharge tube or semiconductor device simulating variable reactance with varactors, i.e. voltage variable reactive diodes

Definitions

  • Capacitance diodes are diodes that have a particularly pronounced dependence of their blocking capacitance on the applied electrical voltage. This effect can be used to set its capacitance and thus the resonance frequency or other parameters of an oscillating circuit by applying an electrical DC voltage to the capacitance diode.
  • the capacitance diodes used have a large capacitance ratio or a large capacitance swing, i.e. the relative difference between the smallest and the largest adjustable capacitance value is particularly high.
  • the entire available capacitance stroke of the capacitance diodes should be achievable even with low control voltages, so that the entire area can be used in battery-operated devices.
  • integrated circuits which often have to be supplied with ever lower operating voltages in the course of smaller semiconductor structures, so that a subsequent voltage step-up would generally be too expensive for the capacitance diode to achieve higher control voltages.
  • capacitance diodes Since the capacitance of conventional capacitance diodes changes very quickly with the voltage controlling them, capacitance diodes do not only react to the applied one DC voltage, but also to the signal voltage present in the resonant circuit. At large signal voltage levels, the capacitance of the capacitance diode fluctuates so much in time with the useful signal to be processed in the resonant circuit that the signal is distorted, in particular intermodulation. This can result in interference signal components that impair the useful signal and can no longer be filtered out subsequently. This effect occurs particularly strongly in diodes with a large capacitance ratio, since even smaller signal voltages are sufficient to generate an interference signal strength that is no longer portable.
  • the capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention with the features of the independent claim has the advantage that even for the amplitude of a signal voltage to be processed in the resonant circuit smaller or not or not significantly larger tuning voltage, the effects of the signal voltage on the set capacitance of the capacitance diode alternative circuit are negligible or at least stay low. Intermodulation disturbances are thus effectively avoided.
  • this is achieved by a circuit consisting of a series connection of at least three capacitance diodes or connected in series with one another
  • the capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention is particularly suitable as a replacement for conventional capacitance diodes or double diodes in electrical devices in which the signal voltage to be processed is in the order of magnitude of the available tuning voltage, in particular, for example, battery-operated devices.
  • the alternative circuit according to the invention there is no need to provide conversion of the available battery or supply voltage to a higher tuning voltage for the capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • a step-up converter which is otherwise customary for this purpose, for deriving the tuning voltage from the low supply voltage can be dispensed with. This is not only a cost advantage, but also advantageously reduces the electromagnetic interference associated with the operation of step-up converters that are usually designed as a switching power supply. This also reduces the effort required to suppress interference in a device according to the invention.
  • the capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention is particularly suitable in circuits in which a large tuning voltage swing causes a large one
  • Capacity swing should be achieved and therefore the tuning voltage is in the order of the signal voltage amplitude or even less.
  • the alternative circuit according to the invention can be implemented in a particularly advantageous manner in the form of an integrated circuit.
  • a circuit arrangement according to the invention which comprises a capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention, for example an oscillating circuit, can likewise advantageously be implemented in the form of an integrated circuit.
  • FIG. 1 shows, by way of example, a circuit diagram of an oscillating circuit in which a capacitance diode according to the prior art is used as an electrically controllable capacitance for tuning the oscillating circuit
  • Figure 2 is a circuit diagram of a first embodiment of an inventive
  • FIG. 3 shows a circuit diagram of a first variant of the first exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows a circuit diagram of a second variant of the first exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention
  • FIG. 5 shows, by way of example, a circuit diagram of a second resonant circuit in which a series circuit comprising two capacitance diodes connected in opposite directions in series is used as an electrically controllable capacitance for tuning the resonant circuit
  • FIG. 6 shows a circuit diagram of a second exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention
  • FIG. 7 shows a circuit diagram of a third exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention.
  • Capacitance diodes are also used in circuits in which the capacitance-controlling signal is not an DC voltage but an AC voltage, e.g. for frequency modulation of a high-frequency signal as a function of a low-frequency AC voltage, such as an audio signal.
  • the frequency of the capacity-controlling signal deviates significantly from the frequency of those signals which are in the controlled signal path, e.g. are processed in the variable-frequency resonant circuit.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of a circuit diagram of an oscillating circuit in which a capacitance diode DO according to the prior art is used as an electrically controllable capacitance for tuning the oscillating circuit.
  • the capacitance of the capacitance diode DO is determined by a control direct voltage U A applied between its anode A and its cathode K.
  • Figure 2 shows a circuit diagram of a first embodiment of an inventive
  • Capacitance diode alternative circuit This consists of a series connection of three capacitance diodes D 1, D2 and D3, each of which alternately runs in opposite directions are connected in series, and a resistor network with resistors Rl and R2.
  • the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 also forms the cathode K of the entire capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the anode of the first capacitance diode D1 is connected to the anode of the second capacitance diode D2 in a first node P1.
  • the cathode of the second capacitance diode D2 is connected in a second node P2 to the cathode of the third capacitance diode D3.
  • the anode of the third capacitance diode D2 forms the anode of the capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the first node P1 that is to say the anodes of the first capacitance diode D1 and the second capacitance diode D2 is connected via a first ohmic resistor Rl to the anode of the third capacitance diode D3 and thus also to the anode of the capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the second node P2, that is to say the cathodes of the second capacitance diode D2 and the third capacitance diode D3, are connected via a second ohmic resistor R2 to the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 and thus to the cathode of the capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the resistance values are selected such that they are preferably in the range of ten times the resonant circuit impedance or also above it. Usual values are therefore in the range between 1 in applications in the field of radio receivers
  • the described sonication of the capacitance diodes D1 to D3 has the effect that when there is a positive direct voltage U A between the cathode and anode, no current flows through the alternative circuit and therefore the cathodes of the second one
  • the capacitance diode D2 and the third capacitance diode D3 are at the same electrical potential as the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 via the second ohmic resistor R2. Likewise, the anodes of the first capacitance diode Dl and the second capacitance diode D2 are on the same via the first ohmic resistor of the individual electrical potential as the anode of the third capacitance diode D3.
  • the same setting or tuning voltage U A is present across each of the capacitance diodes D1, D2 and D3 as across the entire capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the capacitance diodes D1, D2 and D3 essentially represent capacitances.
  • an AC voltage present in the resonant circuit on the capacitance diode alternative circuit falls across the series circuit of the three capacitance diodes D1 to D3, that is to say essentially the series circuit of the capacitances of the capacitance diodes Dl to D3.
  • essentially only a third of the AC or signal voltage is present at each of the capacitance diodes.
  • FIG. 3 shows a circuit diagram of a first variant 2 of the first exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention.
  • this comprises five capacitance diodes D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5 which are alternately connected in opposite directions to one another and an inductance network composed of four inductors L1, L2, L3 and L4.
  • the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 also forms the cathode K of the whole
  • Capacity diode alternative circuit The anode of the first capacitance diode D1 is connected in a first node P1 to the anode of the second capacitance diode D2, and the anode of the third capacitance diode D3 is connected to the anode of the fourth capacitance diode in a third node.
  • the cathode of the second capacitance diode D2 is connected in a second node P2 to the cathode of the third capacitance diode D3, and the cathode of the fourth capacitance diode is connected in a fourth node P4 to the cathode of the fifth capacitance diode D5.
  • the anode of the fifth capacitance diode DS forms the anode of the capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the first node P1 that is to say the anodes of the first capacitance diode D1 and the second capacitance diode D2 are connected via a first inductor L1 to the anodes of the third capacitance diode D3 and the fourth capacitance diode D4, that is to say the third node P3.
  • the node P3, that is to say the anodes of the third capacitance diode D3 and the fourth capacitance diode D4, are via a third inductance
  • the second node P2 that is to say the cathodes of the second capacitance diode D2 and the third capacitance diode D3, are connected via a second inductor L2 to the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 and thus to the cathode K of the capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the second Node P2 is also connected via a fourth inductor L4 to the fourth node P4 and thus to the cathodes of the fourth capacitance diode D4 and the fifth capacitance diode D5.
  • the inductance values are chosen such that the impedances of the inductances at the resonant circuit resonance frequency are preferably ten times above or even above the resonant circuit impedance.
  • the principle of operation of the second embodiment 2 corresponds essentially to that of the first embodiment 1.
  • a positive tuning direct voltage U A present between cathode K and anode A the series connection of the capacitance diodes D1 to DS essentially represents an open circuit, so that the anodes of all capacitance diodes Dl to DS at the potential of the anode A of the alternative circuit, the cathodes of all capacitance diodes Dl to DS are at the potential of the cathode K of the alternative circuit.
  • the full tuning direct voltage U A is thus present across each of the capacitance diodes D 1 to D5 from their cathode to their anode.
  • the shading of the diodes, in this example inductors, is high-impedance with regard to the signal voltage u s , the entire alternative circuit 3, on the other hand, represents a finite impedance which essentially results from the series connection of the junction capacitances of the capacitance diodes D1 to DS.
  • an applied DC voltage is effective for each of the diodes, whereas an AC voltage has only a fifth effect for each of the diodes.
  • the first two embodiments differ mainly in the type of those for the
  • Shading used components namely 1 ohmic resistors in the first case, 2 inductors in the second case.
  • inductors Compared to ohmic resistors, inductors have the advantage that, with a suitable choice of their inductance values with respect to a changing tuning voltage U A, they have a lower impedance than ohmic resistors and thus a faster adjustment of the
  • the impedances of the components of the wiring network should be significantly higher than the impedance of the overall resonant circuit in order to influence the characteristics of the circuit as little as possible, but that any increase the impedances of the network elements are limited by the fact that a change in the tuning voltage U A should bring about a change in the total capacitance of the capacitance diode alternative circuit 1, 2 or 3 as quickly as possible.
  • Inductors as elements of the wiring network are also suitable as replacements for ohmic resistances only if the frequencies or frequency ranges of the signal voltages u s to be processed in the resonant circuit are significantly different from the required rates of change of the capacitance values of the capacitance diode alternative circuits 1, 2 or 3, with others Words if the periods of the signal voltages are significantly below the time constants by the
  • Network elements formed low pass filter. Different connections of the diode series circuits, for example with low-pass filters of higher orders, such as RL elements, are possible and are within the scope of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows a circuit diagram of a second variant 3 of the first exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit according to the invention.
  • this comprises five capacitance diodes D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5 which are alternately connected in opposite directions to one another and a resistor network comprising four resistors Rl, R2, R3 and R4.
  • the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 also forms the cathode K of the entire capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the anode of the first capacitance diode D1 is connected in a first node P1 to the anode of the second capacitance diode D2, and the anode of the third capacitance diode D3 is connected to the anode of the fourth capacitance diode in a third node.
  • the anode of the fifth capacitance diode DS forms the anode of the capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • the first node P1 that is to say the anodes of the first capacitance diode D1 and the second capacitance diode D2 are connected via a first ohmic resistor R1 to the anode of the fifth capacitance diode DS and thus also the anode of the entire capacitance diode alternative circuit 3.
  • the third node P3, that is Anodes of the third capacitance diode D3 and the fourth capacitance diode D4 are also connected via a third ohmic resistor R3 to the anode of the fifth capacitance diode DS and thus to the anode A of the entire capacitance diode alternative circuit 2.
  • the second node P2 that is to say the cathodes of the second capacitance diode D2 and the third capacitance diode D3, are connected via a second ohmic resistor R2 to the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 and thus to the cathode K of the capacitance diode alternative circuit 3.
  • the fourth node is P4 and thus the cathodes of the fourth capacitance diode D4 and the fifth capacitance diode DS are also connected to the cathode of the first capacitance diode D1 and thus to the cathode K via a fourth ohmic resistor R4
  • the mode of operation of the third alternative circuit 3 essentially corresponds to that of the alternative circuits explained above.
  • the third alternative circuit differs from the above second alternative circuit 2 not only in the use of ohmic resistors instead of inductors. These elements can also be exchanged under the boundary conditions given above. Rather, the wiring network differs from that of the second alternative circuit 2 in that the nodes P2 and P4 or Pl and P3 each directly via only a single component with the respective end connection of the alternative circuit, i.e. the nodes Pl and P3 with the anode A and Nodes P2 and P4 are connected to the cathode K.
  • FIG. S shows an example of a circuit diagram of a second resonant circuit in which a series circuit comprising two capacitance diodes DO1 and DO2 connected in opposite directions in series is used as an electrically controllable capacitance for tuning the resonant circuit, according to the prior art.
  • this capacitance diode alternative circuit D10 which is usually also manufactured and sold as a single component with three connections, the two diodes DO1 and D02 are connected to one another with their cathodes.
  • the cathode connections are led out of the diode housing as a common cathode connection, the anodes of the two diodes DO 1 and D02 as separate Anode connections AI and A2.
  • An applied DC tuning voltage U A is equally effective for both diodes DO1 and D02 in each case in full, an AC signal voltage u s applied across the anode connections AI and A2 is only half effective.
  • FIG. 6 shows a circuit diagram of a second exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit 4 according to the invention for replacing the capacitance diode alternative circuit D10 of FIG. 5.
  • this includes an even number of six, in the present case, alternating with one another capacitance diodes connected in series
  • the anode of the first capacitance diode Dl 1 also forms a first anode AI of the entire capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • Dl 1 is in a first node Pl 1 with the cathode of the second capacitance diode D12, the cathode of the third capacitance diode D13 in a third node P13 with the cathode of the fourth capacitance diode D14 and the cathode of the fifth capacitance diode Dl 5 in a fifth node P15 with the Cathode of the sixth capacitance diode Dl 6 connected.
  • the anode of the sixth capacitance diode Dl 6 also forms a second
  • the first node P1 that is to say the cathodes of the first capacitance diode D11 and the second capacitance diode D12, are connected to a cathode terminal K of the alternative circuit 4 via a first ohmic resistor R1.
  • the third node P13 that is the cathode of the third capacitance diode D13 and the fourth Capacitance diode D14 via a second ohmic resistor R12
  • the fifth node P15 that is to say the cathodes of the fifth capacitance diode D15 and the sixth capacitance diode D16, are connected to the cathode connection K of the overall circuit 4 via a third ohmic resistor R13.
  • the second node P12 is connected via a fourth resistor R14 to the anode of the first diode Dl 1, that is to say the first anode connection AI of the overall circuit, and via a fifth ohmic resistor R15 to the anode of the sixth diode D16, that is to say the second anode connection A2 of the overall circuit 4 connected.
  • the fourth node P14 is analogous to the first via a sixth ohmic resistor R16
  • this wiring network also causes an applied tuning voltage U A to each of the individual
  • Diodes Dl 1 to D16 is effective in full, whereas an applied signal voltage u s is only present in the present case at one sixth of its value on each individual diode Dl 1 to D16.
  • An alternative of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 6 consists in an inverted form of this circuit, in which the external connections are formed by cathodes, and thus the third connection of a common anode or a common one
  • Control connection corresponds.
  • This alternative is suitable for use in devices with a negative tuning voltage.
  • This alternative provides that either anodes of the diodes or cathodes of the diodes are connected to each other at each node of the series circuit, the nodes of the cathodes lying between the end connections being connected to the cathodes of those diodes whose cathodes unite via resistors and / or inductors form the first end connection and a second end connection of the alternative circuit, and wherein the nodes of the anodes located between the end connections are connected to resistors and / or inductors, the second connections of which form the control voltage connection for supplying the control voltage setting the capacitance.
  • FIG. 7 shows a circuit diagram of a third exemplary embodiment of a capacitance diode alternative circuit S according to the invention.
  • the core of this additional example is a circuit in which the two DC voltage supply connections are made on separate pins, that is to say are not connected directly to the anode or cathode of the HF path.
  • this capacitance diode alternative circuit comprises an even number of in the present case four capacitance diodes Dl 1, D12, D13 and D14 which are alternately connected in opposite directions to one another, and a resistance or general impedance network comprising five resistors Rl 1, R12, R14, R1S and R16.
  • the anode of the first capacitance diode Dl 1 also forms a first anode AI of the entire capacitance diode alternative circuit.
  • Dl 1 is connected in a first node P1 1 to the cathode of the second capacitance diode D12 and the cathode of the third capacitance diode D13 in a third node P13 to the cathode of the fourth capacitance diode D14.
  • the anode of the fourth capacitance diode D14 also forms a second anode connection A2 of the capacitance diode alternative circuit S.
  • Capacitance diode D12 is connected in a second node P12 to the anode of the third capacitance diode D13.
  • connection of the diode series circuit described is described below using the example of resistors, but could also be carried out in analogy to the above-described embodiments of the first exemplary embodiment with inductors or alternatively with low-pass filters, that is to say, for example RL elements.
  • the first node P 11 that is the cathodes of the first capacitance diode DU and the second
  • Capacitance diodes D12 are connected to a cathode connection K of the alternative circuit 5 via a first ohmic resistor R1.
  • the third node P13 that is to say the cathode of the third capacitance diode D13 and the fourth capacitance diode D14, is connected to the cathode connection K of the overall circuit 5 via a second ohmic resistor R12.
  • the first anode connection AI of the overall circuit is connected via a third resistor R14, the second node P12 via a fourth resistor R15 and also the second anode connection A2 of the overall circuit via a fifth resistor R16 to a third anode connection A of the overall circuit 5.
  • the tuning voltage U A is applied between the third anode connection A and the cathode connection K.
  • this wiring network also has the effect that an applied tuning voltage U A is applied to each of the individual ones
  • Diodes Dl 1 to D16 is effective in full, whereas an applied signal voltage us is only present in the present case at a quarter of its value on each individual diode Dl 1 to D14
  • This alternative circuit is particularly suitable for a parallel resonant circuit in Pi
  • the design of the wiring network has an impact on the load and thus the quality of the resonant circuit (speaks for a high-resistance design) and on the response time when setting new capacitance values (reacts faster with low-resistance wiring).
  • the last aspect is rather uncritical, since the time constant of the resonant circuit tuning is very small compared to other relevant time constants, for example the PLL settling time of a receiver. For this reason, high-impedance resistors for DC voltage supply are often completely sufficient. Only when there is a strong conflict between the response time and the load on the resonant circuit, a more frequency-selective connection with multi-stage low-pass filters and / or the use of coils is required.
  • the wiring network according to FIG. 7 is constructed in such a way that all direct current paths for all diodes run equally across two resistors.
  • the number of capacitance diodes used can be changed beyond the specified number of diodes.
  • the minimum number of diodes is three capacitance diodes, and in the case of the alternative circuit for the capacitance double diode according to FIG. 5 there are four capacitance diodes.
  • An upper limit for the number of capacitance diodes that can be used results, on the one hand, from a possibly limited one

Landscapes

  • Filters And Equalizers (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Inductance-Capacitance Distribution Constants And Capacitance-Resistance Oscillators (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un circuit de substitution à diodes à capacité variable comprenant au moins trois diodes à capacité variable montées en série en étant opposées de manière alternée, et un réseau de résistances ou d'inductances qui fait en sorte que : a) au moins pratiquement la totalité de la tension de commande alimentant le circuit et servant à ajuster la capacité soit appliquée à chacune des diodes à capacité variable, et ; b) une tension alternative dont la fréquence est plus élevée que celle de la tension de commande et qui est appliquée au montage en série des diodes à capacité variable soit répartie, de préférence au moins approximativement de manière homogène, sur lesdites diodes à capacité variable. Le circuit de substitution à diodes capacitives selon l'invention présente l'avantage suivant : les répercussions de la tension de signal sur la capacité ajustée du circuit de substitution à diodes à capacité variable restent négligeables ou du moins très faibles même pour une tension de syntonisation inférieure, non supérieure ou faiblement supérieure à l'amplitude d'une tension de signal à traiter dans le circuit oscillant comportant le circuit de substitution. Cela permet de supprimer de manière efficace les interférences d'intermodulation. Le circuit selon l'invention peut également être intégré de manière avantageuse dans un appareil électrique dans lequel seule une faible tension de fonctionnement est disponible, par exemple dans un appareil alimenté par accumulateur.
EP05707830A 2004-01-30 2005-01-24 Circuit de substitution a diodes a capacite variable Withdrawn EP1714386A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE102004004707A DE102004004707A1 (de) 2004-01-30 2004-01-30 Kapazitätsdioden-Alternativschaltung
PCT/EP2005/050285 WO2005074132A1 (fr) 2004-01-30 2005-01-24 Circuit de substitution a diodes a capacite variable

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1714386A1 true EP1714386A1 (fr) 2006-10-25

Family

ID=34801272

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP05707830A Withdrawn EP1714386A1 (fr) 2004-01-30 2005-01-24 Circuit de substitution a diodes a capacite variable

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US7567120B2 (fr)
EP (1) EP1714386A1 (fr)
DE (1) DE102004004707A1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2005074132A1 (fr)

Families Citing this family (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US9201556B2 (en) * 2006-11-08 2015-12-01 3M Innovative Properties Company Touch location sensing system and method employing sensor data fitting to a predefined curve
US8207944B2 (en) * 2006-12-19 2012-06-26 3M Innovative Properties Company Capacitance measuring circuit and method
US8134542B2 (en) * 2006-12-20 2012-03-13 3M Innovative Properties Company Untethered stylus employing separate communication and power channels
US8243049B2 (en) 2006-12-20 2012-08-14 3M Innovative Properties Company Untethered stylus employing low current power converter
US8040329B2 (en) * 2006-12-20 2011-10-18 3M Innovative Properties Company Frequency control circuit for tuning a resonant circuit of an untethered device
US7956851B2 (en) * 2006-12-20 2011-06-07 3M Innovative Properties Company Self-tuning drive source employing input impedance phase detection
US7787259B2 (en) * 2006-12-28 2010-08-31 3M Innovative Properties Company Magnetic shield for use in a location sensing system
US8089474B2 (en) 2006-12-28 2012-01-03 3M Innovative Properties Company Location sensing system and method employing adaptive drive signal adjustment
US8040330B2 (en) 2006-12-28 2011-10-18 3M Innovative Properties Company Untethered stylus empolying multiple reference frequency communication
US8749316B2 (en) * 2009-06-23 2014-06-10 Qualcomm Incorporated Programmable varactor and methods of operation thereof
US8044844B2 (en) * 2009-12-14 2011-10-25 Rosemount Tank Radar Ab Pulsed radar level gauge system and method for energy efficient filling level determination
JP2012054378A (ja) * 2010-09-01 2012-03-15 Renesas Electronics Corp 半導体装置
JP2013038100A (ja) * 2011-08-03 2013-02-21 Elpida Memory Inc 半導体装置
US9577623B2 (en) * 2013-09-09 2017-02-21 Microchip Technology Inc. Capacitive parametric zero crossing detector device, circuit and method
US11043944B1 (en) * 2019-08-14 2021-06-22 Lockheed Martin Corporation System and method employing low distortion and low loss switch with anti-series diodes

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS58107703A (ja) * 1981-12-21 1983-06-27 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 電圧制御発振器
US4621205A (en) * 1984-01-16 1986-11-04 Hewlett-Packard Company Method and apparatus for reducing varactor noise
DE4121569A1 (de) * 1991-06-29 1993-01-14 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag Entzerrer fuer optisch uebertragene nachrichtensignale
US5990761A (en) * 1998-03-19 1999-11-23 Lucent Technologies Inc. Phase shifter circuit with high linearity
US6674321B1 (en) * 2001-10-31 2004-01-06 Agile Materials & Technologies, Inc. Circuit configuration for DC-biased capacitors

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See references of WO2005074132A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE102004004707A1 (de) 2005-08-18
US20070164833A1 (en) 2007-07-19
US7567120B2 (en) 2009-07-28
WO2005074132A1 (fr) 2005-08-11

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP1714386A1 (fr) Circuit de substitution a diodes a capacite variable
DE102006017189B4 (de) Integrierte Oszillatorschaltung mit wenigstens zwei Schwingkreisen
DE102006011285B4 (de) Schwingkreisanordnung mit digitaler Steuerung, Verfahren zur Erzeugung eines Schwingungssignals und digitaler Phasenregelkreis mit der Schwingkreisanordnung
DE102013106159B4 (de) Differentielle gestapelte Ausgangsstufe für Leistungsverstärker
EP1608059A1 (fr) Oscllateur et procédé de réglage de la fréquence d'un oscillateur
DE602005003396T2 (de) Variable Kapazitätsschaltung mit AN/AUS Schalter für die variable Kapazitätsfunktion und selbige benutzender spannungsgesteuerter Oszillator
DE102010002330A1 (de) Einheit mit variabler Kapazität
EP0126340A2 (fr) Circuit d'entrée avec au moins deux voies d'entrée
DE102004017497A1 (de) Verstärkerschaltung
DE2753629C2 (fr)
EP1845611A1 (fr) Circuit d'oscillateur différentiel intégré
DE10352055A1 (de) Spannungsgesteuerter Schwingkreis
DE102004005986A1 (de) Aktiver Filterschaltkreis
DE2524171A1 (de) Abstimmschaltung
DE19754666B4 (de) Oszillatorschaltung
DE10259050A1 (de) Integrierte Schaltung
DE102010002711A1 (de) Einstellbare Übertrageranordnung
EP1260021A1 (fr) Composant pourvu d'un circuit haute frequence integre
EP2005572A1 (fr) Oscillateur à amplificateur embarqué
DE102018010146A1 (de) Vorrichtung zur Filterung von hochfrequenten Störspannungen in einer Schaltung zur Leistungsfaktorkorrektur
EP0992110B1 (fr) Filtre passe-bande
DE3213790C2 (fr)
EP0299916A1 (fr) Dispositif d'amortissement pour circuits de filtrage et de compensation de puissance réactive
DE1541689C3 (fr)
DE102012211502B4 (de) Frequenzmodulator und Magnetresonanztomograph mit einem Frequenzmodulator

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20060830

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20080527

RBV Designated contracting states (corrected)

Designated state(s): DE FR GB IT

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20120801