Motorola Corporation

Einar A Eriksson

Peter A Kindinger

A voltage controlled oscillator is disclosed wherein a peak detector is used to control the gain of the active device within the oscillator in response to a control signal taken from the resonant circuit. The control signal is a RF potential developed across a voltage divider within the resonant circuit. By controlling the gain of the active device from an RF voltage provided by a voltage divider, the RF output level of the oscillator 'tracks' the DC bias level of the steering line. Therefore, varactor diodes rectification is prevented while contemporaniously allowing maximized output power.

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Oak Park, IL, United States of America

Einar A Eriksson