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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H03B 5/12 (2006.01); H03L 7/185 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/1215 (2013.01); H03B 5/1234 (2013.01); H03B 5/1253 (2013.01); H03B 5/1278 (2013.01); H03L 7/099 (2013.01); H03L 7/185 (2013.01); H03B 2200/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided in which a voltage-controlled oscillator for a radio transmitter includes a LC tank circuit, and a muting circuit. The LC tank circuit includes an inductive element and a capacitive element; wherein the inductive element of the LC tank circuit includes the antenna of the transmitter. The muting circuit can include a variable resistor connected in parallel with the LC tank circuit.