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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Inventors:
Wesley Fields, San Jose, CA (US);
Rockford C. Curby, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC., Lowell, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/04 (2006.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H03K 17/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0406 (2013.01); H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); H03K 17/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to inject charge into an I-region of a PIN diode in response to a first state of a control signal. The second circuit may be configured to remove charge from the I-region of the PIN diode in response to a second state of the control signal. A radio frequency switching time of the apparatus is generally about two orders of magnitude lower than a carrier lifetime of the PIN diode.