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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Christoph M. Steinbrecher, Pennington, NJ (US);
Ekrem Oran, Hollis, NH (US);
Xizhen Xu, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Christopher Mayer, Dover, MA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for control and calibration of tunable filters are provided. In certain embodiments, a tunable filter includes at least one controllable component (for instance, a controllable inductor or a controllable capacitor) having a value that changes or adjusts a center frequency of the tunable filter. For example, the controllable component can correspond to a controllable inductor or a controllable capacitor of an inductor-capacitor (LC) resonator of the tunable filter. The tunable filter further includes a control circuit implemented with an approximation function for estimating a value of the controllable component for achieving a desired center frequency indicated by a frequency control signal.