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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Keith Manssen, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew Russell Greene, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/38 (2006.01); H03H 7/40 (2006.01); H03H 5/12 (2006.01); H03H 7/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/38 (2013.01); H03H 5/12 (2013.01); H03H 7/004 (2013.01); H03H 7/40 (2013.01); H03K 17/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure may include, for example, a tunable capacitor having a decoder for generating a plurality of control signals, and an array of tunable switched capacitors comprising a plurality of fixed capacitors coupled to a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches can be controlled by the plurality of control signals to manage a tunable range of reactance of the array of tunable switched capacitors. Additionally, the array of tunable switched capacitors is adapted to have non-uniform quality (Q) factors. Additional embodiments are disclosed.