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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Ajay Kumar, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/69 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2013.01); H04B 1/69 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller and a method is provided for controlling a capacitance of an LC circuit having a circuit frequency including, a variable capacitor to couple with an external inductor as part of an LC circuit, a target value, a spread spectrum function to generate an adjustment value, and a circuit to poll the target value, call the spread spectrum function, and set a capacitance of the variable capacitor based on the sum of the target value and the adjustment value.