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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:
May. 22, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory N Mears, Forest, VA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3311 / ; 3311 / ; 3311 / ;
Abstract
A voltage controlled oscillator is provided with one or more varactors connected in series with the frequency determining capacitors of the oscillator. These varactors are in addition to prior art varactors, and increase the tunable range of the oscillator, and improve the frequency variation with control voltage characteristic of the oscillator.