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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:
Oct. 27, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald N Bosch, Plymouth, MN (US);
James B Beyer, Madison, WI (US);
Robert L Cravens, Madison, WI (US);
Stanley E Swirhun, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ; H03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342175 ; 342200 ; 3311 / ;
Abstract
A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO 10) is disclosed in a 'ring' configuration using two FETs. Two isolated voltage control terminals provide increased tuning bandwidth. The design uses an active feedback topology resulting in greater device size for higher output power and circuit Q.