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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bertand Guillon, Limoges, FR;
Pierre Blondy, Limoges, FR;
Assignee:
Memscap, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/01 ; H03H 7/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/01 ; H03H 7/09 ;
Abstract
An elementary electrical resonator which includes a ribbon conductor forming a flat loop with at least one turn, the conductor having ends which form two parallel segments. The resonator further includes a conducting bridge which forms an arch straddling the two parallel segments of the ribbon conductor wherein opposing surfaces of the arch and the parallel segments form a capacitor. A part of the bridge is capable of being displaced with respect to the parallel segments under the action of a control signal so as to cause the capacitance of the capacitor and therefore the tuning frequency of the resonator to vary.