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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Masanori Fujidai, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Nishida, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Baba, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Shinoda, Sagamihara, JP;
Koichi Sakamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A voltage controlled oscillator includes a resonant circuit which is connected with an active circuit. In the resonant circuit, a variable capacitance diode is connected with a resonator via a transmission line, and a capacitive circuit is connected in parallel with the variable capacitance diode. By setting the length of the transmission line to an appropriate value ranging from, for example, about one quarter to about one half of the wavelength of the resonant frequency, the frequency change width can increase, while maintaining the frequency linearity because of connection of the capacitive circuit.