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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2004
Applicants:
John Groe, Poway, CA (US);
Joseph Austin, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Groe, Poway, CA (US);
Joseph Austin, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sequoia Communications Corp, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/12 (2006.01); H03L 7/087 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Voltage-controlled oscillator with apparatus for automatic calibration. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes switches connecting associated coarse-tuning capacitors to an LC resonant tank of the oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator also comprises a calibration loop used to appropriately set the switches associated with the coarse tuning capacitors based on a oscillator control signal.