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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:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Jan-michael Stevenson, Frisco, TX (US);
Timothy M. Magnusen, Murphy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jan-Michael Stevenson, Frisco, TX (US);
Timothy M. Magnusen, Murphy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Microtune (Texas), L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H03B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting capacitor variation in a device comprises operating an oscillator in the device, the oscillator being an Inductive-Capacitive (LC) oscillator and including an inductor of known value and a capacitor under test, comparing an output of the oscillator to a reference output, and evaluating variation for a plurality of capacitors in the device based on the comparing.