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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Heng-chih Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Fucheng Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Heng-Chih Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Fucheng Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
MStar Semiconductor, Inc., ChuPei, Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for tuning a tunable filter includes inputting a control signal to the tunable filter and tuning the configuration of the tunable filter according to the control signal. When the control signal is at any one of a plurality of predetermined states, a step size of a characteristic frequency of the tunable filter is positively correlated with the characteristic frequency of the tunable filter.