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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
William E. Mckinzie, Iii, Fulton, MD (US);
William E. McKinzie, III, Fulton, MD (US);
Paratek Microwave, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having one or more controllable variable reactive elements coupled to at least one input port and at least one output port, and a voltage detector coupled to the at least one output port to provide voltage information to a controller. The controller can be adapted to generate one or more control signals responsive to the voltage information provided by the voltage detector. The one or more controllable variable reactive elements can be coupled to a circuit adapted to map the one or more control signals that are output from the controller to a signal range that is compatible with said one or more controllable variable reactive elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed.