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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Minsik Ahn, San Diego, CA (US);
Kyu Hwan an, San Diego, CA (US);
Chang-ho Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Aristotele Hadjichristos, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Minsik Ahn, San Diego, CA (US);
Kyu Hwan An, San Diego, CA (US);
Chang-Ho Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Aristotele Hadjichristos, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/01 (2006.01); H03H 7/48 (2006.01); H03K 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/0153 (2013.01); H03H 7/01 (2013.01); H03H 7/48 (2013.01); H03K 17/56 (2013.01); H03F 2200/378 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high power tunable capacitor is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a capacitor coupled to an input signal, a body contacted switch coupled to the capacitor, the body contacted switch coupled to a body bias signal, and a floating body switch coupled between the body contacted switch and a ground, the floating body switch configured to decouple the body bias signal from the ground.