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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016

Filed:

May. 15, 2012
Applicants:

Carson R. White, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Joseph S. Colburn, Malibu, CA (US);

Michael W. Yung, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Donald A. Hitko, Grover Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Carson R. White, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Joseph S. Colburn, Malibu, CA (US);

Michael W. Yung, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Donald A. Hitko, Grover Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/40 (2006.01); H03H 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 11/30 (2013.01); H03H 7/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automatic tuning circuit for matching an antenna to a radio receiver. The automatic tuning circuit includes a tunable non-Foster circuit for coupling the receiver and the antenna; and sensing and feedback circuits for sensing the combined capacitance of the tunable non-Foster circuit and the antenna and for tuning the tunable non-Foster circuit to automatically minimize the combined capacitance of the tunable non-Foster circuit and the antenna.


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