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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Ram Kelkar, South Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/12 (2006.01); H03B 5/36 (2006.01); H03B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/1228 (2013.01); H03B 1/00 (2013.01); H03B 5/124 (2013.01); H03B 5/1246 (2013.01); H03B 5/36 (2013.01); H03B 5/364 (2013.01); H03B 2201/0208 (2013.01);
Abstract
Variable capacitor structures and methods of use are disclosed. The variable capacitor structures include a variable controlled oscillator which includes a variable capacitor structure having at least one capacitor set driven by a control gate voltage of a voltage control circuit which comprises a logic cell that senses a selected frequency band and sets the control gate voltage based on the selected frequency band.