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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Edward Horne, Burlington, CA;
Daniel Charles Boire, Nashua, NH (US);
Matthew Russell Greene, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
James Oakes, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, ON, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H03H 7/40 (2006.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04B 1/403 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H03H 7/40 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01); H04B 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of variable capacitors, a first set of resistors for applying a bias voltage to each variable capacitor of the plurality of capacitors, and a second set of resistors for providing a DC ground to each variable capacitor of the plurality of capacitors. The system can include one or more of multiple bias points, anti-parallel diodes, a choke inductor or a ground inductor. Other embodiments are disclosed.