Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase shifter with flexible control voltage
- Patent Title (中): 移相器具有灵活的控制电压
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Application No.: US12467941Application Date: 2009-05-18
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Publication No.: US07839237B2Publication Date: 2010-11-23
- Inventor: Kenneth V. Buer , Chris Grondahl
- Applicant: Kenneth V. Buer , Chris Grondahl
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer, LLP
- Main IPC: H01P1/18
- IPC: H01P1/18

Abstract:
The invention provides a phase shifter with flexible control voltage that is useful with all RF systems that phase shift a RF signal. The phase shifter according to the present invention may comprise transistors used as switching elements. In one aspect, the phase shifter provides the option of controlling a phase shifter with either a positive or a negative voltage control signal. For example, the dc ground of the transistors included in the phase shifter may be floated, either fixed or adjusted. The RF grounding of the transistors may be achieved by in-band resonant capacitors. Thus, the control voltage provided to the transistors is flexible in that it may be connected to a positive or negative control voltage, or it may be connected to ground, or it may swing from a positive control voltage to a negative control voltage or vice versa.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090219111A1 PHASE SHIFTER WITH FLEXIBLE CONTROL VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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