Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable capacitance circuit
- Patent Title (中): 可变电容电路
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Application No.: US12521219Application Date: 2007-10-02
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Publication No.: US08212420B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Taiwa Okanobu
- Applicant: Taiwa Okanobu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: SNR Denton US LLP
- Priority: JP2006-350792 20061227
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/069261 WO 20071002
- International Announcement: WO2008/081629 WO 20080710
- Main IPC: H02M3/06
- IPC: H02M3/06 ; H03K19/094

Abstract:
A switch circuit which can operate with a single low voltage is provided. A plurality of (i=0 to n) series circuits of a capacitor (Ci) and a path of the drain-source of a MOS-FET (Qi) are connected in parallel to each other between a first terminal T1 and a second terminal T0. In each of the series circuits, a pull-up resistor Ri is connected between an output terminal of an inverter Ai and a junction between the capacitor Ci and the MOS-FET (Qi). Each bit bi of digital data for controlling the capacitance is supplied to the gate of the MOS-FET (Qi) and the inverter Ai in each of the series circuits. Capacitance which varies in response to the value of the digital data is obtained between the first terminal T1 and the second terminal T0.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100019582A1 VARIABLE CAPACITANCE CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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