Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for temperature compensation of variable capacitors
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Application No.: US14969994Application Date: 2015-12-15
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Publication No.: US09671812B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Anuj Madan , David A. Zimlich
- Applicant: TDK Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Main IPC: G05F1/46
- IPC: G05F1/46 ; G05F3/26

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for temperature compensation of variable capacitors are provided herein. In certain configurations, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a variable capacitor array, an array biasing circuit that biases cells of the variable capacitor array to control the array's capacitance, and a bias voltage level control circuit that generates one or more temperature dependent bias voltages used by the array biasing circuit to bias the variable capacitor array's cells. The bias voltage level control circuit controls the one or more temperature dependent bias voltages to change with temperature so as to compensate the variable capacitor array for changes to capacitance arising from temperature variation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160179124A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION OF VARIABLE CAPACITORS Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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