Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for high voltage variable capacitor arrays with body biasing resistors
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Application No.: US14705381Application Date: 2015-05-06
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Publication No.: US09673774B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Anuj Madan , Dev V. Gupta , Zhiguo Lai
- 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: H03H7/06
- IPC: H03H7/06 ; H01G7/00 ; H01L27/08 ; H03H7/01 ; H03H1/02 ; H03H11/04 ; H03H11/28 ; H03H5/12 ; H03H1/00

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for high voltage variable capacitors are provided herein. In certain configurations, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a variable capacitor array and a bias voltage generation circuit that biases the variable capacitor array to control the array's capacitance. The variable capacitor array includes a plurality of variable capacitor cells electrically connected in parallel between a radio frequency (RF) input and an RF output of the IC. Additionally, each of the variable capacitor cells can include a cascade of two or more pairs of anti-series metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitors between the RF input and the RF output. The pairs of anti-series MOS capacitors include a first MOS capacitor and a second MOS capacitor electrically connected in anti-series. The bias voltage generation circuit generates bias voltages for biasing the MOS capacitors of the variable capacitor cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160163464A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE VARIABLE CAPACITOR ARRAYS WITH BODY BIASING RESISTORS Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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