Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tunable microwave devices with auto-adjusting matching circuit
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Application No.: US14521799Application Date: 2014-10-23
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Publication No.: US09768752B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Cornelis Frederik du Toit , Deirdre A. Ryan , Gregory Mendolia , James Martin , Izz Khayo , Heinz Bachmann , William E. McKinzie
- Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Atanu Das
- Main IPC: H03H7/38
- IPC: H03H7/38 ; H03H7/40 ; H01P5/04 ; H01Q1/24 ; H03F1/56 ; H03F3/60 ; H04B1/04 ; H01Q1/50

Abstract:
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an impedance matching circuit including a matching network. The matching network includes a first port and a second port, and one or more variable reactance components. The one or more variable reactance components are operable to receive one or more variable voltage signals to cause the one or more variable reactance components to change an impedance of the matching network. At least one of the one or more variable reactance components includes a first conductor coupled to one of the first port or the second port of the matching network, a second conductor, and a tunable material positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor. Additionally, at least one of the first conductor and the second conductor are adapted to receive the one or more variable voltage signals to cause the change in the impedance of the matching network. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150042537A1 TUNABLE MICROWAVE DEVICES WITH AUTO-ADJUSTING MATCHING CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2015-02-12
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