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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127049 | FREQUENCY STABILIZATION CIRCUIT, FREQUENCY STABILIZATION DEVICE, ANTENNA APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, AND IMPEDANCE CONVERSION ELEMENT A frequency stabilization device includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, a feeding circuit connected to the first and second radiating elements, and a frequency stabilization circuit disposed between the feeding circuit and the first radiating el... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108167 | Resonator-Based Filtering A filter may be constructed from multiple acoustic elements in parallel. A filtering method may comprise passing a signal to be filtered through such parallel acoustic elements. Such filtering may be applicable to communication devices.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105168 | Method and System for Matching Networks Embedded in an Integrated Circuit Package Methods and systems for matching networks embedded in an integrated circuit package are disclosed and may include controlling impedance within an integrated circuit via one or more impedance matching networks. The impedance matching networks may be embedded within a mul... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120067523 | TUNER AND MICROWAVE PLASMA SOURCE A tuner matching an impedance of a load in the chamber to a characteristic impedance of the microwave power source is provided. The tuner includes: a body having a tubular outer conductor and a tubular inner conductor coaxially provided in the outer conductor, the body ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120032751 | VARIABLE IMPEDANCE MATCHING CIRCUIT A variable impedance matching circuit includes a series or parallel connection of a fixed inductive element and a first variable capacitive element and a second variable capacitive element connected in series with the serial or parallel connection. The susceptance of th... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019334 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING DEVICE The present invention intends to provide a small-sized impedance matching device with a small variation in quality and large-current tolerance. The above described intention of the present invention is achieved by an impedance matching device, which comprises a wiring p... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016611 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF An impedance matching system is provided. The impedance matching system includes an impedance matching apparatus and an impedance analysis apparatus. The impedance matching apparatus varies a capacitance value of a capacitor according to an applied voltage value, and ma... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007690 | Adaptive Impedance Matching Network An adjustable impedance matching network for providing an adjustable matching impedance (Rm) is presented. The matching network includes first and second impedance adjusting circuits. The first impedance adjusting circuit is adapted to adjust the value of an imaginary p... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001702 | Output Impedance Compensation for Voltage Regulators Method and circuit topology for an impedance compensation circuit (ICC), for compensating a DC voltage regulator circuit (RC). The ICC comprises individual components that are workable in combination with an inherent output impedance characteristic of the RC. The compon... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004016 | FILTERING CIRCUIT WITH COUPLED BAW RESONATORS AND HAVING IMPEDANCE MATCHING ADAPTATION A filtering circuit includes a substrate; an acoustic mirror or a membrane destined to act as a mechanical support of acoustic resonators and to isolate these resonators from the substrate; a first section comprising an upper resonator and a lower resonator coupled to e... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110304408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE IMPEDANCE MATCHING A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an adaptive impedance matching network having an RF matching network coupled to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and comprising one or more controllable va... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110285561 | Impedance Matched Transmission Circuit With Analog-To-Digital Converter An impedance matching transmission circuit for a transducer has a transmission medium connected to the transducer. A transmitting circuit is connected to the transmission medium with the transmitting circuit terminating in a reference circuit element. The transmitting c... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279190 | CIRCUIT DEVICE WITH SIGNAL LINE TRANSITION ELEMENT A circuit device includes a multilayer circuit carrier, a first signal transmission line, a second signal transmission line, a signal line transition element, a first impedance transformer, and a second impedance transformer. The multilayer circuit carrier includes a fi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110254461 | Power adaptors A power adaptor (20) is provided, comprising an input (22) for connection to an AC power supply, and a resonant circuit (34) coupled to the input (22) that provides an output suitable for driving a load (50). The capacitance and induct... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110227666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A VARIABLE IMPEDANCE NETWORK The present disclosure may include, for example, a tunable capacitor having a decoder for generating a plurality of control signals, and an array of tunable switched capacitors comprising a plurality of fixed capacitors coupled to a plurality of switches. The plurality ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221543 | Impedance Matching Circuit for Matching Planar Antennas A circuit includes a signal path having a node between a signal path input and a signal path output. A first inductive element is connected between the signal path input and the node and a first capacitive element whose capacitance is variably adjustable is connected be... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110209827 | AUTOMATIC MATCHING UNIT AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS In an automatic matching unit, a controller includes a first and a second matching algorithm. The operating point Zp is moved stepwise toward the matching point Zs with a relatively large pitch by using the first matching algorithm. Further, when t... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110175687 | TUNABLE MATCHING NETWORK CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY DEVICES AND METHODS Methods and devices for modifying a tunable matching network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of modifying a tunable matching network can include connecting one or more shunt inductors to a tunable matching network exhibiting parasitic capacitance to ground, where... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110172656 | SOFT GENERATOR A high-frequency surgical generator for generating high efficiency outputs that can be operated in resonance over a wide load resistance range. The high-frequency surgical generator includes, a first stage circuit for generating high-frequency power and a second stage c... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110162798 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TUNING MATCHING NETWORKS Methods and apparatus for tuning matching networks are provided herein. A method of tuning a matching network includes providing a matching network coupling an RF source to a load, the matching network having a tunable element disposed at a first set point; increasing a... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110148543 | Integrated Circuit With Inductive Bond Wires An integrated circuit (IC) that includes a semiconductor die in an IC package. The semiconductor die includes an electrical endpoint. The IC also includes a pad affixed to the semiconductor die. The pad is characterized by a capacitance and is coupled to the electrical ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140781 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING CIRCUIT ELIMINATING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN SIGNAL LINES AND POWER AMPLIFIER HAVING THE SAME Disclosed are an impedance matching circuit preventing the occurrence of inter-line interference by making currents at adjacent lines flow in the same direction, and a power amplifier having the same. The impedance matching circuit eliminating interference between signa... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143687 | Matching Circuit, Wiring Board, and Transmitter, Receiver, Transceiver, and Radar Apparatus That Have the Matching Circuit There are provided a matching circuit which is less prone to impedance mismatch even with variations in pattern dimension, and a wiring board, and also a transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver, and a radar apparatus that succeed in offering stable characteristics with t... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110115572 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A RESONANT TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SWITCH WITH TRANSFORMER GATE/SOURCE COUPLING Methods and apparatus for a resonant transmit/receive switch with transformer gate/source coupling. The resonant transmit/receive (T/R) switch includes a switchable inductor having a first inductance value for use in receive (Rx) mode and a second inductance value for u... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110095840 | CATV FACE PLATE DEVICE AND METHOD WITH EXTENDED FREQUENCY RANGE A face plate for cable-TV networks, the face plate adapted to operate in frequencies as high as 1.8 GHz. The face plate comprising terminals, electronic circuitry, impedance matching units and a disturbances suppressor. The disturbances suppressor is designed to suppres... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110090021 | Circuit for Impedance Matching A circuit provided for impedance matching includes an input, an output and four impedance elements arranged between them. In this case, two of the impedance elements are connected in series in a main path and form a T configuration with a third component. In addition, a... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110084358 | Apparatus and Method for Through Silicon via Impedance Matching Methods and apparatuses for matching impedances in a flip-chip circuit assembly are presented. An apparatus for matching impedances in a flip-chip circuit assembly may include a first circuit associated with a first die and a through silicon via (TSV) coupling the first... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110074520 | I/O Circuit Calibration Method and Associated Apparatus An I/O calibration method and an apparatus are provided for calibrating a driving impedance at an output end of an I/O circuit in a chip. The chip further includes a plurality of basic impedances and a non-volatile memory. The I/O circuit calibration method includes: me... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110068878 | POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS A power distribution system for integrated circuits includes methods to damp resonance between a bypass capacitor network and a power/ground cavity of the printed circuit board that (a) does not require excessive quantities of bypass/damping components or (b) does not r... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110050357 | Transformer Signal Coupling for Flip-Chip Integration Methods and apparatuses for transformer signal coupling for flip-chip circuit assemblies are presented. A device for coupling dies in flip-chip circuit assembly may include a first die associated with a first fabrication process and a first inductor physically coupled t... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110050358 | Electromagnetic Interference Noise Separator Improved performance of a noise separator circuit capable of separating common mode (CM) and differential mode (DM) components of electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise are provided by arrangement of terminating impedances such that the circuit is fully symmetric with... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110038429 | SIGNAL BRANCHING FILTER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME, ANTENNA APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USED IN ALL OF THE ABOVE A signal branching filter according to the invention is a signal branching filter connected to a network having at least four terminals. The signal branching filter includes a first line one end of which is connected to a first terminal of the network, a second line one... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110023780 | APPARATUS FOR VHF IMPEDANCE MATCH TUNING Embodiments of impedance matching networks are provided herein. In some embodiments, an impedance matching network may include a coaxial resonator having an inner and an outer conductor. A tuning capacitor may be provided for variably controlling a resonance frequency o... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100315176 | ACTIVE BACK-END TERMINATION CIRCUIT The invention discloses an active back-end termination circuit, which comprises a first resistor, a first transistor, a second resistor, and a second transistor. The first resistor and the first transistor are connected in series for forming a first impendence unit. A f... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100308933 | TUNABLE MATCHING CIRCUITS FOR POWER AMPLIFIERS Tunable matching circuits for power amplifiers are described. In an exemplary design, an apparatus may include a power amplifier and a tunable matching circuit. The power amplifier may amplify an input RF signal and provide an amplified RF signal. The tunable matching c... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100289596 | IMPEDANCE MATCHED CIRCUIT BOARD An impedance matched circuit board utilizes a series of vias, one signal via that is surrounded by four ground vias in order to effect impedance matching with a coaxial signal transmission line. The vias are plated and extend through the thickness of the circuit board. ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100283395 | MULTI-FEED RF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Improved power distribution architectures for the uniform delivery of single frequency RF power to plasma chambers are disclosed. The architectures include feeding into multiple points across a single large-area electrode, multiple electrodes driving a common plasma dis... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100265003 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING METHOD An impedance matching method which is used to save electrical energy by virtue of the fact that the method switches between modes for controlling impedance matching and modes for regulation of the impedance matching depending on the situation. An algorithm which, on the... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100231319 | Apparatus and method for wireless communications An apparatus including: a first transistor including a first port configured for connection to an antenna having a first impedance at a first frequency band, and a second port configured for connection to radio circuitry, the first port of the first transistor being con... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100225411 | Impedance Matching In an impedance matching circuit selectively operable in a normal matching mode and a protection mode, the impedance matching circuit includes a set of reactances in a first reactance arrangement configured to transform an impedance of a load to an impedance within a ra... | 09/09/2010 |
