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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7071799 | High performance switch for switched inductor tuned RF circuit A Radio Frequency (RF) circuit includes an active portion and a tuned portion. The active portion receives an RF signal and that operates upon the RF signal. The tuned portion couples to the active portion and includes a first inductor, a second inductor, and an NMO... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6617947 | Tuning circuit A tuning circuit for a circuit board having an inductor coupling a first and a second trace, the tuning circuit including a first tuning coil having a loop partially extending over the inductor and a second tuning coil having a loop also partially extendi... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6310527 | Multi-layer circuit board including reactance element and a method of trimming a reactance element in a circuit board A reactance of a reactance element in a multi-layer circuit board apparatus is trimmed by cutting a portion of the circuit pattern of the reactance element with a laser beam. The reactance element is sandwiched between grounded layers. A coil circuit patt... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6184755 | Article comprising a variable inductor A micromechanical variable/tunable inductor is disclosed. The present inductor comprises at least two elements capable of supporting spatial electromagnetic coupling and means for varying a geometrical relationship thereof. Varying the geometrical relatio... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5781088 | Lumped-constant resonator structure and method for adjusting it The invention relates to a lumped-constant resonator construction, and a method for adjusting a lumped-constant resonator construction. The lumped-constant resonator construction comprises at least one, preferably ceramic substrate (4), at least one capac... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5715528 | Converting capacitance to inductance in a floating resonant An improved tuner for a varactor-tuned local oscillator in a radio receiver includes a winding of a pair of magnetically coupled inductors, preferably constructed in the form of a transformer. Preferably, the first and second windings are magnetically cou... | 02/03/1998 |
| 4980663 | Automated adjustment of air-core coil inductance The inductance value of air-core coils are adjusted using automated methods and inexpensive, noncomplicated apparatus. Adjusting tools are provided which displace coil turns in a linear motion with respect to the coil centerline. Specifically, the coil tu... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4851798 | Unitary tuning structure A unitary tuning structure of a UHF tuner includes an inductance loop, an inductance adjustment element attached to a top portion of the inductance loop so as to be foldable with respect to the inductance loop about an axis parallel to the printed circuit... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4752728 | Tunable resonant sensing means to sense a particular frequency in a high energy charged particle beam and generate a frequency-domain signal in response A frequency domain sensing system is disclosed for sensing the position of a high energy beam of charged particles traveling within a housing which comprises a plurality of sensors positioned in the wall of the housing radially around the axis of the beam... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4511869 | Radio circuit tuned by adjustably deforming an inductance coil A system and method for adjusting the frequency of operation of a radio frequency circuit including an inductive loop having an adjustable exposed inductor portion is provided. The frequency of operation of the circuit is first detected with means for det... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4485382 | Tuning circuits with bendable U-shaped variable inductor for garage door actuators Tuning elements are provided for use in varying the inductance of the oscillatory circuits of the transmitter and receiver units of garage door actuators operating at ultra-high frequencies. Each oscillatory circuit is a closed loop circuit fabricated on ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4450588 | Tuning system for a high frequency receiver utilizing a controllable inductor The tuning system for a high frequency receiver, particularly an AM receiver for vehicles, comprises a tunable input resonance circuit having a variable inductance formed by the signal winding of a controllable inductor. The control winding of the inducto... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4325040 | Apparatus for automatic adjustment of an inductor in a tuned circuit Disclosed is an apparatus for adjusting an inductor that is mounted on a circuit board. The inductor is of the type comprising two extensible sections connected at one respective end to the circuit board and connected at the other respective end by a conn... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4048597 | Planar printed circuit board arrangement useful in the UHF portion of a television tuner A tuner for a television receiver comprises a circuit board formed by a slab of dielectric material having conductors located on one side and discrete components mounted on the other so that it may be readily assembled and soldered. Some of the conductors... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3958196 | Coil tuning apparatus The method of and apparatus for changing the inductance of a high power air core coil through the process of selectively shorting out predetermined numbers of turns. The apparatus comprises a conductive belt which is positioned interior the coil whereby t... | 05/18/1976 |
