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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8143967 | 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... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8111111 | Device comprising a controlled matching stage Device (5) comprising controlled matching stages (10) for matching second stages such as antenna stages (2) to first stages such as power amplifier stages (1) get a simple construction by providing the controlled matching stages (10 | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098112 | Impedance tuner systems and probes An impedance tuner may include a transmission media for propagating RF signals, a reflection magnitude control device mounted in a fixed position relative to a direction of signal propagation along said transmission media, and a phase shifter to control a reflection... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8081043 | Method and apparatus for varying an impedance A method and apparatus for dynamically varying the impedance of a tank circuit whereby, over time, the response of the circuit to a received signal is maximized. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072286 | Apparatuses and a method for controlling antenna systems in a telecommunications system The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus (20) for a radio frequency component (10), RF component, for use in antenna systems, wherein the RF component (10) is adapted to guide direct current, DC, power signals; control signals ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072285 | Methods for tuning an adaptive impedance matching network with a look-up table Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067997 | Apparatus and method of selecting components for a reconfigurable impedance match circuit A method of selecting component values for an analog circuit includes identifying a cost function that evaluates similarity between an approximate frequency response function and a preferred frequency response function for at least one characteristic of the function... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8008982 | 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 controllabl... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994872 | Apparatus for multiple frequency power application Apparatus and methods are provided for a power matching apparatus for use with a processing chamber. In one aspect of the invention, a power matching apparatus is provided including a first RF power input coupled to a first adjustable capacitor, a second RF power in... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7936233 | Coaxial automatic impedance adaptor The invention concerns a coaxial automatic impedance adaptor characterized in that it comprises two slugs and has only a lateral translational movement along an axis Ox. The double slug tuner principle is based on the movement of two line segments of different chara... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7868713 | Impedance matching circuit and impedance matching system employing the impedance matching circuit An exemplary impedance matching circuit (20) includes a signal processing circuit (22) and a variable resistance unit (24). The signal processing unit is configured for identifying a frequency of a signal from an external transmission line (2... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863996 | Tune range limiter An impedance matching network includes a first input port that receives radio frequency (RF) power and includes an input impedance, an output port that provides the RF power and includes an output impedance, and a variable capacitance module that varies the output i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7852170 | Adaptive impedance matching apparatus, system and method with improved dynamic range An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising an RF matching network connected to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and including one or more voltage or current controlled variable reactive elements; a voltage dete... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7808336 | Impedance tuner systems and probes An impedance tuner may include a transmission media for propagating RF signals, a reflection magnitude control device mounted in a fixed position relative to a direction of signal propagation along said transmission media, and a phase shifter to control a reflection... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7795988 | Compact automatic impedance adapter in a waveguide The invention relates to a compact automatic impedance adapter in a waveguide, characterised in that the impedance is controlled by plungers, filling the entire guide with a magic-tee coupler plane E/plane H modifying the electrical and magnetic field, one plunger m... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795990 | Tunable microwave devices with auto-adjusting matching circuit An embodiment of the present invention provides a power amplifier, comprising tunable impedance matching circuit including a plurality of tunable dielectric varactors and a DC voltage source interface capable of providing voltage t... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795989 | Circuit for matching the load impedance of an electronic device A circuit matches the load impedance of an electronic device. The circuit comprises an impedance network, a control circuit suitable for varying the impedance of said network and a sensor coupled with said network and said load and suitable for detecting the ratio b... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786819 | Apparatus comprising an antenna element, which efficiently performs at both a first resonant frequency band and a second resonant frequency band, method and computer program therefore An apparatus including a matching circuit; a first variable reactance component, having a first range of reactance values, and connected to the matching circuit and connectable to an antenna element operable in a first frequency band and a second frequency band; a s... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7764140 | Radio frequency power delivery system A system and method are provided for delivering power to a dynamic load. The system includes a power supply providing DC power having a substantially constant power open loop response, a power amplifier for converting the DC power to RF power, a sensor for measuring... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7714676 | Adaptive impedance matching apparatus, system and method An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising an RF matching network connected to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and including one or more voltage or current controlled variable reactive elements and wherein the... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7671693 | System and method for a tunable impedance matching network The present disclosure relates generally to tunable impedance matching networks and methods for the use of such networks. In one example, a method includes identifying state information about a mobile device, accessing a memory to identify a configuration of an impe... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7642879 | Impedance matching apparatus An impedance matching apparatus 3 calculates a forward wave voltage Vfo and a reflected wave voltage Vro at an output terminal 3b, based on a forward wave voltage Vfi and a reflected wave voltage Vri at an input terminal 3a, on inf... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7619488 | Resistance adjusting circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit A resistance adjusting circuit including a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a reference voltage generating circuit which generates a reference voltage corresponding to a resistance of an external resistor element connected to the semiconductor integrated ci... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7589601 | Impedance tuner systems and probes An impedance tuner may include a transmission media for propagating RF signals, a reflection magnitude control device mounted in a fixed position relative to a direction of signal propagation along said transmission media, and a phase shifter to control a reflection... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586385 | Method and apparatus for varying an impedance A method and apparatus for dynamically varying the impedance of a tank circuit whereby, over time, the response of the circuit to a received signal is maximized. ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586384 | Integrated load impedance sensing for tunable matching networks An impedance matching system may be used, for example, for impedance matching between a transmitter/receiver front-end and an antenna in a mobile communication device. In a tuneable impedance matching system according to the invention a tuneable impedance matching c... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7561004 | Harmonic rejection tuner with adjustable resonators A harmonic rejection tuner, used for reflecting RF power at the harmonic frequencies in a load pull measurement setup, uses adjustable capacitive loading of open quarter wavelength long resonator stubs in order to vary the electrical length and thus the resonant fre... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554417 | Circuit and method for adjusting impedance An impedance adjusting circuit includes a semiconductor device accommodated in a semiconductor device case which has case pins and having a folded conductive line; an external reference resistor connected between a positive power supply line and a first one of the c... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7535312 | Adaptive impedance matching apparatus, system and method with improved dynamic range An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising an RF matching network connected to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and including one or more voltage or current controlled variable reactive elements, a voltage dete... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7528674 | Mobile radio apparatus capable of adaptive impedance matching There is provide a mobile radio apparatus capable of suppressing a mismatching loss, and increasing a transmission/reception sensitivity by means of instantly and adaptively matching the impedance between the antenna and the transmission/reception circuit whatever s... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7495524 | Impedance matching apparatus An impedance matching apparatus has: a storing portion 70 for previously storing, for plural positions which can be taken by a movable portion of a variable impedance element, allowable power values respectively corresponding to the plural positions of the mo... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7440568 | Bipolar pulse forming line A bipolar pulse forming transmission line module for linear induction accelerators having first, second, third, fourth, and fifth planar conductors which form an interleaved stack with dielectric layers between the conductors. Each conductor has a first end, and a s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7400868 | Automatic tuning apparatus for filter and communication instrument An automatic tuning apparatus for a filter includes a mode wherein a switching part is controlled so that a reference signal is inputted to the filter, a plural number of control signals are successively input to a control terminal of the filter, a tentative value o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395028 | Switching apparatus and satellite antenna switching apparatus A satellite antenna switching apparatus has LNB ports to which LNBs are connected, receiver ports to which receivers that exchange signals with the LNBs are connected, cascade ports to which another switching apparatus is cascade-connected, and impedance circuits th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382213 | Monolithically integrated switchable circuits with MEMS A reconfigurable circuit and a related method for its use, the circuit including multiple microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches connected between selected points in the circuit. The MEMS switches are controlled to select a desired circuit condition, such as... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376535 | Wideband matching circuit and method of effectuating same A method is provided for determining an optimal performance of a lossless circuit. In one embodiment, the number of inductors and capacitors contained in a circuit of interest are input, and then a random search of a plurality of lossless circuits, each having the s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372313 | Variable impedance circuit and apparatus comprising said variable impedance circuit A variable impedance circuit includes at least one fixed resistance and a plurality of transistors between a first and a second terminal. The transistors belonging to the plurality of transistors are arranged parallel to one another and parallel to the resistance an... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369828 | Electronically tunable quad-band antennas for handset applications An electronically tunable quad-band antenna which includes a tunable high band antenna tuned by at least one tunable varactor associated therewith; the tunable high band antenna further includes a substrate, a patch element on said substrate, at least one voltage tu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370134 | System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also having access to the memory module. The memory hub controller is coupl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369019 | RF backscatter transmission with zero DC power consumption A method for minimizing power consumption in a wireless device which utilizes backscatter transmission in half-duplex mode, wherein a switching device is interposed between an antenna and a transmitter-receiver, and the switching device is capable of causing the ant... | 05/06/2008 |
