Method, system, and apparatus for resonator circuits and modulating resonators

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10355663-B2
Application number	US-201715607388-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2017
Priority date	Dec 10, 2010
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments of resonator circuits and modulating resonators and are described generally herein. One or more acoustic wave resonators may be coupled in series or parallel to generate tunable filters. One or more acoustic wave resonances may be modulated by one or more capacitors or tunable capacitors. One or more acoustic wave modules may also be switchable in a filter. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A filter module, including:
a switchable pass-band and tunable rejection band filter module, comprising:
a first acoustic wave resonator (AWR);
a first switch coupled serially to the first AWR wherein the first AWR is inoperative when the first switch is opened and active when the first switch is closed, the first AWR having a resonant frequency (RFA 1 ) and an anti-resonant frequency (AFA 1 );
a second AWR;
a second switch coupled serially to the second AWR,
wherein:
(a) the second AWR is inoperative when the second switch is opened and active when the second switch is closed;
(b) a combination of the first switch and first AWR is coupled in parallel to a combination of the second switch and second AWR;
(c)the second AWR has a resonate frequency (RFA 2 ) and an anti-resonate frequency (AFA 2 ), wherein the RFA 1 and RFA 2 are offset in frequency; and

a first variable capacitor coupled in parallel with the combination of the first switch and the first AWR, the first variable capacitor configured to vary at least one of the AFA 1 and the AFA 2 thereby configuring the switchable pass-band and tunable rejection band filter module; and
a tunable filter module, comprising:
a third AWR, the third AWR coupled to the first AWR and the second AWR, the third AWR configured to filter electrical signals and having a resonate frequency (RFA 3 ) and an anti-resonate frequency (AFA 3 ); and
a second variable capacitor configured to vary the AFA 3 thereby configuring the tunable filter module,
wherein the RFA 1 has a frequency shift greater than 5% of the RFA 1 frequency magnitude.

2. The filter module of claim 1 , the combination of the first AWR and the third AWR forming a first filter when the first switch is closed and the second switch is open and the combination of the second AWR and the third AWR forming a second filter when the first switch is open and the second switch is closed.

3. An electrical signal processing system, including:
a first acoustic wave resonator (AWR), the AWR having a resonant frequency (RFA 1 ) and an anti-resonant frequency (AFA 1 );
a first variable capacitor module (FVCM) coupled to the first AWR, the FVCM having a plurality of selectable capacitances configurable for modifying RFA 1 and AFA 1 ; and
a second variable capacitor module (SVCM) coupled serially to the first AWR, the SVCM having a plurality of selectable capacitances for modifying the RFA 1 ;
wherein:
at least one of the plurality of selectable capacitances of the FVCM is selected based on statistical data representing at least one of: a) an anti-resonant frequency probability function representing manufacturing variations of the first AWR and b) a resonant frequency probability function representing manufacturing variations of the first AWR;
the first AWR is configured as a filter for filtering an electrical signal; and
at least one of the plurality of the selectable capacitances of the SVCM is selected based at least in part on the statistical data.

4. The electrical signal processing system of claim 3 , wherein the FVCM has at least a first capacitance and a second capacitance.

5. An electrical signal processing system, including:
a tunable filter module comprising a first variable capacitor module (FVCM) coupled to a first acoustic wave resonator (AWR), the FVCM having a plurality of selectable capacitances;
a memory device having stored thereon, variable capacitor deltas for various voltage standing wave ratios, the voltage standing wave ratios related to ratios between target input and output impedances for the tunable filter module; and
a control logic module configured for using the memory device to select at least one of the plurality of selectable capacitances based at least in part on the variable capacitor deltas stored in the memory device and a derived voltage standing wave ratios differential.

6. The electrical signal processing system of claim 5 , wherein the FVCM is coupled in parallel to the first AWR.

7. The electrical signal processing system of claim 5 , further comprising an output impedance detection module, the output impedance detection module configured to sense a coupled output impedance at the first AWR, the control logic module configured to derive the voltage standing wave ratios differential based on the sensed output impedance and selecting the at least one of the plurality of selectable capacitances based on the differential.

8. The electrical signal processing system of claim 6 , further comprising a second variable capacitor module (SVCM), the SVCM having a plurality of selectable capacitances.

9. The electrical signal processing system of claim 8 , the control logic module selecting one of the plurality of SVCM selectable capacitances based at least in part on the sensed output impedance and at the stored output impedance data.

10. The electrical signal processing system of claim 8 , wherein the FVCM has at least a first capacitance and a second capacitance.

11. The electrical signal processing system of claim 8 , wherein the SVCM has at least a first capacitance and a second capacitance.

12. The electrical signal processing system of claims 5 , further comprising a second AWR, the second AWR being coupled to the first AWR.

13. The electrical signal processing system of claim 12 , further comprising a third variable capacitor module (TVCM) coupled to the second AWR, the TVCM having a plurality of selectable capacitances.

Assignees

• Psemi Corp

Inventors

• Burgener Mark L
• Cable James S

Classifications

• H03J2200/10

  Tuning of a resonator by means of digitally controlled capacitor bank · CPC title

• H03H2250/00

  Indexing scheme relating to dual- or multi-band filters · CPC title

• H03H2240/00

  Indexing scheme relating to filter banks · CPC title

• H03H2210/04

  Filter calibration method · CPC title

• H03H2210/036

  Stepwise · CPC title