PCB capacitor variable device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9877392-B2
Application number	US-201414533060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	Nov 6, 2013
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

There are provided PCB capacitor variable device and method. The PCB capacitor variable device includes: a PCB forming any parallel capacitor by disposing a dielectric layer between a first pattern and a second pattern; and a switch unit connected to a pattern of one of the capacitors to switch the pattern of one of the capacitors so as to control equivalent capacitance of the capacitor. According an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the capacitor is implemented using the PCB pattern and the dielectric substance and therefore the miniaturization and weight lightening of the wireless communication system may be implemented. Further, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the capacitor may be selectively switched and therefore the optimized frequency required in the output of the amplification unit may be implemented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A PCB capacitor variable device, comprising:
a PCB having a plurality of capacitors formed therein; and
a switch unit configured to control equivalent capacitance by selectively connecting the plurality of capacitors in parallel,
an amplification unit having an output varying by the switching,
a reference signal generation unit outputting a signal of a phase opposite to a system frequency where the output of the amplification unit is optimized; and
a mixing unit mixing the output of the amplification unit with an output of the reference signal generation unit,
wherein patterns forming electrodes of the plurality of capacitors are connected to the switch unit, and
wherein the switch unit connects the plurality of capacitors in parallel by switching a connection between the patterns.

2. The PCB capacitor variable device of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal generation unit includes a phase shifter.

3. The PCB capacitor variable device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a power sensing unit sensing an output of the mixing unit to make a control unit switch the switch unit.

4. The PCB capacitor variable device of claim 3 , wherein the control unit includes a look-up table to store information on the switched capacitor and information on capacitance of the switched capacitor so as to switch the switch unit.

5. The PCB capacitor variable device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a power sensing unit sensing an output of the mixing unit to make a control unit switch the switch unit.

6. The PCB capacitor variable device of claim 5 , wherein the control unit includes a look-up table to store information on the switched capacitor and information on capacitance of the switched capacitor so as to switch the switch unit.

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech

Inventors

• Kim Yu Sin
• Lee Sang Won
• Lee Jong Jin

Classifications

• H05K1/162 Primary

  incorporating printed capacitors · CPC title

• H05K2201/10196

  Variable component, e.g. variable resistor · CPC title

• H05K2201/10053

  Switch · CPC title

• H05K1/0231

  Capacitors or dielectric substances · CPC title

• H05K1/029

  having a programmable lay-out, i.e. adapted for choosing between a few possibilities · CPC title