94results about "Continuous tuning" patented technology

A phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer has a charge pump, phase-locked loop filter, voltage-controlled oscillator, and a bandwidth calibration circuit. The bandwidth calibration circuit measures the gain of the voltage-controlled oscillator and uses the measured voltage-controlled oscillator gain to adjust the charge pump level. The charge pump level is adjusted so that a product of the voltage-controlled oscillator gain and the measured charge pump level results in a constant phase-locked loop bandwidth.

A wideband Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) uses a resonant circuit tunable over a wide range of resonant frequencies. The resonant circuit includes voltage variable elements such that the resonant frequency, and thus the frequency of oscillation, may be electronically tuned. The voltage variable elements are arranged such that multiple control voltages determine the resonant frequency. A first control voltage is applied to a first set of tuning elements and operates as a coarse control of the resonant frequency. A second control voltage is applied to a second set of tuning elements and operates as a fine control of the resonant frequency. Using multiple control voltages on multiple elements allows for a wideband VCO while maintaining a low VCO gain.

The invention provides a radio frequency unit including a box-shaped chassis into which an insulating board loaded with electronic components is housed, and two connectors attached to a front plate of the chassis with a space therebetween. A supporting member protruding into the chassis is provided in a position between the two connectors in the front plate. The supporting member has a flat plate portion that is bent at right angles from an end face of the front plate, and extends parallel to the insulating board, and a pair of tongue pieces that are formed so as to be bent towards the inside of the chassis from both side ends of the flat plate portion. The pair of tongue pieces are located in a cutout portion provided in the insulating board, and the tongue pieces are soldered to a grounding pattern provided in the insulating board.

There is provided a resonance circuit using piezoelectric vibrator such as a quartz resonator, a coil, a capacitor, or an element equivalent to them in combination. When two resonance circuits having different resonance frequencies are combined, it is possible to configure an oscillation circuit and a filter capable of freely adjusting the frequency characteristic by utilizing the phenomenon that by changing the excitation current or voltage of the respective resonance circuits independently from each other, antiresonance frequency of the entire composite resonance circuit can be changed.

A three-phase voltage-fed AC / DC converter includes a conversion circuit which converts power from a DC voltage source to three-phase AC power. The converter further includes a UM conversion circuit which carries out dq conversion of the three-phase output voltage, a superior voltage control circuit which outputs a voltage reference vector based on a superior reference vector and an output voltage vector obtained by the UM conversion circuit, an inferior voltage control circuit which outputs a PWM reference based on the voltage reference vector and the output voltage vector, and a frequency control circuit which synchronizes a value generated based on a q-axis component from the UM conversion circuit with a rotation angle of a conversion matrix in the UM conversion circuit.

In a radio-controlled timepiece, a tuning unit outputs a signal corresponding to a radio signal. An amplifier unit amplifies a signal output from the tuning unit. A receiving unit that extracts the time code from the amplified signal has a filter unit that selectively allows one of frequency signals to pass therethrough. A time-correcting unit acquires current time information from the extracted time code to correct a current time clocked by a clock unit. A control unit detects a voltage level of a signal output from the amplifier unit at two or more points while changing a capacitance value of a variable-capacitance unit of the tuning unit, uses, as a tuning point, a point meeting a given requirement among the points where the voltage level has been detected, and sets the capacitance value of the variable-capacitance unit at the tuning point as a capacitance value to receive the time code when it is judged that a time code has been output from the receiving unit at the tuning point. When it is judged that no time code is output from the receiving unit at the tuning point, the control unit controls the filter unit so as to change the frequency that the filter unit allows a signal to pass therethrough.

An energy saving device that is adapted to be connected to a power outlet and further connected to at least one electrical device, said electrical devices drawing power through the energy saving device, the energy saving device including testing means adapted to perform at least one installation verification test and communication means adapted to communicate a validation signal to a monitoring entity when a result of the installation verification test indicates that a correct installation has occurred.