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How to build a tuned loop antenna

The capacitor that is used is the standard AM tuning capacitor with a range of 10 to 365 pf. The tuning capacitor is used to tune the loop to the frequency that you want to listen to. When you are tuned in to the frequency the signal will peak. You may not be able to tune the full frequency range that you want to tune. So you will need to use a ...

A 40.6% Tuning Range Low-Phase-Noise Class-F−1/3 VCO …

Compared with manual harmonic tuning methods, the proposed method avoids the use of additional lossy harmonic tuning capacitors. The class- $text{F}_{-1/3}$ VCO is inherently area-efficient. The proposed VCO is fabricated in a 110-nm CMOS process. The measured frequency tuning range (FTR) is 6.18~9.33 GHz (40.6%).

RF MEMS electrostatically actuated tunable capacitors and their ...

To improve the tuning range, and linearity several non-conventional designs have been reported in the literature. These designs greatly improve the tuning range, quality factor and linearity of the tunable capacitors. Zou et al proposed a new design of tunable capacitors with a tuning range of 69.8%. This range exceeds the theoretical maximum ...

A Wide Tuning Range Voltage Controlled Oscillator with a

But the tuning range is limited to the maximum and minimum value of varactor''s capacitors. For example, the tuning range for VCO using varactors is about 10% up to 20% of the self resonant frequency [2, 3]. Varactors are divided into two major types: PN junction varactors and MOS varactors (inverse mode or accumulation mode). And also ...

(PDF) A 0.3 V, 35% Tuning-Range, 60 kHz 1/f3-Corner Digitally ...

A 0.3 V, 35% Tuning-Range, 60 kHz 1/f3-Corner Digitally Controlled Oscillator with Vertically Integrated Switched Capacitor Banks Achieving FoMT of -199 dB in 28-nm CMOS April 2019 DOI: 10.1109 ...

A high Q, large tuning range, tunable capacitor for RF applications

For the fabricated prototype tunable capacitors, a maximum controllable tuning range of 69.8% has been achieved experimentally, exceeding the theoretical tuning range limit (50%) of conventional ...

Electrically Tuning Crystal Oscillators

The amount of tuning range that may be provided is a function of the crystal frequency, cut, overtone, and spot size (or motional capacitance). Precision low frequency oscillators using third-overtone SC-cut crystals will have a tuning range of only a couple of PPM whereas large spot size AT-cut fundamental crystals can achieve over a thousand PPM.

Step‐controllable RF MEMS tunable capacitor with …

capacitor a Tuning range b Quality factor c Self-resonance frequency Conclusion: The proposed RF MEMS tunable capacitor with a netted metal membrane structure was newly designed, fabricated, and charac-terised to explore the possibilities of being available for reconfigurable RF FEMs and tunable filters. The metal membrane has several slits to

A high Q, large tuning range MEMS capacitor for RF filter systems

The fabricated microelectromechanical tunable capacitor was characterized with respect to electrical quality factor, tuning range, self-resonance frequency and transient response and it was found that the device is a suitable passive component to be used in impedance matching applications, band-pass filtering or voltage controlled oscillators in the Very High Frequency …

Capacitor bank design for wide tuning range LC VCOs: 850MHz …

This paper describes novel design techniques for optimizing the switched-capacitor array in a wide tuning range LC VCO. The switches in the capacitor array are optimally sized to maximize the tuning range. Additionally, parasitic interconnect inductance inherent in the capacitor array is used for increasing the equivalent capacitance value. Based on these proposed techniques, an …

George R. Steber, WB9LVI ; steber@execpc

need to know the capacitance range covered and the tuning voltage required. The tuning curves shown in Figure 3 covered a range of 30 pF to 365 pF. So we would like to find a varicap that …

Tuner (radio)

Marantz 2050L AM/FM stereo tuner (USA; 1978-1980) [1]. In electronics and radio, a tuner is a type of receiver subsystem that receives RF transmissions, such as AM or FM broadcasts, and converts the selected carrier frequency into a form suitable for further processing or output, such as to an amplifier or loudspeaker.A tuner is also a standalone home audio product, component, …

Design of Active Inductor-Based VCO with Wide Tuning Range

To increase the tuning range, switch capacitor arrays or capacitor banks need to be added which consumes more area and increases the power consumption. Otherwise, switched coupled inductors need to be used for increasing the tuning range, which in turn consumes area. Cons of the work . 1. As the VCO design is an active LC VCO, phase noise is ...

Tuning Range Extension of an Oscillator Through CM …

Tuning Range Extension of an Oscillator Through CM Resonance In this chapter, we introduce a method to broaden a tuning range of a ... Q-factor of a switched-capacitor network in a 40 nm technology is about 161. 162 Tuning Range Extension of an Oscillator Through CM Resonance 80 at 4 GHz resonant frequency when C on=C o = 2. For an inductor''s

Variable-Voltage Tuning, April 1969 Radio-Electronics

Recently, high-Q VVC''s have been developed with capacitance ratios greater than 26:1 for a voltage range of 0 to 10 volts. This makes it possible to use them as replacements for the conventional mechanical variable capacitor tuning over as much as a 3 to 1 frequency range of any band on a receiver or signal generator.

Variable and Trimmer Capacitors Explained

Capacitance Range and Tuning Capabilities. The capacitance range and the number of turns to adjust that range determine the amount of control over a capacitance setting. Trimmer capacitors are available in low …

Small Tuned Loop: Everything You Need to Know

The capacitors must also be variable over a wide range to allow the loop to be manually tuned to one of various frequencies and bands in the HF spectrum. ... shield of an unbalanced line is connected directly to the circumference of the loop at a point directly opposite the tuning capacitor. The center conductor is then installed, unshielded ...

Using a Varactor Diode In a Tuning Circuit

In this range, the capacitance is highly nonlinear as a function of Vdc. This range is normally used for parametric amplification and frequency synthesis with analog PLLs. Specifically, the nonlinear impedance of the varactor diode will generate higher order harmonics, which are then passed to the output port of the circuit.

PE64906

PE64906 is a DuNE™ technology-enhanced digitally tunable capacitor (DTC) based on pSemi''s UltraCMOS® technology. ... This highly versatile product supports a wide variety of tuning circuit topologies with emphasis on impedance matching and aperture tuning applications. ... Wide power supply range (2.3V to 4.8V) and low current consumption ...

How to tune your crystal oscillator to get the best possible …

Tuning the load capacitor. Note that for new PCBs, the stray PCB capacitance is just an educated guess - so your load capacitance will be slightly off. ... Hence, you should buy approximately 5-20 standard values of capacitors within that range. Nowadays, buying 10 ceramic capacitors costs only around 0.15 ...

Design and simulation of a wide-range variable MEMS capacitor …

Due to the need for a large tuning ratio in wireless communication systems, there is a great demand for tunable capacitors with a wide tuning range and high-quality factors. Also, these elements are used in a wide range of applications, such as filters, phase shifters, and voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) (Abbaspour-Tamijani et al. 1, 4 ...

The Optimum Magnetic Loop

The tuning range of this capacitor is roughly 31 to 12 MHz, enabling 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20-meters. To reach 40-meters, a small group of the 3000 Volt ceramic disc capacitor s in parallel can be added across the gap. Figure 9 shows the small toy knife switch assembly from Amazon that I use. On 40-meters the capacitor now

A 0.3V, 35% Tuning-Range, 60kHz 1/f3-Corner Digitally …

We present a sub-mW ultra-low-voltage (ULV) digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) in which all electronic devices (amplifying transistors and switched-capacitor banks) are vertically embedded within the inductor coils. A special arrangement of native layer (NT N) diminishes any adverse effects on the inductors. To suppress flicker noise upconversion while maintaining wide tuning …

An Introduction: Various Types of Tuning Capacitors

Tuning capacitors are adjustable electronic components crucial for fine-tuning resonant circuits to specific frequencies. They consist of two conductive plates separated by a dielectric, allowing for capacitance adjustment.

Design of an LC-VCO with One Octave Tuning Range

narrow tuning range [ 5], [6]. In this paper, a fully integrated LC-VCO with a tuning range over one octave is presented. It also exhibits low phase-noise and low power consumption. The large tuning range is achieved by the use of an array of switched capacitors. 2 LC-VCO For RF transceivers, the LC-type oscillator is superior

Variable capacitor

OverviewElectronically controlled capacitanceMechanically controlled capacitanceSpecial forms of mechanically variable capacitorsHistoryTransducersNotesExternal links

The thickness of the depletion layer of a reverse-biased semiconductor diode varies with the DC voltage applied across the diode. Any diode exhibits this effect (including p/n junctions in transistors), but devices specifically sold as variable capacitance diodes (also called varactors or varicaps) are designed with a large junction area and a doping profile specifically designed to maximize capacitance.

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