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US 10,714,982 B2Granted
Resonator and resonating method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeungchul Jung, Jongpal Kim, Wonseok Lee
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Abstract
A resonator and resonator method are provided. The resonator includes an inductor, a capacitor, and a switch configured to maintain energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and to enable variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time, to set a resonating frequency of the inductor and the capacitor.
Claims33
A resonator comprising:
- an inductor;
- a capacitor;
- a switch configured to maintain energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and to enable variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time, to set a resonating frequency of the inductor and the capacitor;
- and
- a controller configured
- to sense values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor with respect to a changing of operating time extents of the switch from at least a first operating time extent to a second operating time extent, and
- to control the switch to set the resonating frequency with the select period of time being an operating time extent, among the changed operating time extents of the switch based on the sensed values.
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A resonator method, the method comprising:
- controlling operation of a resonator, to set a resonating frequency of an inductor and a capacitor of the resonator, between at least a maintaining of energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and an enabling of variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time;
- sensing values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor with respect to a changing of operating time extents of a switch from at least a first operating time extent to a second operating time extent;
- and
- controlling the switch to set the resonating frequency with the select period of time as an operating time extent, among the changed operating time extents of the switch.
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A resonator comprising:
- an LC circuit having a fixed inductance and capacitance;
- and
- a resonating frequency controlling circuit configured to selectively maintain energy without change in a portion of the LC circuit for various select periods of time to set respective resonating frequencies of the LC circuit,
- wherein the resonating frequency controlling circuit is configured to control a switch to set a resonating frequency based on sensed values of energy characteristics of at least one of the inductance and the capacitance for different operating time extents of the switch, where the controlling of the switch includes controlling the switch to set the resonating frequency with one of the various select periods of time being an operating time extent, among the different operating time extents of the switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.