Tuners inventions 08/08

20080197947 - Method to increase the tuneability of varactors: The present invention relates to a tunable circuit, or admittance, arrangement comprising at least one capacitive branch with at least a tunable first capacitor, and tuning application means. It further comprises at least one resonant branch comprising at least a second capacitor and an inductor, said second capacitor and said... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080186114 - Tuning control arrangement: A tuning arrangement for a resonant circuit, the tuning arrangement having an output reactance dependent upon a plurality of input applied signals one of which is an input tuning signal, and comprising: an array of tuning circuits connected in a network whose output reactance is used to control the resonance... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080186115 - Method for adjusing tuning circuit and receiver circuit: Disclosed herein is a method for adjusting the tuning frequency of a tuning circuit, which is implemented as a parallel circuit of a coil and series circuits Ai each including a capacitor Ci and a switch device Qi (i=one to n, where n denotes an integer at least equal to... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP