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Oscillator electronically tunable within a very wide frequency band

Assignee: Thales SA
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Filing: 1979-03-06
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Granted: 1981-05-26
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Expires: 1999-03-06
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Abstract

Abstract An oscillator of the "three-terminal" type, comprising for example a field effect transistor, having a narrow spectrum and electronically tunable within a very wide frequency band in spite of its narrow spectrum due to a resonator of the yttrium garnet ball type. The field effect transistor has its source connected to a dipole comprising an electronically variable reactance and its gate connected to a similar dipole. A feedback loop is also established between input and output circuits of the oscillator. Under the action of a single command, acting for example on a magnetic field, the reactances vary simultaneously. In one embodiment, a single yttrium garnet ball resonator has two conductive half loops inserted in the tuning dipole and coupling dipole of the oscillator.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yves Le Tron
  • 👤 Juan Obregon
  • 👤 Pierre-Georges Marechal
  • 👤 Serge Barvet

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 22:41
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03B; H03B5/00; H03B5/18; H03B5/1882; H03B5/1888; H03B5/1894; H03B2201/00; H03B2201/02; H03B2201/0225; H03B2201/0241; H03B2201/03; H03B2201/035

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 87 words
An electronic oscillator of the type comprising: a three terminal active component to which are connected, by their first terminals a tuning dipole, a load dipole and a feedback loop comprising a coupling dipole, the second terminals of these dipoles being common, wherein the tuning dipole and the coupling dipole comprise reactors which are simultaneously variable by electronic means; said variable reactors comprising resonators having a common sphere of monocrystalline magnetic material such that the reactance of said resonators is correspondingly varied by a common magnetic field.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 87 words
An electronic oscillator of the type comprising: a three terminal active component to which are connected, by their first terminals a tuning dipole, a load dipole and a feedback loop comprising a coupling dipole, the second terminals of these dipoles being common, wherein the tuning dipole and the coupling dipole comprise reactors which are simultaneously variable by electronic means; said variable reactors comprising resonators having a common sphere of monocrystalline magnetic material such that the reactance of said resonators is correspondingly varied by a common magnetic field.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 15 words
An oscillator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active component is a bipole transistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
An oscillator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnetic material is yttrium garnet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
An oscillator as claimed in claim 1, wherein for adjusting the reactance of at least one resonator, the length of the connecting wire acting as an inductance in series with the resonator is used.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
An oscillator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active component is a field effect transistor.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1984-05-25 1984-11-24 1985-05-26 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1988-05-25 1988-11-24 1989-05-26 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1992-05-25 1992-11-24 1993-05-26 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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