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Transistor frequency multipliers

  • US 3,230,396 A
  • Filed: 10/15/1963
  • Issued: 01/18/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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20. A FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT STAGE INCLUDING A TRANSISTOR HAVING FIRST, SECOND, AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, MEANS FOR APPLYING A SIGNAL OF PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY TO SAID FIRST ELECTRODE, SAID TRANSISTOR HAVING AN INTERNAL CAPACITANCE BETWEEN SAID COLLECTOR AND SAID SECOND ELECTRODES, AN INDUCTANCE COUPLED ACROSS SAID COLLECTOR AND SAID SECOND ELECTRODES, THE EFFECTIVE CIRCUIT LOOP INCLUDING SAID INDUCTANCE AND SAID INTERNAL CAPACITANCE BEING RESONANT AT A SELECTED FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY AND OPERATIVE AS A PARAMETRIC TANK CIRCUIT TO GENERATE HARMONICS OF SAID FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY AND PROVIDING AN OUTPUT TANK CIRCUIT FOR SAID STAGE, AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTPUT TANK CIRCUIT FOR DERIVING A SELECTED HARMONIC OF SAID FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY.

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