Electronic device and method of matching the impedance thereof
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- an impedance matching network includinga first and a second micro-electromechanical switch assembly on a substrate;
a first line connected between the first switch assembly and the second switch assembly, the first line having a first impedance;
a second line connected between the first switch assembly and the second switch assembly, the second line having a second impedance, the first switch assembly having an input terminal and a first and a second output terminal connected to the first and the second line respectively, and the second switch assembly having an output terminal and a first and second input terminal connected to the first and second line respectively; and
a tunable micro-electromechanical capacitor connected to at least one of the first line and the second line,wherein the first switch assembly is configured to, in one switching condition thereof, connect the input terminal of the first switch assembly to the first input terminal of the second switch assembly via the first output terminal and the first line, and to, in another switching condition thereof, connect the input terminal of the first switch assembly to the second input terminal of the second switch assembly via the second output terminal and the second line.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a first and a second micro-electromechanical switch assembly on a substrate, between which first and second switch assembly a first line having a first impedance and a second line having a second impedance are present. The first switch assembly includes an input terminal and a first and a second output terminal connected to the first and the second line, respectively. The second switch assembly includes an output terminal and a first and second input terminal connected to the first and second line, respectively.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
an impedance matching network including a first and a second micro-electromechanical switch assembly on a substrate; a first line connected between the first switch assembly and the second switch assembly, the first line having a first impedance; a second line connected between the first switch assembly and the second switch assembly, the second line having a second impedance, the first switch assembly having an input terminal and a first and a second output terminal connected to the first and the second line respectively, and the second switch assembly having an output terminal and a first and second input terminal connected to the first and second line respectively; and a tunable micro-electromechanical capacitor connected to at least one of the first line and the second line, wherein the first switch assembly is configured to, in one switching condition thereof, connect the input terminal of the first switch assembly to the first input terminal of the second switch assembly via the first output terminal and the first line, and to, in another switching condition thereof, connect the input terminal of the first switch assembly to the second input terminal of the second switch assembly via the second output terminal and the second line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device comprising:
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a first and a second micro-electromechanical switch assembly on a substrate, the first switch assembly having an input terminal and first and second output terminals, the second switch assembly having an output terminal and first and second input terminals; a first line connected between the first output terminal of the first switch assembly and the first input terminal of the second switch assembly, the first line being an inductor turn having a first length; a second line connected between the second output of the first switch assembly and the second input of the second switch assembly, the second line being an inductor turn having a second length that is different from the first length, and a tunable micro-electromechanical capacitor connected to at least one of the first line and the second line wherein the first switch assembly is configured to, in a first switching condition, connect the input terminal of the first switch assembly to the first input terminal of the second switch assembly via the first output terminal and the first line, and to, in a second switching condition, connect the input terminal of the first switch assembly to the second input terminal of the second switch assembly via the second output terminal and the second line. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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