Patent ID: 6915114
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: H03J

Abstract:
1. A method for direct tuning of a component embedded within a circuit of an integrated circuit (IC), the method comprises: providing a plurality of frequency-dependent control input signals to an input of the IC; for each of a plurality of frequency-dependent control input signals: incrementally adjusting power level by a predetermined power level adjustment value until signal strength of an output of the IC is at desired signal strength level to produce an adjusted power level, wherein the component is indirectly coupled to the input and to the output of the IC; plotting the adjusted power level versus frequency to produce a signal strength-to-frequency relationship; comparing the signal strength-to-frequency relationship with a desired signal strength-to-frequency relationship; and when the comparing of the signal strength-to-frequency relationship with the desired signal strength-to-frequency relationship is unfavorable, tuning the component such that the signal strength-to-frequency relationship more closely resembles the desired signal strength-to-frequency relationship.