Control device for variable capacitance device and communication device including said control device

• Main Authors: Morito, Kentaro, Kanno, Masayoshi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.06.2018
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE; ELECTRICITY; IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS

A control device according to the present invention is provided with (A) a variable capacitance device including a variable capacitance element, and (B) a control unit configured to apply a control voltage with a first polarity to the variable capacitance device during a third period including a first period to perform communication using the variable capacitance device and a second period not to perform communication before the first period, and configured to apply a control voltage with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to the variable capacitance device during a sixth period including a fourth period to perform communication and a fifth period not to perform communication before the fourth period.