US Patent Issued to Advanced Energy Industries on April 14 for "Match network with switchable variable capacitance" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,630, issued on April 14, was assigned to Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Denver).

"Match network with switchable variable capacitance" was invented by Denis Shaw (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Masahiro Watanabe (Windsor, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A match network with switchable variable capacitance. In one embodiment, a match network includes a first variable capacitance, a second variable capacitance, and a third variable capacitance dynamically connectable in parallel with the first variable capacitance. The match network also includes a controller configured to: control at least one of the first variable capacitance and th...