US Patent Issued to ASM America on Sept. 15 for "RF impedance matching network with clamping circuit" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,917, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ASM America Inc..

"RF impedance matching network with clamping circuit" was invented by Ronald Anthony Decker (Turnersville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an RF impedance matching circuit is disclosed. The matching circuit includes at least one electronically variable capacitor (EVC). Each EVC includes fixed capacitors, each of the fixed capacitors having a corresponding switching circuit for switching in and out the fixed capacitor to alter a total capacitance of the EVC. Each switching circuit includes a switch comprising a PIN diode or an NIP diode, a driver circui...