Abstract: Electronic component comprising at least one micro-electromechanical capacitor with adjustable capacitance comprising two electrodes free to move with respect to each other, and a control circuit (30) comprising measurement means (32) to measure the capacitance of the capacitor, means (35) of determining a capacitance difference between the measured capacitance of the capacitor and a set capacitance value, means (35 to 38) for injecting an electrical charge in a control electrode so as to create an electrostatic force capable of moving one of the two electrodes with respect to the other electrode and thus adjusting the capacitance of the capacitor, the injected electrical charge being determined as a function of the capacitance difference. This component is suitable for making an adjustable delay line, an adjustable quarter wave impedance transformer or for measuring the voltage, the power or the average intensity of an electrical signal.

Abstract: Electronic component comprising at least one micro-electromechanical capacitor with adjustable capacitance comprising two electrodes free to move with respect to each other, and a control circuit (30) comprising measurement means (32) to measure the capacitance of the capacitor, means (35) of determining a capacitance difference between the measured capacitance of the capacitor and a set capacitance value, means (35 to 38) for injecting an electrical charge in a control electrode so as to create an electrostatic force capable of moving one of the two electrodes with respect to the other electrode and thus adjusting the capacitance of the capacitor, the injected electrical charge being determined as a function of the capacitance difference. This component is suitable for making an adjustable delay line, an adjustable quarter wave impedance transformer or for measuring the voltage, the power or the average intensity of an electrical signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit for generating and/or detecting a radar signal for synthetic aperture radar in which the radar signal is subdivided into N sub-bands which are processed in parallel in N processing channels, each having a first mixer for processing in-phase signals, and a second mixer for processing quadrature signals. In the circuit the mixers of the N processing channels are in the form of identical mixer modules each comprising at least one mixer, and each module is associated with at least one external element for adjusting the mixer module in correspondence with the sub-band with which it is associated.

Abstract: The present invention relates mainly to distribution and/or processing devices for RF signals, in particular devices of the following types: signal combiner, signal splitter or divider, time multiplexer, time demultiplexer, frequency multiplexer, amplifier, attenuator, variable delay lines, and a vector modulator type circuit for signal shaping. A device of the invention comprises switching cells based on respective dual gate FETs, and a control signal generator that controls switching to enable the desired functions to be established.

Abstract: A chain amplifier assembly, includes a semiconductor body, a chain amplifier disposed in the semiconductor body and having an input, an output, a plurality of interconnected amplifier stages having transition regions therebetween, each of the stages including a plurality of field-effect transistors having source, gate and drain terminals, each of the source terminals being connected to a given common source potential, a plurality of ohmic resistors and inductances connected in series between the gate terminals forming a gate line, a plurality of capacitances each having a lead connected in parallel to the gate line and another lead connected to the given common source potential, a plurality of inductances connected in series between the drain terminals forming a drain line, a plurality of additional ohmic resistors having a lead connected in parallel to the drain line and another lead connected to the given common source potential, a plurality of additional capacitances having a lead connected in parallel to