Oscillator having capacitor charging and discharging controlled by non-saturating switches
US4434408A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 10, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M3/33507
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An oscillator which includes a DC voltage source, a differential amplifier having a hysteresis characteristics, a current source circuit producing a predetermined constant current, a current sink circuit flowing therein substantially one half of the predetermined constant current, and first and second current switching circuits controlled by the output of the hysteresis amplifier to charge/discharge a capacitor by the current from current source/sink circuits, thereby to produce an output pulse signal.
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