Crystal oscillator circuit
US5545941A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K3/013
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A crystal oscillator circuit including a quartz vibrator; an inverter circuit connected in parallel to the quartz vibrator and comprised of at least two transistors connected at their output ends to a first power-supply potential or a second power-supply potential lower than the first power-supply potential; a first current mirror circuit, with one current input-output end connected to a connection line with the inverter circuit of the first power-supply potential, the other current input-output end connected to the output end of the oscillator circuit; and either a second current mirror circuit having two current input-output ends, one current input-output end connected to a connection line with the inverter circuit of the second power-supply potential, the other current input-output end connected to the output end of the oscillator circuit, current flowing to one current input-output end, current flowing to the other current input-output end, and the level of the output end of the oscillator circuit being shifted to the level of the second power-supply potential when the output end of the inverter circuit is connected to the second power-supply potential or a circuit for shifting…
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.