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Crystal oscillator with a temperature-compensating analog circuit

US5883550A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 1997
Grant dateMar 16, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03B5/32
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A temperature-compensated quartz oscillator comprises a stabilized power supply circuit (1) for supplying a constant voltage, an oscillation circuit (2) comprising a quartz resonator (21) and a varicap (22), a temperature detecting circuit (3) for producing a detected voltage signal (V.sub.Temp) corresponding to an oscillator part temperature by the use of the temperature-voltage characteristic of a temperature detecting element located in the vicinity of the oscillation circuit (2), and a temperature characteristic compensating portion (4) for producing through analog processing of the detected voltage signal (V.sub.Temp) a varicap control voltage signal (V.sub.VR) to be supplied to the varicap (22).

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