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Oscillator selectively operable with a parallel tuned or a series tuned resonant circuit

US5982243A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 4, 1999
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03B2201/0258
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic oscillator of the Colpitts type with an amplifying element and a tank circuit. The tank circuit includes a parallel tuned resonant circuit, a series tuned resonant circuit and a switching circuit that selectively connects one of the resonant circuits to the tank circuit. The oscillator operates at a first frequency in the parallel tuned mode and a second frequency that is substantially twice the first frequency in the series tuned mode.

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