Oscillator circuit
US8487709B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03B2200/0094
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An oscillator circuit comprises a piezoelectric vibrator, an amplifier device including inverters provided in a plurality of stages, and an inverter control device. The inverters provided in the plurality of stages includes a performance-variable inverter configured which is operational in both of an initial phase of oscillation startup and a post-startup phase where the oscillation is stabilized and capable of a variable performance depending on whether the initial phase of oscillation startup or the post-startup phase where the oscillation is stabilized, and an ON/OFF inverter which is operational in the initial phase of oscillation startup and disconnected in the post-startup phase where the oscillation is stabilized. The inverter control device have the performance-variable inverter and the ON/OFF inverter both operational and lowers the performance of the performance-variable inverter in the initial phase of oscillation startup, and the inverter control device disconnects the ON/OFF inverter and increases the performance of the performance-variable inverter in the post-startup phase where the oscillation is stabilized.
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