Oscillator, time-digital converter circuit and relating method of time-digital measure
US9007133B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K23/542
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A ring oscillator has a plurality of elementary units connected in cascade and linked in order to make a chain with the respective output terminals connected to the input terminals of the successive elementary units of the chain, the elementary units being crossed by a cyclic signal during a time period of activation, each of said elementary units comprising an auxiliary recovery terminal for temporarily resetting each elementary unit during each loop of said cyclic signal, said auxiliary recovery terminal being connected to an output terminal of a successive elementary unit of the chain.
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