Oscillators inventions 04/06

20060082417 - Phase locked loop and method for phase correction of a frequency controllable oscillator: A phase locked loop is disclosed and includes a frequency divider circuit with a settable division ratio in a feedback path. The division ratio is produced using a control circuit which, besides an input for supplying the integer and fractional components for the frequency division ratio which is to be...

20060082418 - Electronic circuitry: Electronic circuitry comprising operational circuits of active switching type requiring timing signals, and conductive means for distributing said timing signals to the operational circuits, wherein the timing signal distribution means includes a signal path that has different phases of a drive signal are supplied via active means at different positions...

20060082419 - Oscillation apparatus capable of compensating for fluctuation of oscillation frequency: In an oscillation apparatus formed by a ring oscillator including an odd number of inverters (more than two inverters) connected in a ring, each of the inverters having one drive MOS transistor and one load MOS transistor, a constant voltage generating circuit is adapted to generate a constant voltage corresponding...

20060077009 - Frequency generator with a phase locked loop: A frequency generator with a phase locked loop includes a loop filter, the transfer function of which has a pair of complex conjugated poles. The present invention provides an optimum and greatly improved compromise, in particular as opposed to the prior art, between phase noise and settling time of the...

20060077010 - Phase locked loop modulator calibration techniques: A method for calibrating a phase locked loop begins by determining a gain offset of a voltage controlled oscillator of the phase locked loop. The processing then continues by adjusting current of a charge pump of the phase locked loop based on the gain offset....

20060077011 - Synchronous delay-line amplification technique: An open-loop switching amplifier achieves synchronous operation using a ring oscillator based upon a tapped delay line. A counter is clocked from the ring oscillator, periodically comparing incoming more significant data to the value of the counter to form a pulsewidth modulated output waveform. Modulating the effective width of the...

20060077013 - Anomaly detector for vibratory angular rate sensor: In an anomaly detector that detects an abnormal condition of an oscillation signal of a circuit such as a vibratory sensing circuit, the oscillation signal, having AC and DC components, is converted to a pair of first and second signals of either opposite-polarity DC amplitudes or opposite-phase alternating amplitudes. The...

20060077012 - Vco circuit with board tunning range and amplitude control: A voltage-controlled oscillator circuit. A pair of inductors are coupled to a first power source. A pair of capacitors respectively coupled between a variable resistor and the pair of inductors in serial. A pair of first switches respectively coupled between the pair of capacitors and a second power source. The...

20060077014 - Oscillator with quadrature output in a cross-coupled configuration: An oscillator that provides a quadrature output and has a cross-coupled configuration is disclosed. The oscillator generates an output signal having a frequency. Two phase shift circuits, or stages, are activated by a control signal to provide phase shifts within the oscillator. Each phase shift circuit includes poles to provide...

20060077015 - Oscillator circuit with temperature compensation function: An oscillator circuit comprising a resonant circuit which includes a negative resistor, an inductor and an oscillation frequency setting capacitor whose capacitance is varied according to a control voltage based on oscillation frequency data and which outputs a signal having an oscillation frequency based on the oscillation frequency data, a...

20060071714 - Reducing the coupling between lc-oscillator-based phase-locked loops in flip-chip asics: Disclosed are integrated circuits having multiple electromagnetically emissive devices, such as LC oscillators. The devices are formed on an integrated circuit substrate and are given different planar orientations from each other. Particular integrated circuit packages disclosed are “flip-chip” packages, in which solder bumps are provided on the integrated circuit substrate...

20060071718 - Frequency calibration for a monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference: Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a system, method and apparatus for frequency calibration of a free-running, harmonic oscillator. A reference oscillator provides a reference frequency. An exemplary system comprises the harmonic oscillator, a frequency divider, a comparator, and a reactance modulator. The oscillator comprises a plurality of switchable reactance...

20060071716 - High performance analog charge pumped phase locked loop (pll) architecture with process and temperature compensation in closed loop bandwidth: The present invention achieves technical advantages as a high performance analog charge pumped phase locked loop (PLL)(10) with process and temperature compensation in closed loop bandwidth. The PLL reduces the variation in bandwidth and stability by making the product KVCO*ICP independent of process and temperature variation. The PLL achieves a...

20060071720 - Oscillation frequency control circuit: An oscillation frequency control circuit comprises a frequency counter that counts to measure a frequency of an oscillating signal outputted from an oscillation circuit which produces the oscillating signal of the frequency corresponding to analog control voltages inputted, a plurality of D/A converters that produce the analog control voltages respectively...

20060071719 - Phase-locked loop: A phase-locked loop includes an oscillator, a phase detector coupled to the oscillator, a charge pump coupled to the phase detector, a filter coupled to the charge pump, a voltage controlled oscillator, and a fractional frequency divider. The voltage controlled oscillator sends a VCO signal to the divider which sends...

20060071717 - Prescaler for a phase-locked loop circuit: A prescaler (10; 110) for use in a phase locked loop circuit, having a signal input (12; 112) receiving a digital input signal (SIG_IN) and a signal output (14; 114) supplying a digital output signal (SIG_OUT). A phase shifter (20; 120) receives an input signal from the signal input (12;...

20060071715 - Process tracking limiter for vco control voltages: A control voltage window generator that tracks process, voltage supply, and temperature variations for a voltage controlled oscillator includes: a first transistor of a first conductivity type coupled between a supply voltage node and an upper control voltage node; and a second transistor of a second conductivity type coupled to...

20060071721 - Reducing size of capacitors in filters: An active filter circuit containing small capacitors. Due to the presence of such small capacitors, components such as PLL can potentially be integrated into integrated circuits. In an embodiment, the filter circuit is implemented by having a combination of a first capacitor and a first resistor connected in series providing...

20060071722 - Delay interpolation in a ring oscillator delay stage: According to some embodiments, a circuit includes a delay stage of a ring oscillator. The delay stage may include a first differential pair, a second differential pair, and a third differential pair. The first differential pair may be coupled to a first current-steering circuit, receive a differential input signal, and...

20060071723 - Resonance control apparatus for a piezoelectrical device based on phase sensitive detection: A resonance control apparatus 100 includes a VCO 10 which generates a reference signal having a predetermined frequency, a divider 20 which divides the predetermined frequency of the reference signal, a phase reference forming section 50 which delays a phase of the divided signal for a predetermined interval, a voltage...

20060071725 - Oscillator and semiconductor device: An object is not only to contribute to reduction in current consumption but also to advance actuation of a system required in a camera, an on-vehicle electric component, etc. by shortening a waiting time for stabilization of oscillation. An oscillator having an inverting amplifier inverting and amplifying an input signal...

20060071724 - System for adjusting frequency of electrical output pulses derived from an oscillator: A system for setting and adjusting a frequency of electrical output pulses derived from an oscillator in a network is disclosed. The system comprises an accumulator module configured to receive pulses from an oscillator and to output an accumulated value. An adjustor module is configured to store an adjustor value...

20060071726 - Oscillator having voltage dividing circuit: An oscillator includes a resonance circuit, and a feedback circuit coupled to the resonance circuit. The resonance circuit includes a main resonance element circuit, and a voltage dividing circuit that divides an output voltage of the main resonance element circuit and applies a divided voltage to the feedback circuit....

20060071729 - Clock circuit and method: A clock circuit has a crystal. A differential amplifier has a first input coupled to a first node of the crystal and a second input of the differential amplifier coupled to a bias signal and an output of the differential amplifier coupled to a second node of the crystal....

20060071727 - Nonvolatile programmable crystal oscillator circuit: According to embodiments of the invention, a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory is used to configure a single die after packaging of the die has occurred. Thus, numerous applications may be supported by a single die or optimization within a given application may occur. According to embodiments of...

20060071730 - Oscillator starting control circuit: It is an object to provide an oscillator starting control circuit capable of shortening a starting time and stably controlling the starting time, and furthermore, stabilizing an oscillating frequency after starting an oscillating circuit. [Means for Resolution] An oscillating circuit (1) is a crystal oscillating circuit in which an input...

20060071728 - Temperature compensated crystal oscillator: An environmental-compensated oscillator includes a reference clock waveform generator; a phase locked loop receiving the reference clock waveform and outputting a phase locked clock waveform; and a sensor outputting a voltage corresponding to an environmental parameter of the generator. The voltage is used by the PLL to compensate the phase...

20060071731 - Voltage-controlled oscillator: An oscillator circuit configured by a feedback resistance 1, an amplifier 2 and a quartz vibrator 3 has a load resistance. MOS transistors 5, 6 short-circuited at source and drain terminals has a capacitance, as a variable capacitance, occurring at between the source-drain terminal and gate terminal. A series connection...

20060071732 - Oscillator circuit and l load differential circuit achieving a wide oscillation frequency range and low phase noise characteristics: An oscillator circuit is formed of a differential LC resonant circuit formed of an L load differential circuit including inductance-variable portions and a capacitive element, and a positive feedback circuit formed of N-channel MOS transistors. The inductance-variable portion is configured to vary the inductance by selecting a plurality of switch...

20060071734 - Frequency controller for a monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference: In various embodiments, the invention provides a frequency controller to control and provide a stable resonant frequency of a clock generator and/or a timing and frequency reference. Such stability is provided over variations in a selected parameter such as temperature and fabrication process variations. The various apparatus embodiments include a...

20060071733 - Low power consumed and small circuit area occupied temperature sensor: A circuit and a method are provided for sensing integrated circuit temperatures using low power and small area. This temperature sensor is more accurate than other temperature sensors, since it uses a reference voltage which has a steeper slope versus temperature. Also, this temperature sensor dissipates lower power than conventional...