Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oscillator circuit with bias current generator
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Application No.: US15314843Application Date: 2014-06-02
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Publication No.: US10333526B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Janne Peltonen , Christian Elgaard , Anna-Karin Stenman
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/061407 WO 20140602
- International Announcement: WO2015/185103 WO 20151210
- Main IPC: H03B5/32
- IPC: H03B5/32 ; H03L3/00 ; H03L5/00

Abstract:
An oscillator circuit (100) comprises a crystal oscillator (10) arranged to generate an oscillation signal, a bias current generator (20) arranged to supply a bias current to the crystal oscillator (10), and a feedback stage (30) arranged to generate a feedback signal in response to an amplitude of the oscillation signal reaching an amplitude threshold. The bias current generator (20) is arranged to: in response to a supply of power to the oscillator circuit (100) being switched on, generate the bias current at an increasing level commencing from a first level; in response to the feedback signal, terminate the increasing; and during subsequent oscillation of the crystal oscillator (10), supply the bias current at a second level dependent on a final level of the bias current reached when the increasing is terminated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170237441A1 Oscillator Circuit with Bias Current Generator Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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