Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ring oscillator circuit
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Application No.: US17830864Application Date: 2022-06-02
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Publication No.: US11641191B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Antonino Conte , Marco Ruta , Michelangelo Pisasale , Thomas Jouanneau
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l. , STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza; FR Grenoble
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.,STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.,STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza; FR Grenoble
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: IT102021000015647 20210615
- Main IPC: H03K3/03
- IPC: H03K3/03 ; H03K3/011 ; H03K3/014 ; H03K3/012

Abstract:
In an embodiment a ring oscillator circuit includes a chain of cascade-coupled inverter stages coupled between an oscillator supply voltage node and a reference voltage node, the oscillator supply voltage node configured to provide an oscillator supply voltage, a current generator circuit coupled between the oscillator supply voltage node and a system supply voltage node configured to provide a system supply voltage, the current generator circuit being configured to inject a current into the oscillator supply voltage node and a biasing circuit including a first bias control transistor and a second bias control transistor coupled in series between the reference voltage node and the oscillator supply voltage node, wherein the first bias control transistor is configured to selectively couple the reference voltage node and the oscillator supply voltage node in response to the oscillator control signal being indicative that the ring oscillator circuit is in an inactive operation state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220399880A1 RING OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2022-12-15
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