Invention Application
- Patent Title: Oscillator with Fin Field-Effect Transistor (FinFET) Resonator
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Application No.: US17713338Application Date: 2022-04-05
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Publication No.: US20220337191A1Publication Date: 2022-10-20
- Inventor: Harald Pretl , Ehrentraud Hager , Aly Ismail
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Main IPC: H03B5/32
- IPC: H03B5/32 ; H01L29/78 ; H03B5/12 ; H03B5/04

Abstract:
An integrated circuit may include oscillator circuitry having a resonator formed from fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) devices. The resonator may include drive cells of alternating polarities and sense cells interposed between the drive cells. The resonator may be connected in a feedback loop within the oscillator circuitry. The oscillator circuitry may include an amplifier having an input coupled to the sense cells and an output coupled to the drive cells. The oscillator circuitry may also include a separate inductor and capacitor based oscillator, where the resonator serves as a separate output filter stage for the inductor and capacitor based oscillator.
Public/Granted literature
- US11894807B2 Oscillator with fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) resonator Public/Granted day:2024-02-06
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