Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated relaxation oscillator with improved sensitivity to component variation due to process-shift
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Application No.: US10683621Application Date: 2003-10-10
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Publication No.: US06924709B2Publication Date: 2005-08-02
- Inventor: Aniruddha Bashar
- Applicant: Aniruddha Bashar
- Applicant Address: US NY Hauppauge
- Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Hauppauge
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood
- Main IPC: H03K3/011
- IPC: H03K3/011 ; H03K3/0231 ; H03B5/24

Abstract:
A system and method for designing an integrated relaxation oscillator that exhibits reduced change in the frequency of oscillation caused by process variation. Improved sensitivity to component variation due to process shift is achieved through using more than one structure type when implementing the resistors affecting the RC time constant and threshold (trip point) voltages of the oscillator. Structure types are related to the fabrication process and for a CMOS process include, but are not limited to n-diffusion, p-diffusion, n-well, p-well, pinched n-well, pinched p-well, poly-silicon and metal. Each structure type exhibits statistically independent process variations, allowing for application of Lyapunov's extension of the Central Limit Theorem for statistically uncorrelated events to desensitize the effect from different possible causes. Thus, improvement in the performance of the oscillator may be achieved with a reduced trim requirement and without using external precision resistors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050077971A1 Integrated relaxation oscillator with improved sensitivity to component variation due to process-shift Public/Granted day:2005-04-14
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