Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit for autoregulating the oscillation frequency of an oscillating mechanical system and device including the same
- Patent Title (中): 用于自动调节振荡机械系统的振荡频率的电路和包括其的装置
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Application No.: US13658260Application Date: 2012-10-23
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Publication No.: US09188957B2Publication Date: 2015-11-17
- Inventor: Michel Willemin , Jean-Claude Martin
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: CH1741/11 20111028
- Main IPC: G06F1/04
- IPC: G06F1/04 ; G04B17/00 ; G04B17/20 ; G04B17/06 ; G04C3/06 ; G04C3/04 ; G04C11/00 ; G04B18/00 ; H03H9/02 ; G04D7/10

Abstract:
A single electronic module includes a autoregulating circuit that regulates an oscillation frequency of an oscillating mechanical system, such as a balance having a balance spring. A piezoelectric element is mounted on the oscillating balance spring and connected to the autoregulating circuit to generate an alternating voltage. The autoregulating circuit rectifies the alternating voltage and regulates the alternating voltage frequency. The rectified voltage is stored in a capacitor to power the autoregulating circuit. The autoregulating circuit includes an oscillator connected to a mirco-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) resonator that supplies a reference signal, and compares the frequency of the alternating voltage to the reference signal frequency. The autoregulating circuit supplies frequency adaptation signal to the piezoelectric element according to the result of the comparison, in order to regulate the oscillation frequency of the balance.
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