Abstract:
A voltage controlled oscillator implements optimising its effective frequency versus voltage transfer function by generating and applying a frequency control signal via a function having a plateau region and a higher slope region, where a horizontal position of the higher slope region, a slope value in the higher slope region, and a function value change magnitude over the higher slope region are adjustable.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for controlling a frequency of a clock signal by selectively swallowing pulses in the clock signal are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for adjusting a frequency of a clock signal comprises receiving the clock signal, and swallowing pulses in the clock signal according to a repeating clock-swallowing pattern, wherein the pattern is defined by a sequence of numbers.
Abstract:
A power-control device for generating and controlling a supply voltage (Vsupply) is provided. The power-control device includes a variant delay chain (1000) with a delay length, a sampling circuit (1001), a comparison circuit (1002), and a power manager (101). The variant delay chain (1000) receives an initial signal (S1003) and performs a delay operation on the initial signal (S1003) according to the delay length to generate a delay signal (S1000). The sampling circuit (1001) receives the delay signal (S1000) and performs a sampling operation on the delay signal (S 1000) to generate a sampled signal (S1001). The comparison circuit (1002) receives the sampled signal (S1001) and compares the sampled signal (S1001) with a reference signal (S1004) to generate a comparison result signal (S1002). The power manager (101) receives the comparison result signal (S1002) and adjusts the supply voltage (Vsupply) according to the comparison result signal (S1002).
Abstract:
An ultra-low power clock source includes a compensated oscillator and an uncompensated oscillator coupled by a comparator circuit. In an example, the compensated oscillator is more stable than the uncompensated oscillator with respect to changes in one or more of temperature, voltage, age, or other environmental parameters. The uncompensated oscillator includes a configuration input configured to adjust an operating characteristic of the uncompensated oscillator. In an example, the uncompensated oscillator is adjusted using information from the comparator circuit about a comparison of output signals from the compensated oscillator and the uncompensated oscillator.
Abstract:
A substantially temperature-independent LC-based oscillator uses bias control techniques. Temperature independence may be achieved by controlling the harmonic frequency content of the output of the oscillator by controlling the amplitude. Amplitude control may be achieved by inserting a control mechanism in the feedback loop of the oscillator. The present invention generally relates to oscillators which provide a highly stable output frequency across a wide range of temperature variation.
Abstract:
During operation of the device, a drive circuit may provide a drive signal having a fundamental frequency to two electrothermal filters ( ETFs ) having different temperature-dependent time constants. In response to the drive signal, the two ETFs may provide signals having the fundamental frequency and phases relative to the drive signal corresponding, respectively, to the time constants of the ETFs. Then, phase-shift values of the phases may be measured using a phase detector, and a signal may be output based on the phase-shift values. Note that the signal may correspond to a value that is a function of a temperature of the device.
Abstract:
An R-C oscillator (200) is configured to vary the two voltage levels that are used to control the oscillation, such that the variation in oscillation frequency with temperature is minimized. A first resistor (R1) is used to control one of the voltage levels, and a second resistor (R2) having a temperature coefficient that differs from the temperature coefficient of the first transistor is used to control the other voltage level. The first resistor (R1) also controls the current used to charge and discharge the capacitor (C) used to effect the oscillation. By the appropriate choice of resistance values, the variations of the control voltages and current are such that the time to charge and discharge the capacitor (C) between the control voltages remains substantially constant with temperature. Preferably the resistance values are selected to also compensate for temperature variations in the delay of the feedback loop.
Abstract:
Provided is a small-size and highly stable oscillator which can easily correct a frequency shift caused by a temperature fluctuation. The oscillator includes: an overtone crystal unit (11) of three or higher dimension; an oscillation circuit (12) which is connected to the crystal unit (11) and outputs an oscillation frequency; a divider (13) which divides the oscillation frequency and outputs the divided frequencies to a system device processing unit (2); a temperature sensor (16) which detects a temperature around the crystal unit (11); and a memory (17) which stores information for correcting a frequency shift of an oscillation frequency according to the temperature characteristic of the crystal unit (a coefficient of an equation for calculating a correction amount of a frequency shift or the frequency shift corresponding to the temperature) and provides information to be used for correcting the frequency shift to the system device processing unit (2).