Abstract:
A semiconductor structure for creating resistor networks, particularly ladder networks, has resistive sections made of semiconductor material and metal contact areas. A continuous semiconducting resistor strip is provided as a primary arm. Along this continuous primary arm, metal contact areas which contact the resistor strip at the side are provided in accordance with the desired resistor ratio and in order to form corresponding series resistors. In a ladder network, shunt arms have one end connected directly to the long side of the primary arm via the semiconductor material. At the other end of each of the shunt arms, a respective metal contact area is provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a digitally adjustable crystal oscillator having a quartz crystal and a monolithic integrated oscillator circuit including a series combination of a first frequency-adjusting capacitor C1 and a second frequency-adjusting capacitor C2 connected in parallel with the quartz crystal and comprising parallel-connected first capacitance stages and parallel-connected second capacitance stages, respectively, and an inverter circuit connected in parallel with the quartz crystal and comprising a feedback resistor R.sub.K, the output of the innverter circuit being connected to a load resistor. The inverter circuit comprises parallel-connected inverter stages, and switching elements are provided within the inverter stages and cqapacitor stages in such a way that a respective one of the inverter stages as well as a first capacitance stage C.sub.1i and a second capacitance stage C.sub.2i are switchable into or out of circuit by means of a control signal I.sub.i.