公开(公告)号：US11611346B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US16449107

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Catharina Biber ,  Jason Mix ,  Mark Carbone ,  Mohamed A. Abdelmoneum ,  Joshua Linden Levy ,  Timo Huusari ,  Sarah Shahraini

IPC: H03L1/04 ,  H01L25/16 ,  H03B5/30

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for regulating a temperature of a resonator structure. In an embodiment, a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is thermally coupled to a resonator which is proximate thereto. The resonator supports operation with an oscillator circuit, wherein a resonance characteristic of the resonator contributes to oscillations of a master clock signal, or other oscillatory signal, which is provided with the oscillator circuit. The TEC provides Peltier functionality to selectively perform either one of heating or cooling the resonator. In another embodiment, the TEC is configured to conduct heat which is transferred via a path between the TEC and the resonator, wherein the path omits any circuitry which is to perform operations which are synchronized based on the oscillatory signal.