Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ring voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) startup helper circuit
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Application No.: US16835778Application Date: 2020-03-31
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Publication No.: US11115005B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Xiong Liu , Chih-Wei Yao
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Main IPC: H03K3/03
- IPC: H03K3/03 ; H03L3/00 ; H03K3/012 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/197 ; H04B1/16 ; H04L7/033

Abstract:
A ring voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit is herein provided. According to one embodiment, a ring VCO circuit includes a plurality of stages connected in series, wherein each stage includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a third inverter and a fourth inverter, the first inverter connected in parallel with the third and fourth inverters and the second inverter connected in parallel with the third and fourth inverters, and a first biasing resistor connected to a first node and coupled to an input of the first inverter. The first biasing resistor includes a first switch configured to set the first biasing resistor to about zero voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210067145A1 RING VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO) STARTUP HELPER CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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