Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low voltage, wide frequency range oscillator
- Patent Title (中): 低电压,宽频率振荡器
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Application No.: US13410104Application Date: 2012-03-01
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Publication No.: US08975974B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Sameer Wadhwa
- Applicant: Sameer Wadhwa
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Kenyon S. Jenckes
- Main IPC: H03K3/03
- IPC: H03K3/03

Abstract:
A wide frequency, low voltage oscillator includes multiple delay elements, in which each delay element includes two inverters coupled through a latching element into a differential-type configuration. Two current-source PMOS devices bias the latching element in a high-gain region at low-voltage. By coupling these current-source PMOS devices into the delay elements, the start-up voltage of the latching element is reduced. Each delay element is also biased using a replica bias circuit that scales the supply/control voltage of the oscillator and provides the scaled supply/control voltage to control the lower rail of oscillation amplitude. By coupling the replica bias circuit to the lower rail, the lower rail of the oscillation amplitude follows the changes to the supply/control voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130229238A1 LOW VOLTAGE, WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE OSCILLATOR Public/Granted day:2013-09-05
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