Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voltage-controlled oscillator with an output maintained at a constant level at all times independently of the oscillated frequency. SOLUTION: The voltage-controlled oscillator 1a includes: a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit VCO for oscillating the frequency in response to a control voltage; and a limiter circuit LMT placing a limit of a prescribed level to an output of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit VCO. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention provides a trigger and an oscillation system. The trigger includes: a first voltage input terminal; a bias voltage input terminal; a first bias transistor, configured to have a scaling of N to a first component of an external device connected to the trigger; a comparator transistor, configured to have a scaling of N to a second component of the external device connected to the trigger; a first switch transistor and a second switch transistor; a shunt transistor, wherein a control terminal of the shunt transistor is connected to the first voltage input terminal, a second terminal of the shunt transistor is connected to the second terminal of the second switch transistor, a first terminal of the shunt transistor is connected to the first terminal of the comparator transistor, and the shunt transistor is configured to have an enlarging scale of M to the comparator transistor; a voltage output terminal, wherein the voltage output terminal is respectively connected to the second terminal of the first switch transistor, the control terminal of the second switch transistor and the second terminal of the comparator transistor. The trigger according to the present invention has the advantages of low power consumption, less interference, adjustable hysteresis feature, rectifiable duty cycle and insensitivity to the process.
Abstract:
A frequency generation solution controls an oscillator amplitude using two feedback paths to generate high frequency signals with lower power consumption and lower noise. A first feedback path provides continuous control of the oscillator amplitude responsive to an amplitude detected at the oscillator output. A second feedback path provides discrete control of the amplitude regulating parameter(s) of the oscillator responsive to the detected oscillator amplitude. Because the second feedback path enables the adjustment of the amplitude regulating parameter(s), the second feedback path enables an amplifier in the first feedback path to operate at a reduced gain, and thus also at a reduced power and a reduced noise, without jeopardizing the performance of the oscillator.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un oscillateur hyperfréquences travaillant en bande X. Le circuit de l'oscillateur comprend un transistor à effet de champ (1) monté en grille commune. Le circuit d'accord, relié à la source, comprend une capacité variable (2) de type varicap commandée par une tension Vp, et une self (3) en parallèle. La tension de commande Vp est découplée de la masse par une capacité (5). Selon l'invention, le transistor (1), le varicap (2) et la capacité (5) sont intégrés dans un même boîtier sous forme d'un micromodule : la capacité (5) sert d'embase au transistor (1) et au varicap (2) soudés côte à côte. La longueur (L) de la connexion entre le varicap (2) et la source du transistor (1) étant minimale permet d'élargir la bande de fréquences linéaire en fonction de la tension de commande Vp. Application aux matériels hyperfréquences.
Abstract:
An oscillator circuit (100) comprising a VCO (105), the VCO comprising a resonator (115) coupled to a first amplifier (110), with an output signal from the resonator (115) being arranged to be the output signal from the VCO. The oscillator circuit (100) also comprises an amplifier (120) connected to receive the output signal from the VCO, with the output signal of the amplifier (120) being arranged to be the output signal from the oscillator circuit. In the oscillator circuit (100), the second amplifier is arranged to provide the VCO with a feedback signal which is in phase with the phase of the output signal from the VCO, and the second amplifier (120) is arranged to have an amplifier gain as a function of frequency which is such that the amplitude of the output signal from the oscillator circuit (100) is constant over an operational frequency range of the oscillator circuit.