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US 2016/0359455 A1Published application
Crystal (xtal) oscillator with high interference immunity
AssigneeMaxLinear, Inc.
InventorsXuefeng Chen, Hosein Zareie
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for a crystal (xtal) oscillator with high interference immunity. Generated reference signals may be processed to mitigate effects of interference. The processing may comprise filtering, particularly at harmonic positions, to remove or greatly reduce interference signals.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- in a crystal oscillator that provides periodic signals for an electronic system associated with the crystal oscillator:
- generating signals periodically based on resonance of a crystal core of the crystal oscillator, the generated signals having a particular resonant frequency;
- and
- processing the generated signals to mitigate effects of interference introduced by other operations and/or components of the electronic system, wherein the processing is configured based on the particular resonant frequency.
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A system comprising:
- a crystal oscillator that provides periodic signals for the system, wherein the crystal oscillator is operable to:
- generate signals periodically based on resonance of a crystal core, the generated signals having a particular resonant frequency;
- and
- process the generated signals to mitigate effects of interference introduced by other operations and/or components of the system, wherein the processing is configured based on the particular resonant frequency.
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A crystal oscillator that provides periodic signals, the crystal oscillator comprising:
- a crystal core operable to generate signals periodically based on resonance associated with the crystal core, the generated signals having a particular resonant frequency;
- and
- a processing circuit operable to process the generated signals to mitigate effects of interference introduced by other operations and/or components of an electronic system comprising or associated with the crystal oscillator, wherein the processing is configured based on the particular resonant frequency.
The crystal oscillator of claim 14, wherein the other operations and/or components of the electronic system comprise transmissions of radio frequency (RF) signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.