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US 2019/0103834 A1Published application
On-chip oscillators including shared inductor
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorZheng Gu
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Abstract
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of using the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes an inductor included in an integrated circuit device, and a first oscillator and a second oscillator included in the integrated circuit device. The first oscillator includes a first terminal coupled to a conductive path of the inductor to provide a first signal. The second oscillator includes a second terminal coupled to the conductive path to provide a second signal. The first and second signals have different frequencies.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- an inductor including a conductive path formed in an integrated circuit device;
- a first oscillator of the integrated circuit device, the first oscillator including a first terminal coupled to the conductive path of the inductor to provide a first signal, the first signal having a first frequency;
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- a second oscillator included in the integrated circuit device, the second oscillator including a second terminal coupled to the conductive path of the inductor to provide a second signal, the second signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an inductor including a conductive path formed in an integrated circuit device, the conductive path including multiple turns;
- a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment of the conductive path formed in a first level of the integrated circuit device;
- a fourth segment of the conductive path formed in a second level of the integrated circuit device, the fourth segment electrically coupling the first segment to the second segment;
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- a fifth segment of the conductive path formed in a level of the integrated circuit device different from the first level, the fifth segment electrically coupling the second segment to the third segment.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an antenna;
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- a circuit path included in an integrated circuit device and coupled to the antenna, the circuit path including a mixer and oscillator circuitry coupled to the mixer, the oscillator circuitry including:
- an inductor including a conductive path;
- a first oscillator including a first terminal coupled to the conductive path of the inductor to provide a first signal, the first signal having a first frequency;
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- a second oscillator including a second terminal coupled to the conductive path of the inductor to provide a second signal, the second signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.