Oscillator circuit having temperature compensation based on resonator group-delay analysis
OwnerJeronimo SEGOVIA-FERNANDEZ, Ali DJABBARI +1inventors
InventorsJeronimo SEGOVIA-FERNANDEZ, Ali DJABBARI, Peter SMEYS
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Abstract
A circuit includes: a first resonator; a temperature compensation circuit including a resonator group-delay analyzer and a second resonator; oscillator control circuitry; and a controller. The resonator group-delay analyzer is configured to determine a group-delay parameter responsive to operations of the second resonator. The controller is configured to provide a control signal responsive to the group-delay parameter. The oscillator control circuitry is configured to adjust a frequency of an output signal of the oscillator control circuitry responsive to the control signal.
Claims20
A circuit, comprising:
- a first resonator having first and second terminals;
- a temperature compensation circuit including a resonator group-delay analyzer and a second resonator, the resonator group-delay analyzer having first and second analyzer inputs and an analyzer output, the second resonator having third and fourth terminals, the fourth terminal coupled to the first analyzer input;
- oscillator control circuitry having a first control input, first and second outputs, and an oscillator output, the first output coupled to the first terminal, and the second output coupled to the second terminal;
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- a controller having a second control input and a control output, the second control input coupled to the analyzer output, and the control output coupled to first control input, in which the controller is configured to provide a control signal at the control output responsive to a group-delay parameter received at the second control input, and the oscillator control circuitry is configured to adjust a frequency of an output signal at the oscillator output responsive to the control signal.
An oscillator circuit, comprising:
- a first resonator;
- a temperature compensation circuit including a second resonator, the temperature compensation circuit configured to determine a group-delay amplitude responsive to operations of the second resonator;
- oscillator control circuitry coupled to the first resonator and configured to adjust a frequency of an output signal of the oscillator circuit responsive to a control signal;
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- a controller coupled to the oscillator control circuitry and the temperature compensation circuit, the controller configured to:
- receive the group-delay amplitude from the temperature compensation circuit;
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- provide the control signal to the oscillator control circuitry responsive to the group-delay amplitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.