Radio frequency communication
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRonen KRONFELD, Aryeh FARBER, Sergey BERSHANSKY, Arie ISRAEL
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Abstract
An apparatus may include: a resonator configured to oscillate at a resonant frequency; and a first oscillator core and a second oscillator core coupled to the resonator in a parallel configuration; wherein the first oscillator core configured to drive the resonator by providing a first drive signal and generate a first oscillator signal based on oscillations of the resonator; and wherein the second oscillator core configured to drive the resonator by providing a second drive signal and generate a second oscillator signal based on the oscillations of the resonator.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a resonator configured to oscillate at a resonant frequency;
- and
- a first oscillator core and a second oscillator core coupled to the resonator in a parallel configuration;
- wherein the first oscillator core is configured to drive the resonator by providing a first drive signal and to generate a first oscillator signal based on oscillations of the resonator;
- and
- wherein the second oscillator core is configured to drive the resonator by providing a second drive signal and to generate a second oscillator signal based on the oscillations of the resonator.
A method comprising:
- oscillating a resonator at a resonant frequency;
- driving the resonator with a first oscillator core by providing a first drive signal to the resonator;
- generating a first oscillator signal based on oscillations of the resonator;
- and
- driving the resonator with a second oscillator core by providing a second drive signal to the resonator and generating a second oscillator signal based on oscillations of the resonator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, if executed by a processor, cause a system including the processor to:
- oscillate a resonator at a resonant frequency;
- drive the resonator with a first oscillator core by providing a first drive signal to the resonator;
- generate a first oscillator signal based on oscillations of the resonator;
- and
- drive the resonator with a second oscillator core by providing a second drive signal to the resonator and generating a second oscillator signal based on oscillations of the resonator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.