Start-stop oscillator having fixed starting phase and minimized quiescent power dissipation

A start-stop oscillator, comprising:

• amplifier means having power input means for receiving operating current supplied thereto and having input and output terminals with a resonator coupled therebetween for causing oscillations to occur in response to said operating circuit;
• a source responsive to a horizontal timing signal and to a line identification signal supplied thereto for providing a priming signal;
• and
• control means responsive to said priming signal for applying a direct current bias to said resonator means, responsive to termination of said priming signal for applying said operating current to said amplifier means, and responsive to a given number of said oscillations for removing said operating current from said amplifier means for causing said oscillations to cease.

A start-stop oscillator, comprising:

• first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors connected in series between a source of supply voltage and a ground point;
• first and second bonding pads connected to respective gate and drain electrodes of said second and third transistors and having a resonator coupled therebetween;
• a fifth transistor connected between said ground point and said first bonding pad and a sixth transistor connected between said source of supply voltage and said second bonding pad;
• logic gate means coupled to supply turn-on bias to said fifth and sixth transistors during a given time interval;
• counter means;
• and
• bistable means having a clock input connected to an output of said logic gate means for setting said bistable means upon termination of said given time interval, having output means coupled to apply turn-on bias to said first and fourth transistors when said bistable means is set for causing oscillations to be produced at said bonding pads and having a reset input coupled via said counter means to a selected one of said bonding pads for resetting said bistable means in response to a given number of said oscillations produced at said selected bonding pad.