# US 6,294,964 B1 · High-stability piezoelectric oscillator

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- Number: US 6,294,964 B1
- Document ID: US6294964B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/497,054
- Filed: 2000-02-02
- Granted: 2001-09-25
- Earliest claimed: 1999-02-02
- Assignees: Toyo Communication Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tomio Satoh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6294964B1

## CPC

- H03B 5/362: {the amplifier being a single transistor (H03B5/364 - H03B5/368 take precedence)}
- H03B: GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS (generators adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H; masers or lasers H01S; generation of oscillations in plasma H05H)

## Abstract

To obtain means for suppressing a jump phenomenon to a B mode in a Colpitts oscillator using an SC-cut crystal unit. In a Colpitts oscillator including a piezoelectric resonator and an amplifier circuit, a series resonance circuit and a parallel resonance circuit consisting of an inductance and a capacitance are inserted into an oscillation loop, and the frequency of the series resonance circuit is set in the vicinity of the oscillation frequency of the oscillator, and the frequency of the parallel resonance circuit is set in the vicinity of an unwanted oscillation frequency of the oscillator, thereby to suppress the unwanted oscillation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A Colpitts oscillator including a piezoelectric resonator and an amplifier circuit, comprising:
first and second capacitances inserted in series into the piezoelectric resonator;
a feedback resistor connected between an emitter of a transistor amplifier of said oscillator and ground;
third and fourth capacitances provided in parallel to said feedback resistor and connected in series between the emitter of said transistor amplifier and the ground;
at least an inductance element provided between a connection point between the first and second capacitances and a connection point between the third and fourth capacitances; and
wherein a parallel resonance frequency that is defined by parameters of said inductance element and the second and fourth capacitances is set in the vicinity of an unwanted oscillation frequency of the oscillator, thereby to suppress unwanted oscillation.

### Claim 2

A Colpitts oscillator including a piezoelectric resonator, a transistor amplifier, and at least capacitances C1 and C2 inserted in series into the piezoelectric resonator and a feedback resistor R1 connected between an emitter of the transistor of the amplifier and the ground, wherein a series connection of capacitances C3 and C4 is provided between the emitter of the transistor and the ground, and an inductance is inserted between and connected with a connection point between the capacitances C3 and C4 and a connection point between the capacitances C1 and C2 so that a composite circuit network is formed including the inductance, the capacitances C1, C2, C3 and C4 in the oscillation loop, and within the composite circuit network a parallel resonance frequency that is defined by parameters of the inductance and capacitances C2 and C4 is set in the vicinity of an unwanted oscillation frequency of the oscillator, thereby to suppress unwanted oscillation.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A Colpitts oscillator according to claim 2, wherein a circuit having a fixed inductance L1 and a variable reactance Z connected in series is used as the inductance.

### Claim 4

A Colpitts oscillator including a piezoelectric resonator, a transistor amplifier, at least capacitances C1 and C2 inserted in series into the piezoelectric resonator, and a feedback resistor R1 connected between an emitter of the transistor of the amplifier and ground, wherein a series connection of capacitances C3 and C4 is disposed between the emitter of the transistor and the ground, and a parallel circuit of an inductance and a capacitance is inserted between and connected with a connection point between the capacitances C3 and C4 and a connection point between the capacitances C1 and C2 so that a composite circuit network is formed including the parallel circuit and the capacitances C1, C2, C3 and C4 in the oscillation loop, and within the composite circuit network a parallel resonance frequency that is defined by parameters of said parallel circuit and capacitances C2 and C4 is set in the vicinity of an unwanted oscillation frequency of the oscillator, thereby to suppress unwanted oscillation.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1, 2)

A Colpitts oscillator according to claims 1, 2, or 4, wherein the piezoelectric resonator is an SC-cut crystal unit, and the parallel resonance frequency is set to a B-mode resonance frequency of the SC-cut crystal unit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

A Colpitts oscillator according to claim 3, wherein the piezoelectric resonator is an SC-cut crystal unit, and the parallel resonance frequency is set to a B-mode resonance frequency of the SC-cut crystal unit.