Oscillator
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorNaoki Takahashi
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Abstract
An oscillator, generating multiple phases of clock signals having a uniform phase difference with a high precision by a simple configuration, includes a plurality of NAND circuits ND1 to ND8 having the same number of input terminals connected in a ring. Eight NAND circuits are connected, and an output node of each NAND circuit is connected to an input node of each NAND circuit up to the NAND circuit connected exactly two places, that is, the number of input terminals' worth of places, ahead.
Claims5
An oscillator comprising a plurality of logical circuits of a same type having a same number of input terminals connected in a ring, wherein;
- an even number of the logical circuits are connected, and
- an output node of each logical circuit is connected to an input node of each logical circuit up to the logical circuit connected to exactly the same number of input terminals worth of places ahead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.