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US 9,431,958 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for generating an oscillator signal
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorsZdravko Boos, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a mechanical resonator-based oscillator module generating a local oscillator signal with a frequency of more than 700 MHz. Further, the apparatus comprises a digital-to-time converter module generating a frequency adapted signal based on the local oscillator signal.
Claims16
An apparatus for generating an oscillator signal comprising:
- a mechanical resonator based oscillator module configured to generate a local oscillator signal with a frequency of more than 700 MHz;
- a digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a frequency adapted signal based on the local oscillator signal and a phase component of a baseband transmit signal;
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- a mixing circuit configured to generate a frequency converted signal based on the frequency adapted signal and an amplitude component of the baseband transmit signal,
- wherein the frequency converted signal comprises a radio frequency transmit signal.
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An apparatus for generating an oscillator signal comprising:
- a mechanical resonator based oscillator module configured to generate a local oscillator signal with a frequency of more than 700 MHz;
- a digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a frequency adapted signal based on the local oscillator signal;
- a low frequency oscillator module configured to generate a reference oscillator signal with a frequency below 100 MHz;
- a standby control module configured to trigger a switching from an off-state to an on-state of the mechanical resonator based oscillator module based on the reference oscillator signal;
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- a deviation determining module configured to generate a deviation signal based on the local oscillator signal and the reference oscillator signal, wherein the deviation signal comprises information indicating a deviation of the local oscillator signal or the reference oscillator signal from a desired behavior,
- wherein the digital-to-time converter module is configured to provide the frequency adapted signal based on the local oscillator signal and the deviation signal.
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