INTEGRATED OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT HAVING AT LEAST TWO RESONANT CIRCUITS

• US 20110102093A1
• Filed: 03/31/2007
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Atmel Automotive GmbH (Microchip Technology Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Atmel Duisburg GmbH (Microchip Technology Incorporated)
• Inventors: Tempel, Ralf, El Rai, Samir
• Application Number:
  US12/296,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20110102093A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 331/117.FE
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1203 the amplifier being a single transistor
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1212 the amplifier comprising a pair of transistors, wherein an output terminal of each being connected to an input terminal of the other, e.g. a cross coupled pair
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1218 the generator being of the balanced type
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1231 the amplifier comprising one or more bipolar transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/124 the means comprising a voltage dependent capacitance
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1296 the feedback circuit comprising a transformer
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1841 the frequency-determining element being a strip line resonator H03B5/1805, H03B5/1817, H03B5/1864 and H03B5/1882 take precedence

Abstract

An integrated oscillator circuit (16) with an amplifier circuit (22) and a frequency-selective feedback network comprising a first resonant circuit (18) and a second resonant circuit (20) is proposed. The oscillator circuit is characterized in that the first resonant circuit (18) is connected to the amplifier circuit (22) solely on the output side and is formed as a parallel resonant circuit comprising a first capacitor (24) and a first inductor (26), and the second resonant circuit (20) is connected to the amplifier circuit (22) solely on the input side (36, 38) and is formed as a parallel resonant circuit comprising a second capacitor (32) and a second inductor (34).

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. An integrated oscillator circuit comprising:

an amplifier circuit; and

a frequency-selective feedback network comprising a first resonant circuit and a second resonant circuit,

wherein the first resonant circuit is connected to the amplifier circuit solely on an output side and is formed as a parallel resonant circuit comprising a first capacitor and a first inductor,

wherein the second resonant circuit is connected to the amplifier circuit solely on an input side and is formed as a parallel resonant circuit comprising a second capacitor and a second inductor, and

wherein a transformer coupling is provided between an output and an input of the amplifier circuit.

22. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the second inductor and the second capacitor have fixed values.

23. The oscillator circuit according to claim 22, wherein the fixed values of the second inductor and the second capacitor together with values for parasitic capacitors of the amplifier circuit together fulfill a resonance condition.

24. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the capacitor of the second resonant circuit has a variable capacitance value.

25. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the first inductor is connected via a first DC current path to a first DC reference potential, and the second inductor is connected via a second DC current path to a second DC reference potential.

26. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, comprising a capacitive coupling between an output and an input of the amplifier circuit.

27. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, comprising a transformer coupling between circular, concentric first inductors and second inductors.

28. The oscillator circuit according to one claim 21, comprising an amplifier circuit, which has at least one bipolar transistor in a common-base circuit, common-emitter circuit, or common-collector circuit.

29. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, comprising an amplifier circuit, which has at least one unipolar transistor in a gate circuit, source circuit, or drain circuit.

30. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the first capacitor has a variable capacitance value.

31. The oscillator circuit according to claim 24, wherein values of the first capacitor and the second capacitor are variable independently of one another.

32. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the inductance values of the first inductor and the second inductor are the same.

33. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the inductance values of the first inductor and the second inductor are different.

34. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the first inductor and the second inductor each have at least one rectangular conductor loop.

35. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the first inductor and the second inductor each have at least one conductor loop with sections, straight in areas, with a regular or irregular, as well as convex or concave polygon shape or at least one conductor loop with concave or convex sections, curved in areas, or at least one conductor loop made of curved and straight sections.

36. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, further comprising a differential amplifier circuit.

37. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, further comprising a single-ended amplifier circuit.

38. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, wherein the first resonant circuit is connected to at least one output of the amplifier circuit and the second resonant circuit is connected to at least one input of the amplifier circuit.

39. The oscillator circuit according to claim 21, further comprising:

an amplifier circuit with at least one first terminal, at least one second terminal, and at least one third terminal, each of which is connected to an AC ground over a respective impedance, wherein the at least one first terminal is connected to an AC ground via the first parallel resonant circuit and the at least one second terminal via the second parallel resonant circuit and the third terminal via an impedor partially or totally reflecting electrical waves.