Integrated differential voltage controlled ring oscillator
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1. A voltage controlled oscillator integrated on a single semiconductor chip comprising:
- a plurality of differential inverter logic blocks connected in a ring;
a source of differential control voltage;
a plurality of d.c. differential amplifiers each connected to said source of differential control voltage;
a plurality of pairs of capacitors connecting differential outputs of said d.c. differential amplifiers to at least some of said differential inverter logic blocks, a change in said source of differential control voltage changing a loading effect that said capacitors have on corresponding differential inverter logic blocks and changing the frequency of the ring oscillator; and
output means connected to an output of one of said differential inverter logic blocks and providing a differential output having a center frequency determined by said differential inverter logic blocks connected in said ring.
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A highly stable, high frequency voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) for phase locked loops is adapted to be fully integrated on a single silicon chip and is operable over a wide frequency range without using off-chip capacitors. The VCO is a fully differential ring oscillator with fully differential voltage control. The VCO is constructed from basic blocks made of differential emitter coupled transistor pairs. Voltage control is provided by differential d.c. amplifiers which vary the capacitive load seen by the logic blocks.
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1. A voltage controlled oscillator integrated on a single semiconductor chip comprising:
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a plurality of differential inverter logic blocks connected in a ring; a source of differential control voltage; a plurality of d.c. differential amplifiers each connected to said source of differential control voltage; a plurality of pairs of capacitors connecting differential outputs of said d.c. differential amplifiers to at least some of said differential inverter logic blocks, a change in said source of differential control voltage changing a loading effect that said capacitors have on corresponding differential inverter logic blocks and changing the frequency of the ring oscillator; and output means connected to an output of one of said differential inverter logic blocks and providing a differential output having a center frequency determined by said differential inverter logic blocks connected in said ring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A voltage controlled oscillator integrated on a single semiconductor chip comprising:
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a plurality of differential inverter logic blocks connected in a ring; a source of differential control voltage; a plurality of d.c. differential amplifiers each connected to said source of differential control voltage; a plurality of pairs of forward biased PN junctions connecting differential outputs of said d.c. differential amplifiers to at least some of said differential inverter logic blocks, said PN junctions functioning as variable capacitors in response to a change in said source of differential control voltage to change a loading on corresponding differential inverter logic blocks and changing the frequency of the ring oscillator as a function of said control voltage; and output means connected to an output of one of said differential inverter logic blocks and providing a differential output having a center frequency determined by said differential inverter logic blocks connected in said ring. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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