VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR AND COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT WITH IT
First Claim
1. A variable frequency oscillator, comprising:
- a power supply terminal for connecting to an external power supply;
a ring oscillator in which delay circuits of a plurality of stages are cascade-connected in a ring and each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages is connected to the power supply terminal in common and which outputs an oscillation signal of a frequency according to control current; and
a current source for frequency control connected to each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages in common for supplying the control current to the ring oscillator,wherein the current source for frequency control includes a first current source and a second current source respectively connected to the ring oscillator via a common terminal,wherein the first current source generates current for frequency control according to input frequency control voltage,wherein the second current source generates current for compensation according to environmental variation, andwherein the current for frequency control and the current for compensation are added to be control current of the ring oscillator.
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Abstract
In a variable frequency oscillator in a semiconductor device, as the variation of an oscillation frequency caused by the variation of temperature and supply voltage and process variation is large, it is difficult to reduce the conversion ratio of control voltage dependent upon phase noise and the oscillation frequency and therefore, phase noise is large. The variation of the oscillation frequency is suppressed and phase noise is reduced by connecting a voltage-to-current conversion circuit that converts input control voltage to control current of a ring oscillator to the ring oscillator where delay circuits a delay time of which increases and decreases according to the amplitude of input control current are cascade-connected by a plurality of stages in a ring and increasing/decreasing current dependent upon any of temperature, supply voltage and the threshold voltage of a transistor inside the voltage-to-current conversion circuit.
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20 Claims
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1. A variable frequency oscillator, comprising:
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a power supply terminal for connecting to an external power supply; a ring oscillator in which delay circuits of a plurality of stages are cascade-connected in a ring and each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages is connected to the power supply terminal in common and which outputs an oscillation signal of a frequency according to control current; and a current source for frequency control connected to each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages in common for supplying the control current to the ring oscillator, wherein the current source for frequency control includes a first current source and a second current source respectively connected to the ring oscillator via a common terminal, wherein the first current source generates current for frequency control according to input frequency control voltage, wherein the second current source generates current for compensation according to environmental variation, and wherein the current for frequency control and the current for compensation are added to be control current of the ring oscillator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A variable frequency oscillator, comprising:
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a power supply terminal for connecting to an external power supply; a ring oscillator in which delay circuit of a plurality of stages are cascade-connected in a ring and each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages is connected to the power supply terminal in common and which outputs an oscillation signal of a frequency according to control current; and a current source for frequency control connected to each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages in common for supplying the control current to the ring oscillator, wherein the current source for frequency control includes a first current source and a second current source respectively connected to the ring oscillator via a common terminal, wherein the first current source includes a voltage conversion circuit for frequency control and a first voltage controlled current source circuit, wherein the second current source at least includes a first reference voltage source circuit for process, voltage and temperature environment compensation, a second reference voltage conversion circuit for process, voltage and temperature environment compensation and a second voltage controlled current source circuit, and wherein current of the first current source and current of the second current source are added and are input to the ring oscillator as the control current. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A communication circuit provided with a phase locked loop (PLL),
wherein the PLL includes a phase frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator and a divider, wherein the voltage controlled oscillator comprises: -
a power supply terminal for connecting to an external power supply; a ring oscillator in which delay circuits of a plurality of stages are cascade-connected in a ring and each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages is connected to the power supply terminal in common and which outputs an oscillation signal of a frequency according to control current; and a current source for frequency control connected to each of the delay circuits of the plurality of stages in common for supplying the control current to the ring oscillator, wherein the current source of frequency control includes a first current source and a second current source respectively connected to the ring oscillator via a common terminal, wherein the first current source generates current for frequency control according to input frequency control voltage, wherein the second current source generates current for compensation according to environmental variation, and wherein the current for frequency control and the current for compensation are added to be control current of the ring oscillator. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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