IP Library Patent Application 11802630
Patent Application
App. No. 11/802,630

Voltage controlled oscillator and method of controlling frequency thereof

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App. No.
11/802,630
Abstract

A voltage controlled oscillator includes a first terminal and a second terminal between which a piezoelectric vibrator is to be connected, an amplifier which is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, a first MOS transistor in which a drain thereof is connected to the first terminal, a second MOS transistor in which a drain thereof is connected to the second terminal, a first control signal generating circuit which supplies a first control signal to each gate of the first and second MOS transistors, and a second control signal generating circuit which supplies a second control signal to the drain of the second MOS transistor.

Claims (26)

1 . A voltage controlled oscillator comprising:

a first terminal and a second terminal between which a piezoelectric vibrator is to be connected;

an amplifier which is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal;

a first MOS transistor in which a drain thereof is connected to the first terminal;

a second MOS transistor in which a drain thereof is connected to the second terminal;

a first control signal generating circuit which supplies a first control signal to each gate of the first and second MOS transistors; and

a second control signal generating circuit which supplies a second control signal to the drain of the second MOS transistor.

2 . The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a piezoelectric vibrator which is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal.

3 . The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the first control signal includes at least one of a temperature compensation control signal, an external voltage frequency control signal, and a variation compensation control signal.

4 . The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the second control signal is a voltage signal to cancel a temperature property of an oscillator sensitivity.

5 . A voltage controlled oscillator, comprising:

a first terminal and a second terminal between which a piezoelectric vibrator is to be connected;

an amplifier which is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal;

a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor in which drains thereof are connected to the first terminal;

a third MOS transistor and a fourth MOS transistor in which drains thereof are connected to the second terminal;

a first control signal generating circuit which supplies a first control signal to each gate of the first and third MOS transistors;

a second control signal generating circuit which supplies a second control signal to each gate of the second and fourth MOS transistors; and

a third control signal generating circuit which supplies a third control signal to the drains of the third and fourth MOS transistors.

6 . The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 5 , further comprising a piezoelectric vibrator which is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal.

7 . The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 5 , wherein the first control signal includes at least one of a temperature compensation control signal, an external voltage frequency control signal, and a variation compensation control signal.

8 . The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 5 , wherein the second control signal includes at least one of a temperature compensation control signal, an external voltage frequency control signal, and a variation compensation control signal.

9 . The voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 5 , wherein the third control signal is a voltage signal to cancel a temperature property of an oscillator sensitivity.

10 . A method of controlling the frequency of a voltage controlled oscillator having a plurality of control terminals, the method comprising:

supplying a first control signal for controlling an oscillation frequency to a first control terminal; and

supplying a second control signal for canceling the temperature property of an oscillator sensitivity to a second control terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2007
From: OTSUKA, TAKASHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020217/0075 →