IP Library Granted Patent US 9,634,608
Granted Patent B2
US 9,634,608 · App. 14/836,625 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Crystal oscillation circuit and electronic timepiece

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Patent No.
US 9,634,608
App. No.
14/836,625
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a crystal oscillation circuit low in current consumption and stably short in oscillation start time. A crystal oscillation circuit is equipped with a crystal vibrator, a feedback resistor, a bias circuit, a constant voltage circuit, and an oscillation inverter configured by a constant current inverter. The oscillation inverter is configured so as to be controlled by currents based on input signals from the bias circuit and the crystal vibrator and driven by an output voltage of the constant voltage circuit.

Claims (9)

1. A crystal oscillation circuit, comprising:

a crystal vibrator;

a feedback resistor;

a bias circuit;

a constant voltage circuit; and

an oscillation inverter configured by a constant current inverter comprising a current source transistor and a transistor configuring an inverter that are connected in series, wherein a gate of the current source transistor is connected to an output terminal of the bias circuit through a resistor and connected to an input terminal of the crystal vibrator through a capacitor

said oscillation inverter being controlled by currents based on input signals from the bias circuit and the crystal vibrator and driven by an output voltage of the constant voltage circuit.

2. The crystal oscillation circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least either of the output voltage of the constant voltage circuit and the currents based on the input signals is increased at the start of oscillation.

3. An electronic timepiece equipped with the crystal oscillation circuit according to claim 1 .

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 037783 FRAME: 0166. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 23, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037903/0928 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION .
Reel/Frame 037783/0166 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2015
From: WATANABE, KOTARO; MITANI, MAKOTO
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 036431/0147 →