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Granted Patent B2
US 10,396,747 · App. 15/613,860 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Temperature compensated oscillation circuit, oscillator, electronic apparatus, vehicle, and method of manufacturing oscillator

Inventors: Hisahiro Ito (Minowa, JP); Yuichi Toriumi (Fujimi, JP); Nobutaka Shiozaki (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H03H3/04B06B1/06H03B5/1206H03B5/32H03H9/0547H03H9/08H03H9/125H03H9/17H03H9/562H03H2003/0414
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Patent No.
US 10,396,747
App. No.
15/613,860
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A temperature compensated oscillation circuit includes an oscillation circuit that oscillates a resonator, a fractional N-PLL circuit that multiplies frequency of an oscillation signal which is output by the oscillation circuit, on the basis of a frequency division ratio which is input, a temperature measurement unit that measures temperature, and a storage unit that stores a temperature correction table for correcting frequency temperature characteristics of the oscillation signal, in which the frequency division ratio of the fractional N-PLL circuit is set on the basis of a measurement value obtained by the temperature measurement unit and the temperature correction table.

Claims (33)

1. A temperature compensated oscillation circuit comprising:

an oscillation circuit that oscillates a resonator;

a first terminal that is connected to the oscillation circuit and receives an output signal of the resonator;

a second terminal separate from the first terminal;

a fractional N-PLL circuit that multiplies frequency of an oscillation signal which is output by the oscillation circuit, based on a frequency division ratio which is input;

a temperature measurement unit that measures temperature; and

a storage unit that stores a temperature correction table for correcting frequency temperature characteristics of the oscillation signal,

a control unit configured to set an update mode for updating the temperature correction table; and

a temperature correction table updating unit configured to update the temperature correction table in the update mode based on an output signal of the fractional N-PLL circuit and a reference clock signal which is input from the second terminal,

wherein the frequency division ratio of the fractional N-PLL circuit is set based on a measurement value obtained by the temperature measurement unit and the temperature correction table.

2. The temperature compensated oscillation circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the temperature correction table updating unit calculates the frequency division ratio for bringing frequency of the output signal of the fractional N-PLL circuit close to frequency of the reference clock signal in the update mode, and updates the temperature correction table based on the frequency division ratio.

3. The temperature compensated oscillation circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a frequency division ratio calculation unit that calculates the frequency division ratio corresponding to the measurement value obtained by the temperature measurement unit by using a plurality of the frequency division ratios described in the temperature correction table, in a case where the frequency division ratio corresponding to the measurement value is not described in the temperature correction table.

4. The temperature compensated oscillation circuit according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a frequency division ratio calculation unit that calculates the frequency division ratio corresponding to the measurement value obtained by the temperature measurement unit by using a plurality of the frequency division ratios described in the temperature correction table, in a case where the frequency division ratio corresponding to the measurement value is not described in the temperature correction table.

5. An oscillator comprising:

the temperature compensated oscillation circuit according to claim 1 ; and

the resonator.

6. An oscillator comprising:

the temperature compensated oscillation circuit according to claim 2 ; and

the resonator.

7. An oscillator comprising:

the temperature compensated oscillation circuit according to claim 3 ; and

the resonator.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising the oscillator according to claim 4 .

9. An electronic apparatus comprising the oscillator according to claim 5 .

10. A vehicle comprising the oscillator according to claim 4 .

11. A vehicle comprising the oscillator according to claim 5 .

12. A method of manufacturing an oscillator, the method comprising:

assembling the oscillator that includes a terminal, a resonator, and a temperature compensated oscillation circuit, the temperature compensated oscillation circuit that includes an oscillation circuit that oscillates the resonator, a first terminal that is connected to the oscillation circuit and receives an output of the resonator, a second terminal separate from the first terminal, a fractional N-PLL circuit that multiplies frequency of an oscillation signal which is output by the oscillation circuit based on a frequency division ratio which is input, a temperature measurement unit that measures temperature, a storage unit that stores a temperature correction table for correcting frequency temperature characteristics of the oscillation signal, a control unit that is capable of setting an update mode for updating the temperature correction table, and a temperature correction table updating unit that updates the temperature correction table based on an output signal of the fractional N-PLL circuit and a reference clock signal which is input from the second terminal, wherein the frequency division ratio of the fractional N-PLL circuit being set based on a measurement value obtained by the temperature measurement unit and the temperature correction table;

setting the temperature compensated oscillation circuit to be in the update mode; and

changing a temperature of the oscillator in a predetermined range while inputting the reference clock signal to the terminal to thereby change temperature of the oscillator in a predetermined range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2017
From: ITO, HISAHIRO; TORIUMI, YUICHI; SHIOZAKI, NOBUTAKA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-113223 · Jun 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170353171A1 · Dec 7, 2017