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Granted Patent B2
US 10,680,554 · App. 16/219,995 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Circuit device, oscillator, electronic apparatus, and vehicle

Inventors: Hideo Haneda (Matsumoto, JP); Akio Tsutsumi (Chino, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H03B5/30B81B7/008H03B5/366H03L1/027H03L1/04H03L7/093H03L7/099H03M1/46B81B2207/03H03B2200/0062H03B2201/0208
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Patent No.
US 10,680,554
App. No.
16/219,995
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit device includes a drive circuit driving a resonator, an oscillation circuit having the resonator and a variable capacitance circuit coupled to an oscillation loop including the drive circuit, and a D/A converter circuit that performs D/A conversion on frequency control data and outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal which are differential signals. The variable capacitance circuit includes a first variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the first voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a first bias voltage is input and a second variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the second voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a second bias voltage is input.

Claims (63)

1. A circuit device comprising:

an oscillation circuit that includes

a drive circuit driving a resonator, and

a variable capacitance circuit coupled to an oscillation loop including the resonator and the drive circuit; and

a D/A converter circuit that performs D/A conversion on frequency control data and outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal which are differential signals corresponding to the frequency control data,

wherein the variable capacitance circuit includes

a first variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the first voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a first bias voltage is input, and

a second variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the second voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a second bias voltage is input.

2. The circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first bias voltage and the second bias voltage are the same voltage.

3. The circuit device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the variable capacitance circuit includes

a coupling node coupled to the oscillation loop,

a connection node connecting the other end of the first variable capacitance capacitor and the other end of the second variable capacitance capacitor, and

a capacitor provided between the coupling node and the connection node.

4. The circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the variable capacitance circuit includes

a first capacitor provided between a coupling node coupled to the oscillation loop and the other end of the first variable capacitance capacitor, and

a second capacitor provided between the coupling node and the other end of the second variable capacitance capacitor.

5. The circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the variable capacitance circuit includes

a third variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the first voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a third bias voltage is input, and

a fourth variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the second voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a fourth bias voltage is input.

6. The circuit device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the third bias voltage and the fourth bias voltage are the same voltage.

7. The circuit device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first ground capacitor provided between a first node to which one end of the first variable capacitance capacitor is connected and to which the first voltage signal is input and a ground node; and

a second ground capacitor provided between a second node to which one end of the second variable capacitance capacitor is connected and to which the second voltage signal is input and the ground node.

8. The circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the D/A converter circuit includes

a delta-sigma converter circuit that performs delta-sigma conversion on the frequency control data and outputting differential conversion signals, and

a low-pass filter that performs differential low-pass filter processing on the differential conversion signals and outputting the D/A converted voltage signals of the differential signals.

9. The circuit device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the low-pass filter includes

a first ground capacitor provided between a first node to which one end of the first variable capacitance capacitor is connected and a ground node, and

a second ground capacitor provided between a second node to which one end of the second variable capacitance capacitor is connected and the ground node, and

the low-pass filter performs the low-pass filter processing using the first ground capacitor and the second ground capacitor, outputs the first voltage signal to the first node, and outputs the second voltage signal to the second node.

10. An oscillator comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 1 ; and

the resonator.

11. An oscillator comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 2 ; and

the resonator.

12. An oscillator comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 3 ; and

the resonator.

13. An oscillator comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 4 ; and

the resonator.

14. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 1 .

15. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 2 .

16. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 3 .

17. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 4 .

18. A vehicle comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 1 .

19. A vehicle comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 2 .

20. A vehicle comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 3 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2018
From: HANEDA, HIDEO; TSUTSUMI, AKIO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-240161 · Dec 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190190448A1 · Jun 20, 2019