Oscillation device and oscillation method
An oscillation device, includes: an oscillator circuit that generates an oscillation signal based on a direct current voltage to be inputted, the oscillation signal being provided with a specification requested by a supplied device that is supposed to receive a supply of the oscillation signal; a gate circuit provided in the subsequent stage of the oscillator circuit and capable of outputting the oscillation signal from the oscillator circuit towards the supplied device; a power supply monitor circuit for detecting that the direct current voltage to be inputted has reached a voltage at which the oscillator circuit is able to start to generate the oscillation signal; and a delay circuit that causes the gate circuit to output to the supplied device the oscillation signal from the oscillator circuit, when a time required for the state of the oscillation signal, which the oscillator circuit generates, to become substantially constant is clocked on the basis of a time when a notice of the detection is received from the power supply monitor circuit, and the clocking is completed.
1. An oscillation device, comprising:
an oscillator circuit that generates an oscillation signal based on a direct current voltage to be inputted, the oscillation signal being provided with a specification requested by a supplied device that is supposed to receive a supply of the oscillation signal;
a gate circuit provided in the subsequent stage of the oscillator circuit and capable of outputting the oscillation signal from the oscillator circuit towards the supplied device;
a power supply monitor circuit for detecting that the direct current voltage to be inputted has reached a voltage at which the oscillator circuit is able to start to generate the oscillation signal; and
a delay circuit that causes the gate circuit to output to the supplied device the oscillation signal from the oscillator circuit, when a time required for the state of the oscillation signal, which the oscillator circuit generates, to become substantially constant is clocked on the basis of a time when a notice of the detection is received from the power supply monitor circuit, and the clocking is completed.
2. The oscillation device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a frequency divider circuit that outputs a frequency-divided signal by dividing the oscillation signal from the gate circuit, the frequency-divided signal being a signal divided from the oscillation signal, and an output circuit that amplifies the oscillation signal from the gate circuit or the frequency-divided signal from the frequency divider circuit and outputs ft to the supplied device.
3. The oscillation device according to claim , wherein at least one of the gate circuit, the frequency divider circuit, and the output circuit carries out an output operation of from the relevant circuit to the supplied device in response to an output enable/disable signai that provides the enabling/disabling of the output operation.
4. The oscillation device according to claim 3 , further comprising a second gate circuit that controls a notice of the detection to the delay circuit by the power supply monitor circuit, wherein
the oscillator circuit carries out the oscillation operation in response to a standby signal that provides the enabling/disabling of the oscillation operation and the control operation by the second gate circuit, and the delay circuit carries out the clocking operation in response to the notice of the detection via the second gate circuit.
5. An oscillation method, comprising:
oscillating for generating an oscillation signal based on a direct current voltage to be inputted; and
outputting the oscillation signal when a time required for the state of the oscillation signal, which the oscillation step generates, to become substantially constant has lapsed on the basis of a time when the direct current voltage to be inputted has reached a voltage at which the oscillation step is able to start to generate the oscillation signal;
providing a gate circuit that outputs the oscillation signal to a supplied device; and
providing a delay circuit that causes the pate circuit to output the oscillation signal when a time reguired for the state of the oscillation signal to become substantially constant is clocked based on a time when a notice of the detection is received.
6. An oscillation device, comprising:
an oscillator circuit that generates an oscillation signal based on a direct current voltage;
a gate circuit that receives the oscillation signal from the oscillator circuit and outputs the oscillation signal;
a power supply monitor circuit that detects whether the direct current voltage is greater than a predetermined voltage and generates a detected signal when the direct current voltage is greater than the predetermined voltage;
a delay circuit that causes the gate circuit to output the oscillation signal based on a predetermined period after the detected signal is received from the power supply monitor circuit.
7. The oscillation device according to claim 6 wherein the predetermined voltage is greater than a voltage required for the oscillator circuit to generate the oscillation signal.