Seiko Epson Corporation

Masaaki Okubo

Kenji Hayashi

Takemi Yonezawa

An oscillator includes a vibrator element, a container in which the vibrator element is housed, at least one of a heating element and a cooling body configured to control the temperature on the inside of the container, an oscillation circuit electrically connected to the vibrator element, a D/A conversion circuit configured to control a frequency output by the oscillation circuit, and a reference-voltage generation circuit configured to supply a voltage to the D/A conversion circuit. The reference-voltage generation circuit is mounted on the inside of the container or on a substrate on which the container is mounted.

Oscillator, electronic apparatus, and moving object

An oscillator includes a resonator; an oscillation circuit which oscillates the resonator; a D/A conversion circuit which receives digital data for controlling a frequency of the oscillation circuit; a first temperature sensor; and a temperature compensation circuit which is connected to the first temperature sensor. The oscillation circuit includes a first variable capacitor element and a second variable capacitor element. An output voltage of the D/A conversion circuit is applied to the first variable capacitor element. An output voltage of the temperature compensation circuit is applied to the second variable capacitor element.

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Minowa-machi, Japan

Masaaki Okubo