Rockwell International Corporation

Mingming Zhang

John R Spence

Rajiv Gupta

The LOW POWER CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR shown here reduces power consumption of a Pierce oscillator which has an inverter preferably made of an NFET N0 and a PFET P0 in series. A load, preferably an NFET N1 with its gate wired to its source, is placed in parallel with a switch, preferably a PFET P1, between P0 and Vcc. A clamp, preferably a PFET P2 with its gate wired to its source, is placed in parallel with a switch, preferably an NFET N2, between N0 and ground. The switches are enabled during power-up, thereby providing quick turn-on of the oscillator. They are then disabled, thereby reducing the voltage across the crystal XTAL and consequently reducing the power consumed.

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Alhambra, CA, United States of America

Mingming Zhang