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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Tiago Marques, Austin, TX (US);

John Khoury, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/36 (2006.01); H03B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/366 (2013.01); H03B 5/04 (2013.01); H03B 5/364 (2013.01); H03B 2200/004 (2013.01); H03B 2200/005 (2013.01); H03B 2200/0068 (2013.01); H03B 2201/0208 (2013.01); H03B 2201/0266 (2013.01);
Abstract

A crystal driver circuit for driving a crystal to oscillate at a resonant frequency including an amplifier having an input coupled to an amplifier input node and having an output coupled to an amplifier output node, a current source that provides a core bias current to the amplifier, a first tune capacitor coupled between the amplifier output node and a reference node, and a second tune capacitor coupled between the amplifier input node and the reference node. The first tune capacitor has a first capacitance that is greater than a second capacitance of the second tune capacitor by a capacitance offset that reduces frequency shift during operation. The first and second capacitances have a combined capacitance that achieves an oscillating signal having a target frequency.


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