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Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2022
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sudhakar Pamarti, Irvine, CA (US);

Haris Suhail, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/06 (2006.01); H03B 5/32 (2006.01); H03L 3/00 (2006.01); H03B 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/06 (2013.01); H03B 5/32 (2013.01); H03B 5/366 (2013.01); H03L 3/00 (2013.01); H03B 2200/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

Oscillator quick-startup circuit and method in which a voltage step is applied to a resonator (crystal) resulting in ringing which is amplified and fed into a locking circuit which locks to it, such as a programmable delay circuit. Once locking is complete, then the circuit is switched into a standalone oscillator mode, having a feedback path, the output of this injection oscillator energizes the resonator for achieving quick startup of a primary oscillator, in response to it automatically adjusting injection oscillator frequency to match the frequency of the resonator. A digital circuit controls the configuring of the circuit for applying the voltage step, adjusting the locking circuit, and then switching into a standalone oscillator mode.


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