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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368202 ; 331176 ; 3311 / ;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece is provided with a timebase signal source comprising a relatively low frequency quartz crystal oscillator circuit and with means for compensating the timebase signal frequency for the effects of temperature changes on the low frequency oscillator circuit, and further with means for comparing the timebase signal frequency with the frequency of a relatively high frequency quartz crystal oscillator circuit having high stability against aging changes, to thereby compensate for changes in the timebase frequency caused by aging of the low frequency quartz crystal vibrator, this comparison being carried out only within a specific narrow range of operating temperatures.