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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Yo Sawamura, Kyoto, JP;
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A circuit which supplies a clock pulse to activate the microcomputer includes a sinusoidal wave oscillation circuit. A sinusoidal waveulse converting circuit is provided which converts an oscillation output of the sinusoidal wave oscillation circuit into a clock pulse when the level of the oscillation output exceeds a predetermined value. The clock pulse is supplied to the microcomputer by the converting circuit. The converting circuit includes a first inverter having a threshold value on the high voltage side of the central level of the amplitude of the oscillation output and a second inverter having a threshold value on the low voltage side of the central level of the amplitude. In addition, the converting circuit includes an RS flip flop which generates a clock pulse whose level changes alternately by the outputs of the first and second inverters.