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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Fiedler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Iain Ross Mactaggart, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B / ; H03B / ; H03K / ; H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 57 ; 331175 ; 3311 / ; 331186 ; 327280 ; 327281 ; 327541 ;
Abstract
A voltage-controlled oscillator includes at least one voltage-controlled delay element and a reference voltage generator. The voltage-controlled delay element has first and second voltage supply inputs, a control voltage input, a signal input and a signal output. The reference voltage generator has a voltage input coupled to the control voltage input and a voltage output coupled to the first voltage supply input.