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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J. Tinsley, Garland, TX (US);
Fernando D. Carvajal, Fairview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/30 ;
Abstract
A low-current oscillator with input buffer hysteresis for increased noise immunity during oscillator start-up. Resistors are switched in and out of the comparator input elements creating offsets in one leg of the comparator at a time.