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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Normand T. Lemay, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Waseca, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/00 ;
Abstract
The oscillator of the present invention generally comprises a resonating device that is directly coupled to ground and a circuit portion. The circuit portion is operably coupled to the resonating device and includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor provides DC feedback to the second transistor and enables a temperature independent bias current through said second transistor.