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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Shane A. Blanchard, Chubbuck, ID (US);
Jeremy J. Rice, Pocatello, ID (US);
AMI Semiconductor, Inc., Pocatello, ID (US);
Abstract
An oscillation circuit including a resonating element such as a crystal, an inverting amplifier and a resistor that each span the resonating element terminals, and two capacitors that capacitively couple the resonating element terminals to ground. An AC current source such as a temperature compensated and properly trimmed ring oscillator generates a differential AC current when active. The differential AC current has a frequency that is within a tolerance of the resonant frequency of the resonant element for a given set of operating conditions. Two buffers connect the differential outputs of the AC current source to respective terminals of the resonating element to thereby shorten startup time. A control logic circuit carefully times the application of the differential AC current to the resonating element terminals such that the current is applied for a sufficient time such that startup would occur under any anticipated operating condition.