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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Applicant:
Eric Lindgren, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Inventor:
Eric Lindgren, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/12 (2006.01); H02H 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) with an oscillator and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in which the parasitic capacitance of the ESD protection circuitry is disassociated from the oscillator circuitry to minimize loading of the tank circuit thereby minimizing degradation of the tank circuit quality factor (Q).