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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Applicant:
Jan R. Westra, Uithoorn, NL;
Inventor:
Jan R. Westra, Uithoorn, NL;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A resonator-synchronized oscillator for resonance mode selection is disclosed. In one embodiment, the resonator-synchronized oscillator comprises an oscillation loop, at least one capacitor switching circuit coupled to the oscillation loop, and a multi-mode resonator having an output coupled to the at least one capacitor switching circuit. The output signal of the resonator is used to synchronize the oscillator using switched capacitor structures to instantaneously reset the phase of the resonator-synchronized oscillator.