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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Gennady Feygin, Plano, TX (US);
Khurram Muhammad, Dallas, TX (US);
Chih-ming Hung, McKinney, TX (US);
Meng-chang Lee, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gennady Feygin, Plano, TX (US);
Khurram Muhammad, Dallas, TX (US);
Chih-Ming Hung, McKinney, TX (US);
Meng-Chang Lee, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems to provide digitally controlled crystal oscillators are disclosed. One example method includes determining a state of an oscillator system and selecting a first output of a digitally controlled crystal oscillator or a second output of a second oscillator based on the determination. In an example implementation, the second oscillator is a ring oscillator.