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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Randall Kubena, Oak Park, CA (US);
Yook-kong Yong, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Randall Kubena, Oak Park, CA (US);
Yook-Kong Yong, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/32 (2006.01); H01L 41/047 (2006.01); H01L 41/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a piezoelectric crystal oscillator using parametric amplification to enhance the Q. Parametric amplification is accomplished by driving the same region of the crystal as used for the oscillator with an overtone of the crystal resonator.