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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Applicant:
Michael P. Mack, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael P. Mack, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring an oscillator circuit to selectively switch between a low power mode and a normal mode of operation. The oscillator circuit includes an oscillator core in parallel with a dynamically configurable gain circuit. The oscillator core is configured to generate a clock signal. One or more gain elements of the gain circuit can be selectively disabled to reduce the operating power level of the oscillator circuit during a low power mode.