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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventor:
Hyman Shanan, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/1228 (2013.01); H03B 5/1203 (2013.01); H03B 5/1215 (2013.01); H03B 5/1253 (2013.01); H03B 5/1265 (2013.01);
Abstract
One aspect of this disclosure is an apparatus including an oscillator that includes a secondary LC circuit to increase a tuning range of the oscillator and/or to reduce a phase noise of the oscillator. Another aspect of this disclosure is an apparatus that includes oscillator with a primary LC circuit and a secondary LC circuit. This oscillator can operate in a primary oscillation mode or a secondary oscillation mode, depending on whether oscillation is set by the primary LC circuit or the secondary LC circuit.