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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/32 (2006.01); H03L 1/04 (2006.01); H03L 1/02 (2006.01); H03B 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 1/04 (2013.01); H03B 5/36 (2013.01); H03L 1/022 (2013.01); H03L 1/026 (2013.01); H03L 1/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oscillator includes an oscillation source, multiple temperature control elements, and a controller adapted to perform control to suppress an increase in current consumed in one or more of the temperature control elements during at least part of a period from when operation of the oscillation source initiates to when the oscillation source reaches a specified temperature.