Title (en)

CROSS-COUPLED OSCILLATOR, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Title (de)
KREUZGEKOPPELTER OSZILLATOR, INTEGRIERTE SCHALTUNG UND ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)
OSCILLATEUR À COUPLAGE CROISÉ, CIRCUIT INTÉGRÉ ET DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE

Publication
EP 3016279 A1 20160504 (EN)

Application
EP 15191611 A 20151027

Priority
  • US 201462072404 P 20141029
  • US 201514920906 A 20151023

Abstract (en)
A cross-coupled oscillator arrangement has a first resistance-capacitance oscillator core (302) including at least two inverting stages (422, 424);
and a second resistance-capacitance oscillator core (304) substantially identical to the first resistance-capacitance oscillator core (301). The first
oscillator core (302) and second oscillator core (304) are cross coupled in anti-phase using coupling capacitors (310, 312). The first oscillator core
(302) and second oscillator core (304) are also connected in series such that the first oscillator core (302) is supplied with a supply between a
first potential (204) and a second potential and the second oscillator core (304) is supplied with a supply between the second potential and a third
potential (210).

IPC 8 full level

H03B 5/26  (2006.01); H03K 3/0231  (2006.01)

CPC
H03K 3/0231 (2013.01); H03B 5/26 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)
MILLMAN; GRABEL: "Microelectronics", 1987, MCGRAW-HILL

Citation (search report)

• [A] US 2004070461 A1 20040415 - FREDRIKSSON JESPER [SE]
• [A] US 2014285274 A1 20140925 - UMMELMANN DETLEF [DE], et al

• [XAI] GHOSH D ET AL: "A 10 GHz low phase noise VCO employing current reuse and capacitive power combining", CUSTOM
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (CICC), 2010 IEEE, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 19 September 2010 (2010-09-19),
pages 1 - 4, XP031786677, ISBN: 978-1-4244-5758-8
• [A] NAM-JIN OH ET AL: "Current reused Lc VCOs", IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS, IEEE
SERVICE CENTER, NEW YORK, NY, US, vol. 15, no. 11, 30 November 2005 (2005-11-30), pages 736 - 738, XP001512638,
ISSN: 1531-1309, DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.858993

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family

EP 3016279 A1 20160504; EP 3016279 B1 20180321; CN 105577119 A 20160511; CN 105577119 B 20181113; US 2016126887 A1 20160505;
US 9385652 B2 20160705