US 7,612,590 B2
Oscillating apparatus
Hiroki Kimura, Tokyo (Japan); and Yuichi Miyaji, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Advantest Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/257,401.
Application 12/257401 is a division of application No. 11/776550, filed on Jul. 11, 2007.
Application 11/776550 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2006/305591, filed on Mar. 20, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-084575 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2009/0079480 A1, Mar. 26, 2009
Int. Cl. H03L 7/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 327—156  [331/17] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oscillating apparatus comprising:
an integration circuit that outputs a control signal based on an integration value of two inputted voltage values;
an oscillator that outputs an oscillation signal of a frequency that is based on the control signal;
a phase comparator that outputs a phase difference signal of a pulse width that is in accordance with a phase difference between the oscillation signal and the reference signal, by comparing the oscillation signal with a reference signal of a predetermined frequency;
a controlling circuit that controls the two inputted voltage values based on the phase difference signal, so as to approximate a phase difference between the oscillation signal and the reference signal to a predetermined reference phase difference; and
a voltage stabilizing circuit that defines the two inputted voltage values both based on a predetermined reference voltage.