| US 7,612,623 B2 | ||
| Micropower RC oscillator | ||
| Joon Hyung Lim, Gunpo (Korea, Republic of); Myeung Su Kim, Suwon (Korea, Republic of); Yong Il Kwon, Suwon (Korea, Republic of); and Tah Joon Park, Suwon (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Gyunggi-Do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on May 31, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/756,032. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0049299 (KR), filed on Jun. 01, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0055012 A1, Mar. 06, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H03K 3/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 331—143 [331/36 C; 331/111] | 8 Claims |

| 1. A micropower RC oscillator comprising:
a current generating section including:
a current source that generates a current; and
a variable resistor of which the magnitude is variably set and which is configured by combining resistor elements at a predetermined
ratio, the resistor elements having opposite characteristics to each other with respect to a temperature change,
wherein the magnitude of the generated current is adjusted by the variable resistor;
a start-up circuit section connected to the current generating section and fixing a bias operating point to a constant value
such that the current generating section stably generates a current;
a charge and discharge circuit section including a variable capacitor, of which the magnitude is variably set, and a plurality
of transistors, the charge and discharge circuit section charging and discharging the variable capacitor by using the current
generated from the current generating section and the plurality of transistors;
an oscillation signal output section connected to the charge and discharge circuit section and including a plurality of inverters,
the oscillation signal output section outputting an oscillation signal of which the frequency is determined by the resistance
of the variable resistor and the capacitance of the variable capacitor; and
an inverter driving power supply section mirroring the current generated from the current generating section and then providing
the mirrored current as a driving power supply of the inverters;
wherein the start-up circuit section includes first to third transistors, each of which is provided with first to third terminals
and in which the magnitude and direction of a current flowing from the second terminal to the third terminal are varied on
the basis of the magnitude of a voltage applied between the first and second terminals.
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