| US 7,612,624 B2 | ||
| Resistor-capacitor oscillation circuit capable of adjusting oscillation frequency and method of the same | ||
| Joon Hyung Lim, Gyunggi-Do (Korea, Republic of); Tah Joon Park, Gyunggi-Do (Korea, Republic of); Kwang Mook Lee, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Koon Shik Cho, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Gyunggi-Do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/928,720. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0106934 (KR), filed on Oct. 31, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0100391 A1, May 01, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H03K 3/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 331—143 [331/34; 331/36 C; 331/179] | 8 Claims |

| 1. A resistor-capacitor oscillation circuit capable of adjusting an oscillating frequency, the resistor-capacitor oscillation
circuit comprising:
a resistor-capacitor oscillator including a variable resistor and a variable capacitor, the resistor-capacitor oscillator
generating a resistor-capacitor oscillating signal having a frequency determined by a resistance of the variable resistor
and a capacitance of the variable capacitor;
a counter counting a clock number of a reference oscillating signal corresponding to one period of the resistor-capacitor
oscillating signal to generate a first count value, the reference oscillating signal having a preset frequency; and
a frequency controller controlling the frequency of the resistor-capacitor oscillating signal by determining the resistance
of the variable resistor and the capacitance of the variable capacitor such that a difference between the first count value
and a preset second count value is smaller than a preset first critical value;
wherein the frequency controller adjusts the resistance of the variable resistor when the difference between the first count
value and the second count value is greater than a preset second critical value, and adjusts the capacitance of the variable
capacitor when the difference between the first count value and the second count value is smaller than the second critical
value and greater than the first critical value.
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