Oscillators – Ring oscillators
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-30
2008-08-19
Mis, David (Department: 2817)
Oscillators
Ring oscillators
C331S044000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07414485
ABSTRACT:
A dynamic oscillating ring circuit is described, which has multiple non-inverting domino circuits, each having a signal input, a trigger input, inputs for charge state clock and clocked cutoff and an output inverter. A number of the domino circuits are coupled in series, the output of one feeding the input of the next, to form a chain, which form stages of the ring. A number of the stages are coupled in series, the output of one feeding the input of the next, to form the ring. The first domino circuit of said chain receives a logic signal input and a single trigger input for the chain. Within the ring, the output of each stage feeds the input signal to the next stage and is fed back to clock an earlier stage to allow the ring to oscillate.
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