Oscillators – With frequency calibration or testing
Patent
1997-02-05
1999-04-06
Dinh, Son T.
Oscillators
With frequency calibration or testing
331 66, 331176, H03B 532
Patent
active
058924086
ABSTRACT:
A method and system are provided for calibrating a batch of devices each containing a circuit which is responsive to a control signal for producing a desired output which varies in accordance with a first predetermined function of a specific ambient condition, the control signal having a magnitude which varies as a second predetermined function of the specific ambient condition, the second function being based on data stored as a look-up table in a memory of the device and which must be individually calibrated for each device. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a digital temperature controlled crystal oscillator which produces a desired output frequency and includes a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) responsive to a control signal having a magnitude which varies as a predetermined function of ambient temperature in order to compensate for temperature variations in the oscillator output frequency. For such an application, the invention requires the connection of an accurate frequency source to each oscillator in the batch so as to enable the output frequency of the oscillator to be equalized thereto or to a multiple thereof. In calibration mode, the digital equivalent of the resulting analog control voltage is stored; whilst in compensation mode it is extracted from the memory, converted to an equivalent analog voltage and applied to the VCO. The invention is also applicable to compensate for aging of crystal oscillators in the field without requiring reconfiguring the complete look-up table.
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