Oscillators – Relaxation oscillators
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-02
2011-10-25
Johnson, Ryan (Department: 2817)
Oscillators
Relaxation oscillators
C331S17700V, C331S111000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08044735
ABSTRACT:
An oscillator circuit according to the invention comprises an oscillator with a toggle circuit having an output and an inverting input, whereby the output is connected to the inverting input via a feedback resistor, the inverting input is connected, for example, to the ground, via a first oscillator capacitor, and also connected, for example, to the ground, via a second oscillator capacitor and via a control resistor whose value can be adjusted or electrically controlled, so that the frequency of the oscillator can be varied by increasing or decreasing the value of the control resistor. In order to control the value of the control resistor, preferably a modulated 1-bit signal is used that is integrated by an integrator. Preferably, the oscillator is an integral part of a closed-loop control circuit in which the frequency of the oscillator forms the actual value and a predefined target frequency forms the target value.
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Horst M. Kasper
Johnson Ryan
Pepperl & Fuchs GmbH
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