Circuit device and oscillator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11539327-B2
Application number	US-202117488357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit that generates an oscillation signal by using a vibrator, a frequency adjustment circuit that adjusts an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit based on frequency adjustment data, a temperature sensor circuit that outputs temperature data, an arithmetic operation circuit, and a storage circuit. The arithmetic operation circuit outputs converted temperature data by performing, on the temperature data, conversion processing in which a slope of the converted temperature data with respect to the temperature data in a first temperature range is different from a slope of the converted temperature data with respect to the temperature data in a second temperature range. The storage circuit stores a lookup table representing a correspondence between the converted temperature data and the frequency adjustment data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit device comprising:
an oscillation circuit that generates an oscillation signal by using a vibrator;
a frequency adjustment circuit that adjusts an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit based on frequency adjustment data;
a temperature sensor circuit that outputs temperature data;
an arithmetic operation circuit that outputs converted temperature data by performing, on the temperature data, conversion processing in which a slope of the converted temperature data with respect to the temperature data in a first temperature range is different from a slope of the converted temperature data with respect to the temperature data in a second temperature range; and
a storage circuit that stores a lookup table representing a correspondence between the converted temperature data and the frequency adjustment data.

2. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein
the arithmetic operation circuit outputs the converted temperature data such that the number of pieces of data per unit temperature of the frequency adjustment data output from the lookup table by the converted temperature data corresponding to the first temperature range is different from the number of pieces of data per unit temperature of the frequency adjustment data output from the lookup table by the converted temperature data corresponding to the second temperature range.

3. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein
the arithmetic operation circuit multiplies the temperature data of the first temperature range by a first coefficient, and does not multiply the temperature data of the second temperature range by a coefficient.

4. The circuit device according to claim 3 , wherein
an absolute value of a slope of frequency-temperature characteristics of the vibrator in the first temperature range is larger than an absolute value of a slope of frequency-temperature characteristics in the second temperature range, and
the first coefficient is larger than 1.

5. The circuit device according to claim 3 , wherein
the first temperature range is a temperature range adjacent to the second temperature range and higher than the second temperature range, and
the arithmetic operation circuit includes a first start point setting circuit that sets a first start temperature of the first temperature range,
a first multiplication circuit that multiplies difference temperature data indicating an increase in the temperature data with respect to the temperature data at the first start temperature by a first gain, and
an addition circuit that adds the temperature data and an output of the first multiplication circuit.

6. The circuit device according to claim 5 , wherein
the first multiplication circuit multiplies by the first gain by a first bit shift for the temperature data.

7. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein
the arithmetic operation circuit multiplies the temperature data of the first temperature range by a first coefficient, and multiplies the temperature data of the second temperature range by a second coefficient different from the first coefficient.

8. The circuit device according to claim 7 , wherein
an absolute value of a slope of frequency-temperature characteristics of the vibrator in the second temperature range is larger than an absolute value of a slope of the frequency-temperature characteristics in the first temperature range, and
the second coefficient is larger than the first coefficient.

9. The circuit device according to claim 7 , wherein the second temperature range is a temperature range adjacent to the first temperature range and higher than the first temperature range, and
the arithmetic operation circuit includes
a first start point setting circuit that sets a first start temperature of the first temperature range,
a first multiplication circuit that multiplies first difference temperature data indicating an increase in the temperature data with respect to the temperature data at the first start temperature by a first gain,
a second start point setting circuit that sets a second start temperature of the second temperature range,
a second multiplication circuit that multiplies second difference temperature data indicating an increase in the temperature data with respect to the temperature data at the second start temperature by a second gain, and
an addition circuit that adds the temperature data, an output of the first multiplication circuit, and an output of the second multiplication circuit.

10. The circuit device according to claim 9 , wherein
the first multiplication circuit multiplies the first gain by a first bit shift for the temperature data, and
the second multiplication circuit multiplies the second gain by a second bit shift for the temperature data.

11. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein
the temperature sensor circuit includes
a ring oscillator, and
a counter that performs a counting operation based on an oscillation signal of the ring oscillator, and outputs the temperature data based on a count value.

12. An oscillator comprising:
the circuit device according to claim 1 ; and
the vibrator.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Haneda Hideo
• Toriumi Yuichi
• Higuchi Teppei

Classifications

• H03B5/326

  the resonator being an acoustic wave device, e.g. SAW or BAW device · CPC title

• H03B5/366

  and comprising means for varying the frequency by a variable voltage or current · CPC title

• H03B5/04 Primary

  Modifications of generator to compensate for variations in physical values, e.g. power supply, load, temperature · CPC title

• H03B2200/005

  including measures to switch a capacitor · CPC title