Reducing Target Frequency Variation In Oscillator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025309826-A1
Application number	US-202519238783-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 16, 2025
Priority date	Oct 24, 2022
Publication date	Oct 2, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An integrated circuit, with an error amplifier having a first input, a second input, and an output, a voltage controlled oscillator having an input coupled to the output of the error amplifier, a feedback controlled voltage stage having at least one control coupled to the output of the error amplifier and an output coupled to the first input of the error amplifier, and an adaptive-reference voltage stage coupled to the second input of the error amplifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
a first circuit capable of generating a first voltage, wherein the first circuit includes an impedance, and wherein the first voltage includes a first deviation caused by variation of the impedance; a second circuit capable of generating a second voltage that includes a second deviation corresponding to the first deviation of the first voltage; a third circuit capable of generating a third voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage; and a fourth circuit capable of generating an output signal having a frequency based on the third voltage.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit further comprises:
a fifth circuit comprising:
a capacitor;
a first switch coupled in parallel with the capacitor;
a second switch coupled in series with a combination of the capacitor and the first switch; and
a first resistor coupled in parallel with a combination of the second switch, the capacitor, and the first switch.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the variation of the impedance of the first circuit is caused by variation of a resistance of the first resistor.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein switching of the first switch and the second switch is controlled based on the frequency of the fourth circuit.

5 . The system of claim 4 , further comprising a sixth circuit capable of generating an output signal having a frequency proportional to the frequency of the output signal of the fourth circuit, wherein the switching of the first switch and the second switch is controlled by the output signal of the sixth circuit.

6 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first circuit further comprises a first transistor coupled in series with the fifth circuit.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the second circuit further comprising:
a second resistor; and a third resistor coupled in parallel with the second resistor.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein a resistance of the second resistor equals an impedance of the combination of the second switch, the capacitor, and the first switch of the first circuit.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein a resistance of the third resistor equals a resistance of the first resistor of the first circuit.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the impedance of the combination of the second switch, the capacitor, and the first switch is proportional to the resistance of the first resistor.

11 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the second circuit further comprises a second transistor coupled in series with a combination of the second resistor and the third resistor, and wherein a current flowing through the second transistor is proportional to a current flowing through the first transistor.

12 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a third transistor, wherein a combination of the first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor forms a current mirror.

13 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the second circuit further comprising a buffer coupled in series with a combination of the second resistor and the third resistor.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the buffer comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to the output terminal, and wherein the second input terminal is coupled to a voltage divider having a variable resistor.

15 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a filter coupled in between the first circuit and the third circuit.

16 . A system, comprising:
a first circuit comprising:
a capacitor;
a first switch coupled in parallel with the capacitor;
a second switch coupled in series with a combination of the capacitor and the first switch; and
a first resistor coupled in parallel with a combination of the second switch, the capacitor, and the first switch;
a second circuit comprising:
a second resistor; and
a third resistor coupled in parallel with the second resistor, wherein a resistance of the third resistor equals a resistance of the first resistor of the first circuit; and
a third circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, the first input terminal coupled to the first circuit, and the second input terminal coupled to the second circuit; and a fourth circuit having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the third circuit, and the output terminal coupled to the first circuit.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein a resistance of the second resistor equals an impedance of the combination of the second switch, the capacitor, and the first switch of the first circuit.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the first circuit further comprises a first transistor coupled in series with a combination of the second switch, the capacitor, the first switch, and the first resistor, wherein the second circuit further comprising a second transistor coupled in series with a combination of the second resistor and the third resistor, and wherein a current flowing through the second transistor is proportional to a current flowing through the first transistor.

19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the second circuit further comprising a buffer coupled in series with a combination of the second resistor and the third resistor.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the buffer comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to the output terminal, and wherein the second input terminal is coupled to a voltage divider having a variable resistor.

Assignees

• Texas Instruments Inc

Inventors

• Paul Animesh

Classifications

• H03B5/24 Primary

  active element in amplifier being semiconductor device (H03B5/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H03K3/0231

  Astable circuits {(H03K3/0315 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H03B5/04 Primary

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