Title (en)

CROSS-COUPLED OSCILLATOR, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Title (de)
KREUZGEKOPPELTER OSZILLATOR, INTEGRIERTE SCHALTUNG UND ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)
OSCILLATEUR À COUPLAGE CROISÉ, CIRCUIT INTÉGRÉ ET DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE

Publication
EP 3016279 A1 20160504 (EN)

Application
EP 15191611 A 20151027

Priority
  • US 201462072404 P 20141029
  • US 201514920906 A 20151023

Abstract (en)
A cross-coupled oscillator arrangement has a first resistance-capacitance oscillator core (302) including at least two inverting stages (422, 424);
and a second resistance-capacitance oscillator core (304) substantially identical to the first resistance-capacitance oscillator core (301). The first
oscillator core (302) and second oscillator core (304) are cross coupled in anti-phase using coupling capacitors (310, 312). The first oscillator core
(302) and second oscillator core (304) are also connected in series such that the first oscillator core (302) is supplied with a supply between a
first potential (204) and a second potential and the second oscillator core (304) is supplied with a supply between the second potential and a third
potential (210).

Inventor
TENBROEK BERNARD MARK (GB)

Applicant
MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE LTD (SG)

IPC 8 full level (invention and additional information)

H03B 5/26  (2006.01); H03K 3/0231  (2006.01)

CPC (invention and additional information)

H03B 5/1212 (2013.01); H03B 5/26 (2013.01); H03K 3/0231 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)
MILLMAN; GRABEL: "Microelectronics", 1987, MCGRAW-HILL

Citation (search report)

• [A] US 2004070461 A1 20040415 - FREDRIKSSON JESPER [SE]
• [A] US 2014285274 A1 20140925 - UMMELMANN DETLEF [DE], et al

• [XAI] GHOSH D ET AL: "A 10 GHz low phase noise VCO employing current reuse and capacitive power combining", CUSTOM
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (CICC), 2010 IEEE, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 19 September 2010 (2010-09-19),
pages 1 - 4, XP031786677, ISBN: 978-1-4244-5758-8
• [A] NAM-JIN OH ET AL: "Current reused Lc VCOs", IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS, IEEE
SERVICE CENTER, NEW YORK, NY, US, vol. 15, no. 11, 30 November 2005 (2005-11-30), pages 736 - 738, XP001512638,
ISSN: 1531-1309, DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.858993

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

EPO simple patent family

EP 3016279 A1 20160504; CN 105577119 A 20160511; US 2016126887 A1 20160505; US 9385652 B2 20160705

INPADOC legal status

2017-12-06 [INTG] ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO GRANT
- Effective date : 20171109

2017-12-06 [RIN1] INVENTOR (CORRECTION)

- Inventor name : TENBROEK, BERNARD MARK

2017-11-15 [RIC1] CLASSIFICATION (CORRECTION)

- IPC : H03K 3/0231 20060101ALI20171010BHEP

2017-11-15 [RIC1] CLASSIFICATION (CORRECTION)

- IPC : H03B 5/26 20060101AFI20171010BHEP

2016-12-14 [17P] REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED

- Effective date : 20161104

2016-12-14 [RBV] DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES (CORRECTION):

- Designated State(s) : AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL
PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
2016-05-04 [AK] DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES:
- Kind Code of Ref Document : A1
- Designated State(s) : AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL
PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

2016-05-04 [AV] REQUEST FOR VALIDATION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT IN

- Countries : MA

2016-05-04 [AX] REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT TO

- Countries : BA ME