A 2.1-MHz crystal oscillator time base with a current consumption under 500 nA

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 999-1005

  Aebischer, Daniel ^b,c   Oguey, Henri J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Von Kaenel, Vincent R ^a,b,g,h  

^a IEEE

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^g Ecole d'Ingénieurs d'Yverdon   (Switzerland)

^h HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits; Encapsulation; Frequency conversion; Micropower; Oscillators; Piezoelectric resonator oscillators; Quartz; Time measurement

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENCAPSULATION; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MOSFET DEVICES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; QUARTZ; TIME MEASUREMENT; TUNING;

BIASING CIRCUITS; PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR OSCILLATORS;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0031185419     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.597290     Document Type: Article

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