Patents Represented by Law Firm Worhsam, Forsythe, Sampels & Wooldridge
  • Low-voltage oscillator with separate startup mode
    Patent number: 4871982
    Abstract: A low-power crystal-controlled CMOS oscillator wherein a long and wide additional transistor is provided in the first stage of the output amplifier. This prevents the output amplifier from diverting too much current from the primary amplifier stage during start-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: Dallas Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Clark R. Williams, Ching-Lin Jiang