Patents Assigned to SEIKO INSTRUMANTS INC.
  • Patent number: 9106215
    Abstract: Provided is an oscillation stop detection circuit having low current consumption, which is capable of detecting stop of oscillation regardless of whether an input signal stops at High or Low and thereby accurately measuring an oscillation stop detection period. The oscillation stop detection circuit includes: a pulse generation circuit for outputting a one-shot pulse in synchronization with an oscillation signal input from an input terminal; a capacitor including one terminal connected to a first power supply terminal and another terminal connected to an output terminal; a constant current circuit connected between the first power supply terminal and the another terminal of the capacitor; and a switch circuit connected between an output terminal of the pulse generation circuit and the another terminal of the capacitor, for connecting the another terminal of the capacitor to a second power supply terminal based on the one-shot pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMANTS INC.
    Inventors: Kotaro Watanabe, Makoto Mitani