18741134. RING OSCILLATOR WITH AN OVERSTRESS SOLUTION (MEDIATEK INC.)

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RING OSCILLATOR WITH AN OVERSTRESS SOLUTION

Organization Name

MEDIATEK INC.

Inventor(s)

Chin-Kai Lai of Hsinchu City (TW)

Kuan-Ta Chen of Hsinchu City (TW)

RING OSCILLATOR WITH AN OVERSTRESS SOLUTION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18741134 titled 'RING OSCILLATOR WITH AN OVERSTRESS SOLUTION



Original Abstract Submitted

A ring oscillator with an overstress solution is shown, which includes a plurality of oscillation units connected in a ring, and two capacitors. The first capacitor has a first terminal and a second terminal that are respectively coupled to a first node and a second node of the ring. The second node is an input terminal of a first-stage oscillation unit. The first node is an output terminal of a later-stage oscillation unit. The first signal at the first node is generated by inverting an input signal coupled to the input terminal of the first-stage oscillation unit an even number of times. The second capacitor is coupled between the second node and the ground terminal.