ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,321, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Bias circuit for crystal oscillator" was invented by Jeff Kotowski (Nevada City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bias circuit may generate a one or more bias outputs for a crystal oscillator. The bias circuit may include a first current mirror, a second current mirror and a third current mirror. A capacitor may be coupled between the second current mirror and the third current mirror. In operation, a first bias output may be generated by the third current mirror, and a second bias output may be generated by the second current mirror. The fir...