Crystal oscillator

Abstract

The present invention provides a constant temperature oven type crystal oscillator for reducing the difference of frequency stability caused by controlling the temperature in the oscillator when detecting the change of the outside-air temperature and controlling the amount of generated heat of a heat source provided in the oscillator.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the temperature setting range;

FIG. 2A shows the configuration of the conventional temperature compensation circuit;

FIG. 2B shows the temperature characteristic of the conventional temperature compensation circuit;

FIG. 3A shows the structure of an oscillator (partial cross-section view and the flat view of a major part);

FIG. 3B shows another oscillator (partial cross-section view);

FIG. 4 shows the circuit configuration of the first preferred embodiment;

FIG. 5 shows the voltage waveforms of the first preferred embodiment;

FIG. 6 shows the circuit configuration of the second preferred embodiment; and

FIG. 7 shows the circuit configuration of the third preferred embodiment.

Claims

1. A constant temperature oven type crystal oscillator, comprising: a detection circuit for detecting a difference between a temperature signal outputted from a temperature detection device for sensing temperature inside the crystal oscillator and a predetermined target temperature input signal corresponding to a target temperature and generating a first difference signal;a temperature control circuit for generating an addition signal in which the influence on the temperature fluctuations of the first difference signal is suppressed, by adding the first difference signal and an extraction signal obtained by extracting a change of the first difference signal due to temperature fluctuations and controlling an amount of generated heat of a heating source device for controlling heat generation, provided in the oscillator, on the basis of the addition signal; anda frequency compensation circuit for detecting a difference between a frequency compensation signal for compensating for a frequency of a crystal oscillator device and the extraction signal and making a second difference signal of it and stabilizing a vibration frequency of the crystal oscillator device on the basis of the second difference signal.

2. The crystal oscillator according to claim 1, wherein the frequency correction circuit uses a signal for controlling the heat source device of the temperature control circuit as an addition signal.

3. The crystal oscillator according to claim 1, wherein when there is a plurality of the heat source devices, the temperature control circuit controls the temperature of each of the heat source devices relatively.

4. The crystal oscillator according to claim 3, wherein the temperature control circuit compares control signals for controlling the amount of generated heat of each of the heat source devices with each other and adjusts the control signal on the basis of the comparison result.

5. The crystal oscillator according to claim 4, wherein the comparison is performed by a differential amplifier.

6. The crystal oscillator according to claim 1, wherein the extraction signal is calculated by an integrator.