US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Oct. 20 for "Bias control circuit for crystal oscillator" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,294, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Bias control circuit for crystal oscillator" was invented by Rik Paul (Kolkata, India) and Pravesh Kumar Saini (Greater Nodia, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a crystal oscillator control system includes a digital calibration loop working with an analog automatic level control loop to optimize oscillation amplitude and drive level. The system includes a clock cycle counter that monitors oscillation cycles and triggers a comparison between a peak envelope signal and a programmable reference swing voltage. Based on ...