A positioning apparatus includes the following. A first oscillator outputs a clock signal. A second oscillator outputs a clock signal which is more accurate than the first oscillator. A receiver receives a radio wave from a positioning satellite. A positioning controller calculates a present position based on positioning information calculated from the received radio wave. The positioning controller controls switching of a supply source of the clock signal supplied to the receiver and the positioning controller between the first oscillator and the second oscillator depending on a reception status of the radio wave from the positioning satellite by the receiver.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected with the display and configured to generate external reference time information, a display driver integrated circuit configured to periodically or randomly receive the external reference time information from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to generate internal time information based on an internal clock, to output a clock image corresponding to the internal time information on the display, and if a time error between the external reference time information and the internal time information occurs during the outputting of the clock image, to output the internal time information, the time error of which is corrected, on the display.

An oscillation device includes an oscillation circuit configured including an oscillation inverter, and adapted to oscillate a resonator, a frequency adjustment circuit adapted to perform frequency adjustment of the oscillation circuit, and a constant voltage circuit adapted to drive the oscillation circuit, in the oscillation circuit and the frequency adjustment circuit, a gate and a substrate of a field-effect transistor having a connection relationship with one of a gate and a drain of the oscillation inverter are driven with a constant voltage.

An oscillation device includes an oscillation circuit configured including an oscillation inverter, and adapted to oscillate a resonator, a frequency adjustment circuit adapted to perform frequency adjustment of the oscillation circuit, and a constant voltage circuit adapted to drive the oscillation circuit, in the oscillation circuit and the frequency adjustment circuit, a gate and a substrate of a field-effect transistor having a connection relationship with one of a gate and a drain of the oscillation inverter are driven with a constant voltage.

The time base includes an oscillator generating a periodic signal, a frequency divider circuit formed by a division chain defining several division stages and a circuit for adjusting the divided frequency by inhibiting, in each inhibition period of a plurality of successive inhibition periods, an integer number of clocking pulses at the input of a given stage of the division chain. The time base is arranged to produce, in each inhibition period, a first real number corresponding to the real number of clocking pulses that must be removed to be precise and the adjustment circuit is arranged to calculate, in each inhibition period, a second real number equal to the addition of the first real number and the fractional part of the second real number obtained in the preceding inhibition period, the integer part of this second real number defining the number of clocking pulses to be inhibited in each inhibition period.

The time base includes an oscillator generating a periodic signal, a frequency divider circuit formed by a division chain defining several division stages and a circuit for adjusting the divided frequency by inhibiting, in each inhibition period of a plurality of successive inhibition periods, an integer number of clocking pulses at the input of a given stage of the division chain. The time base is arranged to produce, in each inhibition period, a first real number corresponding to the real number of clocking pulses that must be removed to be precise and the adjustment circuit is arranged to calculate, in each inhibition period, a second real number equal to the addition of the first real number and the fractional part of the second real number obtained in the preceding inhibition period, the integer part of this second real number defining the number of clocking pulses to be inhibited in each inhibition period.

The method for test the rate of an electronic watch with a time base device (1) comprises three main steps for the test on test equipment. The time base device comprises at least one watch module (2) with a resonator (3) connected to an oscillator of an electronic circuit (4), which is followed by a divider circuit, which is controlled by an inhibition circuit, and which provides a divided timing signal for a motor. In a first step, a measurement is made of the frequency of the oscillator reference signal in at least one measurement period without inhibition. A second step is provided for acquiring the current inhibition value to inhibit a certain number of clock pulses in a subsequently inhibition period and to determine the inhibition value. Finally, a third step is provided for calculating the corresponding rate frequency of the watch.

A radio-controlled timepiece includes a first oscillating unit configured to oscillate at a first frequency and output a clock signal, a receiving unit including a second oscillating unit and configured to receive radio waves including time information, frequency of the second oscillating unit being less temperature-dependent than that of the first oscillating unit and the second oscillating unit being configured to oscillate at a second frequency and output a clock signal, a control unit configured to calculate temperature compensation data for the first oscillating unit based on an oscillation frequency of the first oscillating unit obtained using, as a reference, the clock signal output from the second oscillating unit and on the temperature data acquired by a temperature acquiring unit, and a storage unit configured to store the temperature compensation data. The control unit performs temperature compensation for the first oscillating unit based on the temperature compensation data and the temperature data.