A system includes a sensor integrated circuit (IC), including a driver adapted to be coupled to an oscillator, the driver including first and second transistors. The sensor IC includes an amplitude control amplifier coupled to the first transistor. The sensor IC also includes a common mode control amplifier coupled to the second transistor. The sensor IC includes a handover control circuit coupled to the amplitude control amplifier and configured to hand off an operation from the sensor IC to a different sensor IC, the handover control circuit including a resistor network coupled to a switch network.

An oven-controlled crystal oscillator according to one or more embodiments may include a core section having a crystal resonator, an oscillator IC and a heating IC, wherein the core section is supported by a package via an interposer, and furthermore the core section is hermetically encapsulated in the package.

An oven-controlled crystal oscillator according to one or more embodiments may include a core section having a crystal resonator, an oscillator IC and a heating IC, wherein the core section is supported by a package via an interposer, and furthermore the core section is hermetically encapsulated in the package.

Provided is a temperature sensor including a bipolar transistor, a resistor, and a variable resistance circuit. The resistor is provided between a first node coupled to a base node of the bipolar transistor and a collector node of the bipolar transistor. The variable resistance circuit is provided between an emitter node of the bipolar transistor and a ground node.

Provided is a temperature sensor including a bipolar transistor, a resistor, and a variable resistance circuit. The resistor is provided between a first node coupled to a base node of the bipolar transistor and a collector node of the bipolar transistor. The variable resistance circuit is provided between an emitter node of the bipolar transistor and a ground node.

A digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) includes; a current mirror configured to generate a supply current in response to a bias voltage matching a reference current, a variable resistor connected to the current mirror through a first node outputting the reference current and configured to provide a variable resistance in response to a first control signal, an oscillation circuit connected to the current mirror through a second node outputting the supply current and configured to generate an oscillation signal in response to the supply current, and a feedback circuit configured to control the bias voltage in relation to at least one of a voltage at the first node and a voltage at the second node.

A digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) includes; a current mirror configured to generate a supply current in response to a bias voltage matching a reference current, a variable resistor connected to the current mirror through a first node outputting the reference current and configured to provide a variable resistance in response to a first control signal, an oscillation circuit connected to the current mirror through a second node outputting the supply current and configured to generate an oscillation signal in response to the supply current, and a feedback circuit configured to control the bias voltage in relation to at least one of a voltage at the first node and a voltage at the second node.

The present disclosure provides a real-time correction method for an Oven Controlled Crystal (Xtal) Oscillator (OCXO) and an electromagnetic receiver. The real-time correction method for an OCXO includes: performing frequency multiplication on a reference clock signal to generate a first measurement signal and a second measurement signal; identifying a rising edge of each pulse per second on the basis of the first measurement signal to obtain a gate time T; obtaining a frequency of the second measurement signal according to the gate time T; and adjusting a frequency of the reference clock signal at least on the basis that an absolute value of a difference between two adjacent frequencies obtained of the second measurement signal is greater than a standard frequency difference.

The present disclosure provides a real-time correction method for an Oven Controlled Crystal (Xtal) Oscillator (OCXO) and an electromagnetic receiver. The real-time correction method for an OCXO includes: performing frequency multiplication on a reference clock signal to generate a first measurement signal and a second measurement signal; identifying a rising edge of each pulse per second on the basis of the first measurement signal to obtain a gate time T; obtaining a frequency of the second measurement signal according to the gate time T; and adjusting a frequency of the reference clock signal at least on the basis that an absolute value of a difference between two adjacent frequencies obtained of the second measurement signal is greater than a standard frequency difference.

An integrated circuit includes a first coupling terminal and a second coupling terminal disposed along a first side, an oscillation circuit which is electrically coupled to a resonator element via the first coupling terminal and the second coupling terminal, a temperature sensor, a temperature compensation circuit configured to compensate a temperature characteristic of the resonator element based on an output signal of the temperature sensor, and an output circuit to which a signal output from the oscillation circuit is input, and which is configured to output an oscillation signal, wherein d1<d0 and d2<d0, in which an end-to-end distance between the temperature sensor and the output circuit is d0, an end-to-end distance between the first coupling terminal and the output circuit is d1, and an end-to-end distance between the second coupling terminal and the output circuit is d2.