Circuit and control method for providing precise low-frequency clock signal

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of electronic communication, and discloses a circuit for supplying a precise low-frequency clock signal, and a control method for the circuit. The circuit for supplying the precise low-frequency clock signal comprises an external precise clock and a resistance and capacitance (RC) oscillation circuit and an RC calibration circuit which are manufactured in the same chip, wherein the RC calibration circuit executes calibration according to the external precise clock and a successive approsimation register (SAR) logic and obtains a fixed RC constant; and a produced calibration code for controlling a capacitor array can adjust the capacitor array of the RC oscillation circuit in the same chip, so that the RC oscillation circuit outputs the low-frequency precision clock which is simple and effective. After the RC oscillation circuit finishes circuit calibration, the external high-frequency precise clock and the RC calibration circuit can be switched off, so that power consumption can be greatly reduced.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of electronic communication, in particular to communication circuit design technology. Background technique [0002] The low-frequency precise clock can be used in MicroControllerUnit (MicroControllerUnit, referred to as "MCU") state storage, data storage and watchdog circuits. However, there will be deviations in the manufacturing process of the chip in the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor, "CMOS") process, which will cause a certain deviation in the value of the resistance and capacitance, and due to environmental temperature, humidity, pressure and other factors, the resistance , The value of the capacitor will also be affected. Therefore, a circuit that depends on the RC constant will not meet the specification requirements due to the deviation of the RC constant by as much as 60%. [0003] RC calibration technology is common in the design of integrated circuits (I...

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Problems solved by technology

In the prior art, various RC calibration technical solutions have been proposed, but the inventors of the present invention have found that most of these technical solutions require the RC calibration circuit to track the change of the RC constant in real time, the power consumption is relatively large, and the structure is complicated, which is not easy accomplish

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