Theoscillatorcircuitisoneofthemostoverlooked
areasofmicroprocessorcircuitdesign.Components
areusuallyselectedbasedonthemanufacturers
tables.Ifthecircuitstartsupandworks,fine,noothe
thoughtneedbegiventoit,right?Wrong.Manycondi
tionscannegativelyaffecttheperformanceofyou
design.Highertemperaturesandlowersupplyvoltages
canlowertheloopgainintheoscillatorcircuit,causing
poor,slow,ornostart-up.Coldertemperaturesand
highersupplyvoltagescanincreasetheloopgaino
theoscillatorcircuit,causingthecrystaltobeover
driven,andpotentiallydamaged;orthecircuitcanbe
forcedtoanotherharmonicandthrowoffthetiming,o
ceasefunctioningaltogether.Itisalsopossibleto
wastepowerthroughtheimproperselectionofcompo
nentsorClockmodes.MFACT001BasicPIC16/17OscillatorDesignFIGURE1:TYPICALPIERCEPARALLELAuthor:DanMatthewsRESONANTOSCILLATORMicrochipTechnologyInc.CIRCUITGainofinverter/amplifierisbasedonselectedClockmode.TheoscillatorcircuitisoneofthemostoverlookedClockModes:areasofmicroprocessorcircuitdesign.Components
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