JPH0936659A - Oscillator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oscillator which can be easily integrated and also can extremely vary its oscillation frequency. SOLUTION: An oscillator is provided with a phase shift circuit 10C which performs a prescribed phase shift by synthesizing the in-phase and anti-phase signals generated at the source and the drain of an FET via a series circuit consisting of a capacitor and a variable resistor, a phase shift circuit 100C which includes an operational amplifier where an input signal is applied to its inverted input terminal via a resistor, a series circuit consisting of a capacitor where the voltage of the input signal is applied to its both ends and a variable resistor, and a resistor which feeds the output of the operational amplifier back to the inverted input terminal, a phase inverting circuit 80 which outputs the signal having the inverse phase to the input signal, and a feedback resistor 70 which feeds the signal outputted from the circuit 80 back to the input side of the circuit 10C. In such a constitution, the time constant of the series circuit is changed for control of the oscillation frequency.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an oscillator whose oscillation frequency can be adjusted significantly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various oscillating circuits using an active element and a reactance element as a sine wave oscillator have been proposed and put into practical use. For example, the Wien bridge oscillator shown in FIG. 34 and the bridge T oscillator shown in FIG. 35 are conventionally known.

As is apparent from FIG. 34, in the Wien bridge type oscillator, a variable resistor Rs which constitutes a series circuit together with a capacitor C in order to change the frequency.
And the resistance value of the variable resistor Rp forming a parallel circuit together with the capacitor C must be changed in conjunction with each other. If an error occurs in the resistance value of the variable resistor Rs in the series circuit and the resistance value of the variable resistor Rp in the parallel circuit, the amplifier A
Since the voltage input to the input / output increases or decreases, the oscillation output changes as a result. When the oscillation output becomes small, the oscillation stops, and when it becomes large, the oscillation output is significantly distorted.

Normally, it is difficult to stabilize the output of the sine wave oscillator so as to reduce the fluctuation, and the stabilizing means adds non-linearity to the amplitude characteristic of the amplifier, that is, the amplification degree depends on the magnitude of the output. A characteristic that changes is added.

Since the addition of such characteristics deteriorates the linearity of the amplifier, it deteriorates the distortion rate of the output waveform, and the stability of the output voltage and the distortion rate are in the opposite ratio. Have a relationship.

In particular, when the entire circuit is integrated and the resistance value is changed from the outside by a voltage control method, the variable resistance R
It is difficult to change the resistance ratio between s and the variable resistance Rp while keeping it constant.

The same applies to not only the Wien bridge oscillator but also the bridge T oscillator and the phase shift oscillator shown in FIG.

Furthermore, it is difficult to form a variable frequency oscillator whose oscillation frequency can be adjusted significantly by an integrated circuit.

Therefore, the present invention has been conceived in order to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide an oscillator suitable for integration and capable of drastically changing the oscillation frequency.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an oscillator according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a conversion means for converting an input AC signal into an in-phase and an anti-phase AC signal and outputting the AC signal. A first phase shift circuit including a combining unit configured to combine the one AC signal converted by the means via the first capacitor and the other AC signal via the first resistor;
A differential input amplifier having one end of a second resistor connected to the inverting input terminal; a third resistor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the differential input amplifier; And a series circuit including a fourth resistor and a second capacitor connected to the other end of the resistor, and connecting the fourth resistor and the second capacitor to a non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier. And a phase inversion circuit that inverts the phase of the input AC signal, amplifies the AC signal with a predetermined amplification degree, and outputs the amplified AC signal. And each of the phase inversion circuits are connected in series, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and a sine wave oscillation output is output from any of these multiple circuits. Characterized by taking out.

According to another aspect of the oscillator of the present invention, there is provided a conversion means for converting an input AC signal into an in-phase and an opposite-phase AC signal and outputting the AC signal, and one of the AC signals converted by the conversion means by a first inductor. A first phase-shifting circuit including a synthesizing means for synthesizing the other AC signal via the first resistor via the first resistor, and a differential input amplifier having one end of the second resistor connected to the inverting input terminal, A series circuit including a third resistor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the differential input amplifier, a fourth resistor connected to the other end of the second resistor, and a second inductor. And a second phase shift circuit in which the connection portion of the fourth resistor and the second inductor is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier, and the phase of the input AC signal is inverted. Phase inversion circuit that amplifies and outputs with a predetermined amplification degree When, wherein the first and second
Of the phase shift circuit and the phase inversion circuit are connected in series, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and the sine wave is output from any of these circuits. It is characterized by taking out the wave oscillation output.

According to another aspect of the oscillator of the present invention, there is provided conversion means for converting an input AC signal into an in-phase and an opposite-phase AC signal and outputting the AC signal, and one AC signal converted by the conversion means to the other through a capacitor. And a differential input amplifier having an inverting input terminal to which one end of the second resistor is connected, A third resistor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the input amplifier; and a series circuit including a fourth resistor and an inductor connected to the other end of the second resistor, A second phase shift circuit in which the connection part of the resistor 4 and the inductor is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier; and the phase of the input AC signal is inverted and amplified with a predetermined amplification degree. And a phase inversion circuit for outputting, Each of the first and second phase shift circuits and the phase inversion circuit is connected in cascade, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and The feature is that the sine wave oscillation output is taken out from either one.

According to another aspect of the oscillator of the present invention, there is provided conversion means for converting an input AC signal into in-phase and anti-phase AC signals and outputting the AC signal, and one AC signal converted by the conversion means via the inductor to the other. And a differential input amplifier having an inverting input terminal to which one end of the second resistor is connected, A third resistor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the input amplifier; and a series circuit including a fourth resistor and a capacitor connected to the other end of the second resistor, A second phase shift circuit in which the connection part of the resistor 4 and the capacitor is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier; and the phase of the input AC signal is inverted and amplified with a predetermined amplification degree. And a phase inversion circuit for outputting, Each of the first and second phase shift circuits and the phase inversion circuit is connected in cascade, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and The feature is that the sine wave oscillation output is taken out from either one.

An oscillator according to a fifth aspect is the oscillator according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein two-phase outputs are taken out from the two phase shift circuits and the phase inverting circuit.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the oscillator according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the output voltage of the first and second phase shift circuits is both advanced or delayed with respect to the input voltage. The oscillation operation is performed at a frequency at which the total amount of phase shift of the first and second phase shift circuits is 180 °.

An oscillator according to a seventh aspect is the oscillator according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the differential input amplifier is an operational amplifier.

An oscillator according to claim 8 is the oscillator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first phase shift circuit includes the first phase shift circuit.
And at least one of the fourth resistor included in the second phase shift circuit is formed by a variable resistor, and the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the resistance value.

The oscillator of claim 9 is the oscillator of claim 8,
The variable resistance is formed by the channel of the FET, and the channel resistance is changed by changing the gate voltage.

According to a tenth aspect of the invention, in the oscillator according to the eighth aspect, the variable resistor is formed by connecting a source and a drain of a p-channel type FET and an n-channel type FET in parallel. The feature is that the channel resistance is changed by changing the size.

The oscillator of claim 11 is the oscillator of claim 1, 3, or 4.
In any one of the above, the capacitor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is formed by a variable capacitance element, and the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the electrostatic capacitance. .

An oscillator according to a twelfth aspect is the oscillator according to the eleventh aspect, wherein the variable capacitance element is formed by a variable capacitance diode whose reverse bias voltage can be changed or an FET whose gate capacitance can be changed by changing the gate voltage. To do.

The oscillator according to claim 13 is the oscillator according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the inductance of the inductor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits. It is characterized by

An oscillator according to a fourteenth aspect is the oscillator according to the thirteenth aspect, wherein the inductor is formed on a semiconductor substrate and has two spiral electrodes magnetically coupled to each other via a magnetic material. It is characterized in that the inductance of the other electrode is changed by changing the magnitude of the DC bias current flowing through the one electrode.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the oscillator according to the thirteenth aspect, the inductor has an inductor conductor formed in a spiral shape on a substrate in a substantially plane shape, and is substantially concentric with the inductor conductor on the substrate. A DC bias current that is formed and includes a control conductor through which a predetermined DC bias current flows, and a magnetic body formed so as to cover the inductor conductor and the control conductor. Is changed to change the inductance appearing at both ends of the inductor conductor.

An oscillator according to a sixteenth aspect is the oscillator according to the thirteenth aspect, wherein the inductor is formed in a spiral shape in a substantially planar shape on a substrate and a position on the substrate adjacent to the inductor conductor. A control conductor that is formed in a substantially planar and spiral shape, and through which a predetermined DC bias current flows, and a magnetic body that is formed in an annular shape so as to penetrate the spiral center of each of the inductor conductor and the control conductor. , And the DC bias current flowing through the control conductor is changed to change the inductance appearing at both ends of the inductor conductor.

An oscillator according to claim 17 is the oscillator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first resistor included in the first phase shift circuit and the fourth resistor included in the second phase shift circuit. The oscillation frequency is changed by replacing at least one of the resistors with a plurality of resistors having a fixed resistance value and selectively connecting the resistors by switching the switches.

The oscillator of claim 18 is the oscillator of claims 1, 3, and 4.
In any one of the above, by replacing the capacitor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits with a plurality of capacitors having a fixed capacitance and selectively connecting the capacitors by switching, It is characterized by changing the frequency.

The oscillator according to claim 19 is the oscillator according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the inductor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is replaced with a plurality of inductors having fixed inductance. It is characterized in that the oscillation frequency is changed by selectively connecting by switching the switch.

The oscillator of claim 20 is the oscillator of claim 1, 3, 4,
In any one of the above, the capacitor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is replaced with an amplifier having a negative gain value and a capacitor element connected in parallel between the input and output of the amplifier. Thus, the capacitance seen from the input side of the amplifier is made larger than the capacitance actually possessed by the capacitor element.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the invention, in the twentieth aspect of the invention, the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the gain of the amplifier to change the electrostatic capacitance viewed from the input side of the amplifier.

An oscillator according to a twenty-second aspect is the oscillator according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, in which the gain of the inductor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is set between 0 and 1. By replacing the amplifier and an inductor element connected in parallel between the input and output of the amplifier,
It is characterized in that the inductance seen from the input side of the amplifier is made larger than the inductance which the inductor element actually has.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the invention, the oscillator of the twenty-second aspect is characterized in that the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the gain of the amplifier to change the inductance viewed from the input side of the amplifier.

An oscillator according to a twenty-fourth aspect is characterized in that the oscillator according to any one of the first to twenty-third aspects is formed as a semiconductor integrated circuit.

In the invention according to each of the above claims,
In each of the first and second phase shift circuits, only the phase is shifted by a predetermined amount according to the element constant such as a capacitor without changing the amplitude of the input / output signal, and the phase shift is performed by the entire two phase shift circuits. The oscillating operation is performed at a frequency such that the total amount becomes 180 °.

In particular, when the differential input amplifier included in the phase shift circuit described above is an operational amplifier, the operation of the phase shift circuit can be stabilized.

Further, by changing the element constants of the capacitors and inductors included in the phase shift circuit or the resistors connected in series with these elements, the phase shift amount in each phase shift circuit changes, so two shifts are performed. The frequency at which the total phase shift amount is 180 °, that is, the oscillation frequency can be arbitrarily changed by the entire phase circuit. In particular, the source-drain resistance of the FET can be used to change the resistance value, and the variable capacitance diode or other element can be used to change the capacitance of the capacitor. It is suitable for forming. Further, regarding an inductor, in two electrodes magnetically coupled to each other formed on a semiconductor substrate, the magnitude of a DC bias current flowing to one electrode is changed to directly change the inductance of the other electrode. This is also suitable for forming the variable inductor on the semiconductor substrate.

Further, in order to change the oscillation frequency as described above, in addition to the case where the element constants such as resistors are continuously changed, a plurality of resistors may be selectively used by switching switches.

The capacitors and inductors included in the phase shift circuit are replaced by circuits in which a capacitor element or an inductor element and an amplifier are connected in parallel.
It is possible to make the capacitance of the capacitor element and the inductance of the inductor element actually appear larger. Therefore, it is possible to actually form a capacitor element or an inductor element with a small occupied area and convert these capacitances and inductances into large values, so that the occupied area of the semiconductor substrate can be reduced.

Further, in the above-mentioned oscillator, any component can be formed on the semiconductor substrate, and when integrated in this way, the entire circuit can be downsized and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. .

[0040]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An oscillator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an oscillator according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The oscillator 1 shown in the same figure has two phase shift circuits 10 each performing a total phase shift of 180 ° at a predetermined frequency by shifting the phase of an input signal by a predetermined amount.
C and 110C, a phase inversion circuit 80 that inverts the phase of the output signal of the phase shift circuit 110C and amplifies and outputs the signal with a predetermined amplification degree, and the output of the phase inversion circuit 80 is fed back to the input side of the phase shift circuit 10C. The feedback resistor 70 is included. The feedback resistor 70 has a finite resistance value from 0Ω.

FIG. 2 shows the phase shift circuit 10 of the preceding stage shown in FIG.
The structure of C is extracted and shown. In the phase shift circuit 10C at the previous stage shown in the figure, the FET 12 whose gate is connected to the input end 22 via the capacitor 28 and the FET 1
2, a capacitor 14 and a variable resistor 16 connected in series between the source and drain, a resistor 18 connected between the drain of the FET 12 and the positive power source, and a resistor connected between the source of the FET 12 and ground. 20 and 20 are included.

Here, the resistance values of the two resistors 20 and 18 connected to the source and drain of the FET 12 described above are set to be substantially equal, and focusing on the AC component of the input voltage applied to the input end 22, The signal in phase is from the source of FET12, and the signal in phase is FE
Each is output from the drain of T12.

The capacitor 28 inserted between the gate of the FET 12 and the input end 22 is for blocking a direct current, and its impedance is extremely small at the operating frequency, that is, it has a large capacitance. ing. The resistor 26 connected between the gate of the FET 12 and the ground is for applying an appropriate bias voltage to the FET 12.

In the phase shift circuit 10C having such a configuration, when a predetermined AC signal is input to the input terminal 22,
That is, when a predetermined AC voltage (input voltage) is applied to the gate of the FET 12, an AC voltage having the same phase as this input voltage appears at the source of the FET 12 and conversely has an opposite phase to this input voltage at the drain of the FET 12. AC voltage appears with the same amplitude as the voltage appearing at the source. The amplitude of the AC voltage appearing at the source and the drain is Ei.

A series circuit composed of a variable resistor 16 and a capacitor 14 is connected between the source and drain of the FET 12. Therefore, a signal obtained by combining the voltages appearing at the source and the drain of the FET 12 via the capacitor 14 or the variable resistor 16 is output from the output end 24.

FIG. 3 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit 10C and the voltage appearing at the capacitor or the like.

Since an AC voltage having the same phase and opposite phase as the input voltage and the voltage amplitude of Ei appears at the source and drain of the FET 12, the potential difference (AC component) between the source and the drain becomes 2Ei. In addition, the voltage VR1 appearing across the variable resistor 16 and the voltage VC1 appearing across the capacitor 14 are 90 ° out of phase with each other, and a vector combination (addition) of these results between the source and drain of the FET 12. Potential difference 2Ei.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the voltage Ei
Of the variable resistor 16 and the voltage VC1 of both ends of the capacitor 14 are orthogonal to each other to form a right triangle. Therefore, when the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes, the voltage VR1 across the variable resistor 16 and the voltage VC1 across the capacitor 14 change along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.

By the way, the variable resistor 16 and the capacitor 14
Assuming that the potential difference between the connection point and the ground is taken out as the output voltage Eo, the output voltage Eo starts from the center point of the semicircle shown in FIG.
It can be represented by a vector whose end point is one point on the circumference where C1 intersects, and its size is equal to the radius Ei of the semicircle. Moreover, even if the frequency of the input signal changes, the end point of this vector merely moves on the circumference, so that a stable output whose output amplitude does not change according to the frequency can be obtained.

As is clear from FIG. 3, the voltage VR1
And the voltage VC1 intersect at a right angle on the circumference, theoretically, the phase difference between the input voltage applied to the gate of the FET 12 and the voltage VR1 is 90 ° to 0 as the frequency ω changes from 0 to ∞. It changes up to °. Then, the phase shift circuit 10C
The total phase shift amount φ1 is twice that, and changes from 180 ° to 0 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 16, the phase shift amount φ
1 can be changed.

FIG. 4 shows the phase shift circuit 11 in the latter stage shown in FIG.
The configuration of OC is extracted and shown. The subsequent phase shift circuit 110C shown in the figure shifts the phase of the signal input to the input terminal 122 by a predetermined amount and inputs it to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 112, which is a kind of differential input amplifier. Capacitor 114 and variable resistor 1
16, a resistor 118 inserted between the input end 122 and the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 112, and the operational amplifier 112.
And a resistor 120 inserted between the output terminal 124 and the inverting input terminal.

Phase shift circuit 110C having such a configuration
In, when a predetermined AC signal is input to the input terminal 122, the voltage VR2 appearing across the variable resistor 116 is applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 112.

In addition, 2 of the operational amplifier 112 shown in FIG.
Since no potential difference is generated between the inputs (the inverting input terminal and the non-inverting input terminal), the potential of the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 112 becomes equal to the potential of the connection point of the capacitor 114 and the variable resistor 116. Therefore, at both ends of the resistor 118,
The same voltage V2 as the voltage VC2 appearing across the capacitor 114
C2 appears.

Here, when the resistance values of the resistor 118 and the resistor 120 are equal, these two resistors 118, 120 are used.
Since the same current flows through the resistor 120, the voltage V
C2 appears. Moreover, these two resistors 118 and 120
Of the voltage VC2 appearing at both ends of each of the two points in the same vector direction, and the inverting input terminal (voltage VR2) of the operational amplifier 112.
Considering as a reference, the voltage VC2 across the resistor 118 is added vector-wise to the input voltage Ei 'and the resistor 12
The output voltage Eo is obtained by vectorly subtracting the voltage C2 at both ends of 0.

FIG. 5 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the subsequent phase shift circuit 110C and the voltage appearing at the capacitor or the like.

As shown in the figure, the voltage VR2 appearing across the variable resistor 116 and the voltage VC2 appearing across the capacitor 114 are 90 ° out of phase with each other, and the vector addition of these results in the input voltage. Ei '. Therefore, when the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes, the variable resistor 11 is moved along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.
The voltage VR2 across 6 and the voltage VC2 across capacitor 114 change.

Further, as described above, the voltage VR2 to the voltage V
The output voltage Eo is obtained by subtracting C2 in vector.
Considering the voltage VR2 applied to the non-inverting input terminal as a reference, the input voltage Ei 'and the output voltage Eo are different only in the direction in which the voltage VC2 is combined, and their absolute values are equal.
Therefore, the relationship between the magnitude and the phase of the input / output voltage can be expressed by an isosceles shape having the input voltage Ei 'and the output voltage Eo as hypotenuses and the base of twice the voltage VC2, and the amplitude of the output signal varies with frequency. It can be seen that the amplitude is the same as that of the input signal regardless of the relationship, and the phase shift amount is represented by φ 2 shown in FIG.

As is clear from FIG. 5, the voltage VR2
And the voltage VC2 intersect at a right angle on the circumference, theoretically, the phase difference between the input voltage Ei 'and the voltage VR2 is that the frequency ω is 0.
It changes from 90 ° to 0 ° as it changes from to ∞. The shift amount φ2 of the entire phase shift circuit 110C is twice that, and changes from 180 ° to 0 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, the phase shift amount φ2 can be changed by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 116.

In this way, the two phase shift circuits 10C,
The phase is shifted by a predetermined amount in each of 110C. Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the relative phase relationships of the input voltages in the phase shift circuits 10C and 110C are in the same direction, and the two phase shift circuits 10C and 110C as a whole have a predetermined frequency. Phase shift amount is 180
The signal that becomes ° is output.

The phase inversion circuit 80 shown in FIG.
The operational amplifier 82 in which the input signal is input to the inverting input terminal via the resistor 84 and the non-inverting input terminal is grounded.
And a resistor 86 connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the operational amplifier 82. When an AC signal is input to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 82 via the resistor 84, a reverse-phase signal whose phase is inverted is output from the output terminal of the operational amplifier 82, and this reverse-phase signal is shown in FIG. It is adapted to be taken out from the output terminal 92 of the oscillator 1.

The output of the phase inverting circuit 80 is fed back to the input side of the preceding phase shift circuit 10C via the feedback resistor 70. By setting the loop gain of this feedback path to 1 or more, The sine wave oscillation is performed at a frequency such that the phase shift amount becomes 0 ° when the closed loop makes one round. The amplification degree of the phase inversion circuit 80 is 8
The loop gain of the above-described oscillator 1 can be easily set to 1 or more by determining the resistance ratio of Nos. 4 and 86 and adjusting the resistance ratio.

FIG. 6 is a system diagram in which the entire two phase shift circuits 10C and 110C and the phase inversion circuit 80 having the above-mentioned configuration are replaced with a circuit having a transfer function K1. A closed loop is formed by the feedback resistor 70 having the value R0. FIG. 7 is a system diagram in which the system shown in FIG. 6 is converted by the Miller's theorem. When the feedback resistor 70 having a resistance value R0 is converted into an input shunt resistance as shown in FIG.

[Equation 1] Can be represented by

In this equation, considering that K1 is larger than 1, it can be seen that the input shunt resistance Rs becomes a negative resistance.

Assuming that the ideal phase shift circuit (all-pass network) having the transfer function K1 satisfies the condition that the phase shift amount is 0 ° at an arbitrary finite frequency, it is selective at this frequency. A negative resistance will be realized and oscillation will be possible. Actually, the input shunt resistance is in the form of being connected in parallel with the input impedance of the phase shift circuit, and it is necessary that a composite of these is a negative resistance, but the resistance value R0 of the feedback resistance 70 is set low, Since it is extremely easy to set the input impedance of the phase shift circuit to be high, it is theoretically possible to ignore the influence of the input impedance of the phase shift circuit.

By the way, the transfer function K2 of the phase shift circuit 10C in the preceding stage has a resistance value R of the variable resistor 16 and a capacitor 14
C is the capacitance of the variable resistor 16 and the capacitor 14
When the time constant of the CR circuit and T ₁ consisting of,

[Equation 2] Becomes Here, k is the attenuation ratio of the input / output signal and has a value of 1 or less.

The transfer function K3 of the subsequent phase shift circuit 110C has a resistance value R of the variable resistor 116 and a capacitor 11
When the electrostatic capacity of 4 is C, and the time constant of the CR circuit including the variable resistor 116 and the capacitor 114 is T ₂ ,

(Equation 3) Becomes Therefore, the overall transfer function K1 when the phase shift circuits 10C and 110C and the phase inversion circuit 80 of gain (-1 / k) are connected is

(Equation 4) Becomes Here, in order to simplify the calculation, s = jω,
s ² = −ω ² , A = 1 + T ₁ T ₂ s ² = 1−T ₁ T ₂ ω
² , B = T ₁ + T ₂

(Equation 5) Becomes In this equation (5), the phase shift circuits 10C and 11
In order that the phase difference between 0C and the entire input / output connecting the phase inversion circuit 80 becomes 0 °, the imaginary number term on the right side of the equation (5) must become 0, so the following equation holds.

[0068]

(Equation 6) Therefore, 1-T ₁ T ₂ ω ² = 0 or ω = 0. Here, when ω = 0, the input signal is DC and the phase difference is 180 °, so that the other condition (1
Ω = 1 / √ (T ₁ T ₂ ) satisfying −T ₁ T ₂ ω ² = 0)
At this time, the phase difference becomes 0 °. At this frequency, the input shunt resistance Rs becomes a negative resistance and simultaneously satisfies the oscillation voltage condition and the frequency condition.

Thus, the two phase shift circuits 10C and 11
By combining 0C and the phase inversion circuit 80, the phase shift amount of the signal that goes through the closed loop can be set to 0 ° at a certain frequency, and by setting the loop gain at this time to 1 or more, the sine wave oscillation is sustained. To be done.
Further, the frequency at which the phase shift amount becomes 0 ° can be changed by changing the resistance value of the variable resistor 16 or 116 in each of the phase shift circuits 10C and 110C.
A variable frequency oscillator can be easily realized.

Further, in the above-described oscillator 1, for example, when the two phase shift circuits 10C and 110C have the same time constant and are set to T, the oscillation frequency ω is 1 / √ (T
₁ T ₂ ) = 1 / T = 1 / (CR), and can be greatly changed by changing the resistance value R. On the other hand, in the conventional sine wave oscillator using LC resonance, its oscillation frequency is determined by √LC, and therefore, the variable width of the oscillation frequency with respect to the amount of change in C is smaller than that of the oscillator 1 of this embodiment. .

Further, the oscillator 1 of the first embodiment is FE
It is configured by combining T, an operational amplifier, a capacitor, and a resistor, and any constituent element can be formed on a semiconductor substrate. Therefore, the entire oscillator 1 capable of adjusting the oscillation frequency is formed on the semiconductor substrate to form an integrated circuit. It is also easy to

By the way, in the above-described oscillator of the first embodiment, each of the two phase shift circuits 10C and 110C is configured to include the capacitor 14 or 114, but an inductor may be used instead of the capacitor.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a modification of the phase shift circuit 10C at the preceding stage, showing the configuration of the phase shift circuit 10L in which an LR circuit is connected between the source and drain of the FET. The phase shift circuit 10L shown in the figure is the phase shift circuit 10C shown in FIG.
The CR circuit including the variable resistor 16 and the capacitor 14 therein is replaced with an LR circuit including the inductor 17 and the variable resistor 16. As shown in FIG. 8, one end of the variable resistor 16 is connected to the source of the FET 12, and one end of the inductor 17 is connected to the drain of the FET 12 via the DC current blocking capacitor 19.

Therefore, a signal obtained by combining the voltages appearing at the source and the drain of the FET 12 through the variable resistor 16 or the inductor 17 is output from the output terminal 24.

FIG. 9 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit 10L and the voltage appearing in the inductor or the like.

As described for the phase shift circuit 10C,
Since an AC voltage having the same amplitude and opposite phase as the input voltage and a voltage amplitude of Ei appears at the source and drain of the FET 12, the potential difference (AC component) between the source and drain is 2Ei. Further, the voltage VL1 appearing across the inductor 17 and the voltage VR3 appearing across the variable resistor 16 are 90 ° out of phase with each other, and a vector combination (addition) of these results between the source and drain of the FET 12. Potential difference 2Ei.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the voltage Ei
Is set to be a hypotenuse, and a right-angled triangle forming two sides where the voltage VL1 across the inductor 17 and the voltage VR3 across the variable resistor 16 are orthogonal to each other is formed. Therefore, when the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes, the voltage VL1 across the inductor 17 along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.
And the voltage VR3 across the variable resistor 16 change.

By the way, the inductor 17 and the variable resistor 16
Assuming that the potential difference between the connection point and the ground is taken out as the output voltage Eo, this output voltage Eo has its center point as the starting point in the semicircle shown in FIG.
It can be represented by a vector whose end point is one point on the circumference where R3 intersects, and its size is equal to the radius Ei of the semicircle. Moreover, even if the frequency of the input signal changes, the end point of this vector merely moves on the circumference, so that a stable output whose output amplitude does not change according to the frequency can be obtained.

As is clear from FIG. 9, the voltage VL1
And the voltage VR3 intersect at right angles on the circumference, theoretically, the phase difference between the input voltage applied to the gate of the FET 12 and the voltage VL1 is 90 ° to 0 as the frequency ω changes from 0 to ∞. It changes up to °. And the phase shift circuit 10L
The total phase shift amount φ1 is twice that, and changes from 180 ° to 0 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 16, the phase shift amount φ
1 can be changed.

In the transfer function of the phase shift circuit 10L, the resistance value of the variable resistor 16 is R, the inductance of the inductor 17 is L, and the time constant of the LR circuit including these variable resistor 16 and inductor 17 is T ₁ (= L / R), it can be expressed by the above-mentioned formula (2). That is, when expressed using a time constant, it can be seen that the phase shift circuit 10C shown in FIG. 2 and the phase shift circuit 10L shown in FIG. 8 are equivalent.

Therefore, in FIG. 1, the oscillator can be constructed by replacing the phase shift circuit 10C in the previous stage with the phase shift circuit 10L shown in FIG. 8. Even in this case, a variable frequency oscillator can be easily used. Can be realized.

Particularly, when the phase shift circuit 10C in the preceding stage is replaced with the phase shift circuit 10L shown in FIG. 8, the time constant T of the LR circuit in the phase shift circuit 10L in the preceding stage is L / R, and the time constant T in the latter stage is Since the time constant T of the CR circuit in the phase shift circuit 110C is CR, and the resistance value R is divided into the denominator and the numerator in each, the entire oscillator is formed on the semiconductor substrate and each variable resistor is formed by FET. If you did,
It is possible to perform so-called temperature compensation, which suppresses fluctuations in the oscillation frequency with respect to temperature changes in the resistance value of each variable resistor. This also applies to a case where various oscillators described later are configured by combining a phase shift circuit including a CR circuit and a phase shift circuit including an LR circuit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a modification of the subsequent phase shift circuit 110C, showing the configuration of the phase shift circuit 110L in which the LR circuit is connected to the input side of the operational amplifier. The phase shift circuit 110L shown in the figure is the phase shift circuit 110L shown in FIG.
CR consisting of variable resistor 116 and capacitor 114 in C
The circuit is composed of an inductor 117 and a variable resistor 116.
It has a configuration in which it is replaced with an R circuit. As shown in FIG. 10, one end of the variable resistor 116 is connected to the input end 122, and the connection point between the variable resistor 116 and the inductor 117 is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 112.

FIG. 11 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit 110L and the voltage appearing in the inductor or the like.

As shown in the figure, the voltage VL2 appearing across the inductor 117 and the voltage VR4 appearing across the variable resistor 116 are 90 ° out of phase with each other, and the vector addition of these is the input voltage. Ei '. Therefore, when the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes, the voltage VL2 across the inductor 117 and the voltage VR4 across the variable resistor 116 along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.
And change.

As described above, the voltage V L2 to the voltage V
The output voltage Eo is obtained by subtracting R4 in vector.
Considering the voltage VL2 applied to the non-inverting input terminal as a reference, the input voltage Ei 'and the output voltage Eo are different only in the direction in which the voltage VR4 is combined, and their absolute values are equal.
Therefore, the relationship between the magnitude and the phase of the input / output voltage can be expressed by an isosceles triangle whose hypotenuse is the input voltage Ei 'and output voltage Eo and whose base is twice the voltage VR4, and the amplitude of the output signal varies with frequency. It can be seen that the amplitude is the same as that of the input signal regardless of the relationship, and the phase shift amount is represented by φ 2 shown in FIG.

As is clear from FIG. 11, the voltage V
Since L2 and voltage VR4 intersect at right angles on the circumference, theoretically the phase difference between the input voltage Ei 'and the voltage VL2 changes from 90 ° to 0 ° as the frequency ω changes from 0 to ∞. . The shift amount φ2 of the entire phase shift circuit 110L is twice that, and changes from 180 ° to 0 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, the phase shift amount φ2 can be changed by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 116.

The transfer function of the phase shift circuit 110L is such that the resistance value of the variable resistor 116 is R, the inductance of the inductor 117 is L, and these variable resistor 116 and inductor 11 are L.
When the time constant of the LR circuit composed of 7 is T ₂ (= L / R), it can be expressed by the above-mentioned formula (3). That is,
Expressed using a time constant, the phase shift circuit 11 shown in FIG.
It can be seen that 0C is equivalent to the phase shift circuit 110L shown in FIG.

Therefore, in FIG. 1, the oscillator can be constructed by replacing the phase shift circuit 110C in the subsequent stage with the phase shift circuit 110L shown in FIG. 10, and even in this case,
A variable frequency oscillator can be easily realized.

In FIG. 1, the phase shift circuit 10 in the preceding stage is
Replacing C with the phase shift circuit 10L shown in FIG.
The phase shift circuit 110C in the latter stage is replaced by the phase shift circuit 110 shown in FIG.
It is also possible to replace L with an oscillator. Especially,
When the two phase shift circuits forming the oscillator are both configured to include the LR circuit, when the oscillator is formed as an integrated circuit, the inductance of the inductor included in each phase shift circuit is reduced and the frequency ω (= R / L ) Is easy to increase and is suitable for increasing the oscillation frequency.

Further, in the above-mentioned various oscillators, the phase shift circuit 10C or 10L is provided in the front stage, and the phase shift circuit 11 is provided in the rear stage.
Although 0C or 110L is arranged respectively, the phase shift amount between the input and output signals may be 180 ° due to the whole of them, so that these front and rear are interchanged to move the phase shift circuit 110C or 110L to the subsequent stage. The oscillators may be configured by disposing the phase circuits 10C or 10L, respectively.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an oscillator according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The oscillator 2 shown in the figure has two phase shift circuits 30 each performing a total phase shift of 180 ° at a predetermined frequency by shifting the phase of the input signal by a predetermined amount.
C and 130C, a phase inversion circuit 80 which inverts the phase of the output signal of the phase shift circuit 130C and amplifies and outputs the signal at a predetermined amplification degree, and the output of the phase inversion circuit 80 is fed back to the input side of the phase shift circuit 30C. The feedback resistor 70 is included. The feedback resistor 70 has a finite resistance value from 0Ω.

FIG. 13 shows the extracted structure of the phase shift circuit 30C at the preceding stage shown in FIG. The phase shift circuit 30C at the previous stage shown in the figure includes an FET 32 whose gate is connected to the input end 42 via a capacitor 48, and this FE.
Variable resistor 36 and capacitor 34 connected in series between the source and drain of T32, resistor 38 connected between the drain of FET 32 and the positive power supply, and resistor connected between the source of FET 32 and ground And 40.

Here, the resistance values of the two resistors 40 and 38 connected to the source and drain of the FET 32 described above are set to be substantially equal, and focusing on the AC component of the input voltage applied to the input end 42, The signal in phase is from the source of FET 32, and the signal in phase is FE
Each is output from the drain of T32.

The capacitor 48 inserted between the gate of the FET 32 and the input end 42 is for blocking a direct current, and its impedance is extremely small at the operating frequency, that is, it has a large capacitance. ing. The resistor 46 connected between the gate of the FET 32 and the ground is for applying an appropriate bias voltage to the FET 32.

In the phase shift circuit 30C having such a configuration, when a predetermined AC signal is input to the input terminal 42,
That is, when a predetermined alternating voltage (input voltage) is applied to the gate of the FET 32, an alternating voltage having the same phase as this input voltage appears at the source of the FET 32, and conversely, at the drain of the FET 32, which is in opposite phase to this input voltage. AC voltage appears with the same amplitude as the voltage appearing at the source. The amplitude of the AC voltage appearing at the source and the drain is Ei.

A series circuit composed of a capacitor 34 and a variable resistor 36 is connected between the source and drain of the FET 32. Therefore, each of the voltages appearing at the source and drain of the FET 32 is controlled by the variable resistor 3
6 or a signal synthesized via the capacitor 34 is output from the output end 44.

FIG. 14 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit 30C and the voltage appearing at the capacitor or the like.

Since an AC voltage having the same phase and a reverse phase as the input voltage and a voltage amplitude of Ei appears at the source and drain of the FET 32, the potential difference (AC component) between the source and the drain becomes 2Ei. Further, the voltage VC3 appearing across the capacitor 34 and the voltage VR5 appearing across the variable resistor 36 are 90 ° out of phase with each other, and a vector combination (addition) of these results between the source and drain of the FET 32. Potential difference 2Ei.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
The double side of i is a hypotenuse, and a right-angled triangle forming two sides where the voltage VC3 across the capacitor 34 and the voltage VR5 across the variable resistor 36 are orthogonal to each other is formed. Therefore, if the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes,
The voltage VC3 across the capacitor 34 and the voltage VR5 across the variable resistor 36 change along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.

By the way, the variable resistor 36 and the capacitor 34
Assuming that the potential difference between the connection point and the ground is taken out as the output voltage Eo, the output voltage Eo starts from the center point of the semicircle shown in FIG. 14 and the circumference of the circle where the voltage VC3 and the voltage VR5 intersect. It can be represented by a vector having an end point at one point, and its size is equal to the radius Ei of the semicircle. Moreover, even if the frequency of the input signal changes, the end point of this vector merely moves on the circumference, so that a stable output whose output amplitude does not change according to the frequency can be obtained.

As is clear from FIG. 14, the voltage V
Since C3 and voltage VR5 intersect at a right angle on the circumference, theoretically the input voltage and voltage VC3 applied to the gate of FET32
The phase difference between and changes from 0 ° to 90 ° as the frequency ω changes from 0 to ∞. Then, the phase shift circuit 30
The phase shift amount φ3 of the entire C is twice that, and changes from 0 ° to 180 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, the phase shift amount φ3 can be changed by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 36.

FIG. 15 is an extracted view of the structure of the phase shift circuit 130C at the subsequent stage shown in FIG. The phase shift circuit 130C at the subsequent stage shown in the figure shifts the phase of the signal input to the input terminal 142 by a predetermined amount and inputs it to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 132, which is a type of differential input amplifier. The variable resistor 136 and the capacitor 134, the resistor 138 inserted between the input terminal 142 and the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 132, and the operational amplifier 1
The resistor 140 is inserted between the 32 output terminals 144 and the inverting input terminal.

The phase shift circuit 130C having such a configuration
In, when a predetermined AC signal is input to the input terminal 142, the voltage VC4 appearing across the capacitor 134 is applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 132.

Since no potential difference is generated between the two inputs (the inverting input terminal and the non-inverting input terminal) of the operational amplifier 132 shown in FIG. 15, the potential of the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 132, the variable resistor 136 and the capacitor 134. Is equal to the potential at the connection point. Therefore, the same voltage VR6 that appears across the variable resistor 136 appears across the resistor 138.

Here, when the resistance values of the resistor 138 and the resistor 140 are the same, these two resistors 138, 140.
Since the same current flows through the resistor 140, the voltage V
R6 appears. Moreover, these two resistors 138, 140
The voltage VR6 appearing at both ends of each of the two points in the same vector direction, and is the inverting input terminal (voltage VC4) of the operational amplifier 132.
Considering the above as a reference, the vector-wise addition of the voltage VR6 across the resistor 138 becomes the input voltage Ei 'and the resistor 14
The output voltage Eo is obtained by vectorly subtracting the voltage R6 between both ends of 0.

FIG. 16 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the subsequent phase shift circuit 130C and the voltage appearing at the capacitor or the like.

As shown in the figure, the voltage VC4 appearing across the capacitor 134 and the voltage VR6 appearing across the variable resistor 136 are 90 ° out of phase with each other. Ei '. Therefore, when the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes, the voltage VC4 across the capacitor 134 and the voltage VR6 across the variable resistor 136 along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.
And change.

As described above, the voltage VC4 to the voltage V4
The output voltage Eo is obtained by subtracting R6 in vector.
Considering the voltage VC4 applied to the non-inverting input terminal as a reference, the input voltage Ei 'and the output voltage Eo are different only in the direction in which the voltage VR6 is combined, and their absolute values are equal.
Therefore, the relationship between the magnitude and the phase of the input / output voltage can be expressed by an isosceles polygon having the input voltage Ei 'and the output voltage Eo as hypotenuses and the base of twice the voltage VR6, and the amplitude of the output signal changes with frequency. It can be seen that it is the same as the amplitude of the input signal regardless of the relationship, and the phase shift amount is represented by φ4 shown in FIG.

Further, as is clear from FIG. 16, the voltage V
Since C4 and the voltage VR6 intersect at a right angle on the circumference, theoretically the phase difference between the input voltage Ei 'and the voltage VC4 changes from 0 ° to 90 ° as the frequency ω changes from 0 to ∞. . The shift amount φ4 of the entire phase shift circuit 130C is twice that, and changes from 0 ° to 180 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, the phase shift amount φ4 can be changed by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 136.

In this way, the two phase shift circuits 30C,
The phase is shifted by a predetermined amount in each of 130C. Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 16, the relative phase relationships of the input and output voltages in the phase shift circuits 30C and 130C are in the same direction, and the two phase shift circuits 30C and 130C as a whole at a predetermined frequency. Thus, a signal having a phase shift amount of 180 ° is output.

The phase inversion circuit 80 shown in FIG. 12 is the one shown in FIG. 1 and functions as an amplifier having an amplification degree determined by the resistance ratio of the resistors 84 and 86, and inverts the phase of the input signal. Output.

The output of the phase inversion circuit 80 is taken out as the output of the oscillator 2 from the output terminal 92, and
It is fed back to the input side of the phase shift circuit 30C at the previous stage via the feedback resistor 70, and by setting the loop gain of this feedback path to 1 or more, the phase shift amount becomes 0 ° when the closed loop makes one round. Sine wave oscillation is performed at such a frequency.

By the way, the transfer function K21 of the preceding phase shift circuit 30C has a resistance value R of the variable resistor 36 and a capacitor 34.
C is the capacitance of the variable resistor 36 and the capacitor 34
When the time constant of the CR circuit and T ₁ consisting of,

(Equation 7) Becomes Here, k is the attenuation ratio of the input / output signal and has a value of 1 or less.

The transfer function K31 of the phase shift circuit 130C in the subsequent stage has a resistance value R of the variable resistor 136 and a capacitor 13
When the electrostatic capacity of 4 is C and the time constant of the CR circuit including the variable resistor 136 and the capacitor 134 is T ₂ ,

(Equation 8) Becomes Therefore, the overall transfer function K11 when the phase shift circuits 30C and 130C and the phase inversion circuit 80 having a gain (−1 / k) are connected is

[Equation 9] Thus, the equation is the same as the equation (4) calculated for the oscillator 1 of the first embodiment. That is, in the oscillator 2 of the second embodiment, the configuration in which the phase shift circuits 30C and 130C and the phase inversion circuit 80 are connected is the oscillator 1 of the first embodiment.
In the phase shift circuits 10C and 110C and the phase inversion circuit 80
It can be seen that this is equivalent to the configuration in which is connected.

Therefore, in the oscillator 2 of the second embodiment, the amplification degree of the phase inversion circuit 80 is adjusted and the oscillator 2
By setting the loop gain of 1 to 1 or more, the sine wave oscillation is maintained at a frequency such that the amount of phase shift becomes 0 when it makes one cycle.

Further, by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistors 36 and 136 in each of the phase shift circuits 30C and 130C,
Since the amount of phase shift in each phase shift circuit can be changed, the frequency at which the total amount of phase shift becomes 180 ° can be changed by the entire two phase shift circuits 30C and 130C, and the frequency variable oscillator can be easily 2 can be realized.

Further, the oscillator 2 of the second embodiment is FE
It is configured by combining T, an operational amplifier, a capacitor, and a resistor, and any constituent element can be formed on a semiconductor substrate. Therefore, the entire oscillator 2 whose oscillation frequency can be adjusted is formed on a semiconductor substrate to form an integrated circuit. It is also easy to

In the oscillator 2 of the second embodiment described above, each of the two phase shift circuits 30C and 130C is configured to include the capacitor 34 or 134.
An inductor can be used instead of the capacitor.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a modification of the phase shift circuit 30C at the preceding stage, showing the configuration of the phase shift circuit 30L in which an LR circuit is connected between the source and drain of the FET. The phase shift circuit 30L shown in the figure is the phase shift circuit 3 shown in FIG.
The CR circuit including the capacitor 34 and the variable resistor 36 in the 0C is replaced with an LR circuit including the variable resistor 36 and the inductor 37. As shown in FIG.
One end of the inductor 37 has a capacitor 39 for blocking direct current.
The variable resistor 36 is connected to the source of the FET 32 via the, and one end of the variable resistor 36 is connected to the drain of the FET 32.

Therefore, a signal obtained by combining the voltages appearing at the source and the drain of the FET 32 via the inductor 37 or the variable resistor 36 is output from the output end 44.

FIG. 18 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit 30L and the voltage appearing in the inductor or the like.

As described for the phase shift circuit 30C,
Since an AC voltage having the same phase and opposite phase as the input voltage and a voltage amplitude of Ei appears at the source and drain of the FET 32, the potential difference (AC component) between the source and the drain becomes 2Ei. Further, the voltage VR7 appearing across the variable resistor 36 and the voltage VL3 appearing across the inductor 37 are 90 ° out of phase with each other, and the vector combination (addition) of these results between the source and drain of the FET 32. Potential difference 2Ei.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 18, the voltage E
A double side of i is a hypotenuse, and a right triangle which forms two sides in which the voltage VR7 across the variable resistor 36 and the voltage VL3 across the inductor 37 are orthogonal to each other is formed. Therefore, if the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes,
Along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.
R7 and the voltage VL3 across the inductor 37 change.

By the way, the variable resistor 36 and the inductor 37
Assuming that the potential difference between the connection point and the ground is taken out as the output voltage Eo, the output voltage Eo starts from the center point of the semicircle shown in FIG. 18 and the circumference of the intersection of the voltage VR7 and the voltage VL3. It can be represented by a vector having an end point at one point, and its size is equal to the radius Ei of the semicircle. Moreover, even if the frequency of the input signal changes, the end point of this vector merely moves on the circumference, so that a stable output whose output amplitude does not change according to the frequency can be obtained.

As is clear from FIG. 18, the voltage V
Since R7 and voltage VL3 intersect at a right angle on the circumference, theoretically the input voltage and voltage VR7 applied to the gate of FET32
The phase difference between and changes from 0 ° to 90 ° as the frequency ω changes from 0 to ∞. Then, the phase shift circuit 30
The phase shift amount φ3 of the entire L is twice that, and changes from 0 ° to 180 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, the phase shift amount φ3 can be changed by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 36.

The transfer function of the phase shift circuit 30L is such that the resistance value of the variable resistor 36 is R, the inductance of the inductor 37 is L, and the time constant of the LR circuit including the variable resistor 36 and the inductor 37 is T ₁ (= L / R), it can be expressed by the above-mentioned expression (7). That is, when expressed using a time constant, the phase shift circuit 30C shown in FIG.
It can be seen that the phase shift circuit 30L shown in FIG.

Therefore, in FIG. 12, the oscillator can be constructed by replacing the phase shift circuit 30C in the previous stage with the phase shift circuit 30L shown in FIG. 17, and even in this case, a variable frequency oscillator can be easily used. Can be realized.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a modification of the subsequent phase shift circuit 130C, showing the configuration of the phase shift circuit 130L in which the LR circuit is connected to the input side of the operational amplifier. The phase shift circuit 130L shown in the figure is the same as the phase shift circuit 13 shown in FIG.
C consisting of variable resistor 136 and capacitor 134 in 0C
The R circuit is replaced with an LR circuit including an inductor 137 and a variable resistor 136. As shown in FIG. 19, one end of the inductor 137 is connected to the input end 142, and the connection point between the inductor 137 and the variable resistor 136 is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 132.

FIG. 20 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit 130L and the voltage appearing in the inductor or the like.

As shown in the figure, the voltage VR8 appearing across the variable resistor 136 and the voltage VL4 appearing across the inductor 137 are 90 ° out of phase with each other. Ei '. Therefore, when the amplitude of the input signal is constant and only the frequency changes, the variable resistor 1 is moved along the circumference of the semicircle shown in FIG.
The voltage VR8 across 36 and the voltage VL4 across inductor 137
And change.

Further, as described above, from the voltage VR8 to the voltage V
The output voltage Eo is obtained by vectorly subtracting L4.
Considering the voltage VR8 applied to the non-inverting input terminal as a reference, the input voltage Ei 'and the output voltage Eo are different only in the direction in which the voltage VL4 is combined, and their absolute values are equal.
Therefore, the relationship between the magnitude and phase of the input / output voltage can be expressed by an isosceles triangle whose hypotenuse is the input voltage Ei 'and output voltage Eo and whose base is twice the voltage VL4, and the amplitude of the output signal varies with frequency. It can be seen that the phase shift amount is represented by φ4 shown in FIG. 20, which is the same as the amplitude of the input signal regardless of the relationship.

As is clear from FIG. 20, the voltage V
Since R8 and the voltage VL4 intersect at a right angle on the circumference, theoretically the phase difference between the input voltage Ei 'and the voltage VR8 changes from 0 ° to 90 ° as the frequency ω changes from 0 to ∞. . The shift amount φ4 of the entire phase shift circuit 130L is twice that, and changes from 0 ° to 180 ° depending on the frequency. Moreover, the phase shift amount φ4 can be changed by changing the resistance value R of the variable resistor 136.

The transfer function of the phase shift circuit 130L is such that the resistance value of the variable resistor 136 is R, the inductance of the inductor 137 is L, the variable resistor 136 and the inductor 13 are
When the time constant of the LR circuit composed of 7 is T31 (= L / R), it can be expressed by the above-mentioned equation (8). That is,
When expressed using a time constant, the phase shift circuit 1 shown in FIG.
It can be seen that 30C is equivalent to the phase shift circuit 130L shown in FIG.

Therefore, in FIG. 12, the oscillator can be constructed by replacing the phase shift circuit 130C in the subsequent stage with the phase shift circuit 130L shown in FIG. 19, and even in this case, a variable frequency oscillator can be easily used. Can be realized.

Incidentally, in FIG. 12, the phase shift circuit 3 of the preceding stage is
0C is replaced with the phase shift circuit 30L shown in FIG. 17, and the subsequent phase shift circuit 130C is replaced with the phase shift circuit 1 shown in FIG.
It is also possible to replace it with 30 L and configure an oscillator.

Further, in the above-mentioned various oscillators, the phase shift circuit 30C or 30L is provided at the front stage, and the phase shift circuit 13 is provided at the rear stage.
Although 0C or 130L is arranged respectively, the phase shift amount between the input and output signals should be 180 ° due to the whole of them, so that these front and rear are interchanged to move the phase shift circuit 130C or 130L to the subsequent stage. The oscillator may be configured by disposing the phase circuits 30C or 30L, respectively.

(Other Embodiments) By the way, the oscillator of each of the above-described embodiments is composed of two phase shift circuits and a phase inversion circuit, and the total of the three circuits connected to each other makes a total at a predetermined frequency. 0 for phase shift
A predetermined oscillation operation is performed by setting the angle to °. Therefore, focusing only on the amount of phase shift, there is some degree of freedom in the order in which the phase shift circuit and the phase inversion circuit are connected, and the connection order can be determined as necessary.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a connection state when an oscillator is formed by combining two phase shift circuits and a phase inversion circuit. In these figures, the feedback impedance element 70a is most commonly shown in FIG.
A feedback resistor 70 is used as shown in FIG. However, the feedback impedance element 70a may be formed by a capacitor or an inductor, or may be formed by combining a resistor, a capacitor or an inductor.

FIG. 21A shows a configuration in which the phase inversion circuit 80 is arranged in the subsequent stage of the two phase shift circuits.
It corresponds to the oscillator 1 shown in or the oscillator 2 shown in FIG. As described above, when the phase inverting circuit 80 is arranged in the subsequent stage, a large output current can be taken out by providing the phase inverting circuit 80 with the function of the output buffer.

FIG. 21B shows a structure in which the phase inversion circuit 80 is arranged between two phase shift circuits. In this way, when the phase inversion circuit 80 is arranged in the middle, it is possible to completely prevent mutual interference between the phase shift circuit at the front stage and the phase shift circuit at the rear stage.

FIG. 21C shows a configuration in which the phase inversion circuit 80 is arranged further upstream of the two phase shift circuits. In this way, when the phase inversion circuit 80 is arranged in the preceding stage, the influence of the feedback impedance element 70a on the preceding phase shift circuit can be minimized.

Further, the phase shift circuit shown in each of the above-described embodiments includes the variable resistor 16 and the like. These variable resistors are specifically junction type or MOS type FEs.
It can be realized by using T.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the configuration of the phase shift circuit in which the variable resistors in the two types of phase shift circuits constituting the oscillator 1 shown in FIG. 1 are replaced with FETs. In the same figure (A), the structure which replaced the variable resistance 16 with FET in the phase shift circuit 10C is shown. FIG. 1B shows a configuration in which the variable resistor 116 is replaced with an FET in the phase shift circuit 110C.

As described above, when the channel formed between the source and drain of the FET is used as a resistor instead of the variable resistor 16 or 116, the gate voltage is variably controlled and the channel resistance is adjusted to a certain range. The amount of phase shift in each phase shift circuit can be changed by changing the value arbitrarily. Therefore, in each oscillator, the frequency at which the amount of phase shift of the signal that goes around once becomes 0 ° can be changed, so that the oscillation frequency of the oscillator can be arbitrarily changed.

In each of the phase shift circuits shown in FIG. 22, the variable resistance is composed of one FET, that is, a p-channel or n-channel FET.
One variable resistor may be formed by connecting T and an n-channel FET in parallel. When changing the resistance value, the magnitude of the gate voltage may be changed. In this way, by combining the two FETs to form the variable resistance, it is possible to improve the non-linear region of the FETs, and thus the distortion of the oscillation signal can be reduced.

In FIG. 22, the case where the variable resistors in the two phase shift circuits 10C and 110C constituting the oscillator 1 shown in FIG. 1 are replaced with FETs has been described.
Two phase shift circuits 30C and 13 that form the oscillator 2 shown in FIG.
The same applies to the case where the variable resistance in 0C is replaced with the FET, and the case where the variable resistance in the other phase shift circuits shown in FIG. 8 and the like is replaced with the FET.

In the phase shift circuits shown in the above-mentioned embodiments, the resistance value of the variable resistor connected in series with the capacitor 14 etc. is changed to change the phase shift amount, thereby changing the overall oscillation frequency. However, it is also possible to form the capacitor 14 and the like by a variable capacitance element and change the electrostatic capacitance to change the overall oscillation frequency.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the structure of the phase shift circuit in the case where the capacitors in the two types of phase shift circuits constituting the oscillator 1 shown in FIG. 1 are replaced by variable capacitance diodes.
In the same figure (A), the variable resistor 16 is included in the phase shift circuit 10C.
Is replaced with a fixed resistor and the capacitor 14 is replaced with a variable capacitance diode. In the same figure (B), the variable resistor 116 in the phase shift circuit 110C.
Is replaced with a fixed resistor and the capacitor 114 is replaced with a variable capacitance diode.

In FIGS. 23A and 23B, the capacitor connected in series to the variable capacitance diode blocks its direct current when a reverse bias voltage is applied between the anode and cathode of the variable capacitance diode. The impedance is extremely small at the operating frequency, that is, it has a large capacitance. In addition, since the potentials at both ends of the capacitors shown in FIGS. 23A and 23B are constant when the direct current component is seen, by applying a reverse bias voltage larger than the amplitude of the alternating current component between the anode and the cathode, Each variable capacitance diode can function as a variable capacitance capacitor.

Thus, the capacitor 14 or 11
4 is composed of a variable capacitance diode, the magnitude of the reverse bias voltage applied between its anode and cathode is variably controlled to arbitrarily change the electrostatic capacitance of this variable capacitance diode within a certain range, and each phase shift circuit The amount of phase shift at can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to change the frequency at which the amount of phase shift of the signal that makes one round in the oscillator becomes 0 °, and it is possible to arbitrarily change the oscillation frequency of the oscillator.

By the way, the above-mentioned FIG. 23 (A), (B)
In the above, the variable capacitance diode is used as the variable capacitance element, but an FET in which the source and the drain are connected to a fixed potential in a direct current and a variable voltage is applied to the gate may be used. As described above, FIG.
Since the potentials at both ends of the variable capacitance diode shown in (B) are fixed in terms of direct current, it is only necessary to replace these variable capacitance diodes with the above-mentioned FETs, and by changing the voltage applied to the gate, the gate capacitance, That is, F
The capacitance of ET can be changed.

Although only the capacitance of the variable capacitance diode is changed in FIGS. 23A and 23B described above, the resistance value of the variable resistor may be changed at the same time. Further, it goes without saying that these variable resistors can be formed by utilizing the channel resistance of the FET as shown in FIG. In particular, when a p-channel FET and an n-channel FET are connected in parallel to form one variable resistor, the nonlinear region of the FET can be improved, so that the distortion of the oscillation signal can be reduced. it can.

Although the case where the capacitors in the two phase shift circuits 10C and 110C constituting the oscillator 1 shown in FIG. 1 are replaced with variable capacitance elements has been described with reference to FIG. 23, the oscillator 2 shown in FIG. Two phase shift circuits 3
The same applies when replacing the capacitors in 0C and 130C with variable capacitance elements.

Further, in the phase shift circuit shown in each of the above-described embodiments, the resistance value of the variable resistor connected in series with the inductor 17 and the like is changed to change the phase shift amount, thereby changing the overall oscillation frequency. Alternatively, the inductor 17 or the like may be formed of a variable inductor, and the overall oscillation frequency may be changed by changing the inductance.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a configuration in which the inductors in various phase shift circuits are replaced with variable inductors. FIG. 8A shows a configuration in which the inductor 17 in the phase shift circuit 10L shown in FIG. 8 is replaced with a variable inductor 17a. FIG. 10B shows a configuration in which the inductor 117 in the phase shift circuit 110L shown in FIG. 10 is replaced with a variable inductor 117a.

In this way, the inductor 17 or 11
It is possible to change the phase shift amount in each phase shift circuit by replacing 7 with the variable inductor 17a or 117a and arbitrarily changing the inductance of the variable inductor 17a or 117a within a certain range. Therefore, it is possible to change the frequency at which the amount of phase shift of the signal that goes round in each oscillator becomes 0 °, and it is possible to arbitrarily change the oscillation frequency.

Although only the inductance of the variable inductor 17a or the like is changed in FIGS. 24A and 24B described above, the resistance value of the variable resistor may be changed at the same time. Further, in FIG. 24, the case where the inductor 17 or the like in the phase shift circuit shown in FIG. 8 or 10 is replaced with a variable inductor has been described, but the inductor 37 in the phase shift circuit 30L shown in FIG. The same applies when replacing the inductor 137 in the illustrated phase shift circuit 130L with a variable inductor.

By the way, in addition to the case where the variable resistance, the variable capacitance element or the variable inductor is used as described above, a plurality of resistors or capacitors having different element constants are prepared and the switches are switched to switch the plurality of elements. One or more may be selected from the above. In this case, the element constants can be discontinuously switched by the number of elements to be connected and the connection method (serial connection, parallel connection, or a combination thereof) by switching the switches. For example, instead of a variable resistor, a plurality of n-th power series resistors having a resistance value of R, 2R, 4R, ... Are prepared, and one or an arbitrary plurality is selected and connected in series. , It is possible to easily switch the resistance values at equal intervals with a smaller number of elements. Similarly, instead of a capacitor, the capacitance is C, 2
By preparing a plurality of 2 n-th series capacitors such as C, 4 C, ... And selecting one or an arbitrary plurality of capacitors to connect in parallel, switching of electrostatic capacitance at equal intervals is further reduced. It can be easily realized by a device.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a specific example of the variable inductor 17a and the like shown in FIG. 24, and schematically shows a planar structure formed on a semiconductor substrate. The structure of the variable inductor 17a shown in the figure can be directly applied to the variable inductor 117a and the like.

The variable inductor 17a shown in the figure has a spiral inductor conductor 312 formed on a semiconductor substrate 310, a control conductor 314 formed so as to circulate the outer periphery thereof, the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor. The insulating magnetic body 318 is formed so as to cover both the conductors 314.

A variable voltage power source 316 is connected to both ends of the control conductor 314 to apply a variable bias voltage to the control conductor 314. The variable voltage power source 316 is connected to the variable voltage power source 316.
By variably controlling the DC bias voltage applied by, the bias current flowing in the control conductor 314 can be changed.

For the semiconductor substrate 310, for example, an n-type silicon substrate (n-Si substrate) or another semiconductor material (for example, amorphous material such as germanium or amorphous silicon) is used. The inductor conductor 312 is formed by spirally forming a metal thin film such as aluminum or gold or a semiconductor material such as polysilicon.

Note that, on the semiconductor substrate 310 shown in FIG. 25, other components of the oscillator including the phase shift circuit shown in FIG. 8 etc. are formed in addition to the variable inductor 17a.

FIG. 26 shows an inductor conductor 312 and a control conductor 314 of the variable inductor 17a shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the shape of more in detail.

As shown in the figure, the inductor conductor 312 located on the inner peripheral side is formed in a spiral shape with a predetermined number of turns (for example, about 4 turns), and two terminal electrodes 322, 324 are provided at both ends thereof. Are connected. Similarly,
The control conductor 314 located on the outer peripheral side is formed in a spiral shape with a predetermined number of turns (for example, about 2 turns),
Two control electrodes 326 and 328 are connected to both ends thereof.

FIG. 27 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 26, and shows a cross section of the insulating magnetic body 318 including the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor 314.

As shown in the figure, the inductor conductor 3 is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 310 via the insulating magnetic film 318a.
12 and the control conductor 314 are formed, and the surface thereof is covered with an insulating magnetic film 318b. The insulating magnetic material 318 shown in FIG. 25 is formed by these two magnetic material films 318a and 318b.

For example, various magnetic films such as gamma ferrite and barium ferrite can be used as the magnetic films 318a and 318b. Various kinds of materials and forming methods of these magnetic films can be considered. For example, a method of forming a magnetic film by vacuum vapor deposition of FeO or the like, other molecular beam epitaxy method (MBE method), chemical vapor deposition, etc. There is a method of forming a magnetic film by using a phase growth method (CVD method), a sputtering method or the like.

The insulating film 330 is made of a non-magnetic material, and covers the winding portions of the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor 314. By eliminating the magnetic films 318a and 318b between the winding portions in this manner, it is possible to minimize the leakage magnetic flux generated between the winding portions.
The variable inductor 17a having a large inductance can be realized by effectively utilizing the magnetic flux generated by.

As described above, the variable inductor 17a shown in FIG. 25 and the like has the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor 31.
4 to cover the insulating magnetic material 318 (magnetic material film 318
a, 318b) are formed, and the DC bias current flowing through the control conductor 314 is variably controlled to change the saturation magnetization characteristic of the inductor conductor 312 having the insulating magnetic body 318 as a magnetic path. Inductor conductor 312
Inductance changes.

Therefore, the inductance itself of the inductor conductor 312 can be directly changed, and further, the inductor conductor 312 can be formed on the semiconductor substrate 310 by using a thin film forming technique or a semiconductor manufacturing technique, which facilitates the production. Further, since it is possible to form other components such as the oscillator 1 on the semiconductor substrate 310, it is suitable when the entire oscillator of each embodiment is integrally formed by integration.

The variable inductor 1 shown in FIG.
The inductor 7a may be formed by alternately winding the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor 314, or may be formed by stacking the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor 314. In either case, the saturation magnetization characteristic of the insulating magnetic material 318 can be changed by changing the DC bias current flowing through the control conductor 314, and the inductor conductor 312 can be changed.
The inductance possessed by can be changed within a certain range.

Further, the variable inductor 1 shown in FIG.
7a has been described as an example in which the inductor conductor 312 and the like are formed on the semiconductor substrate 310, but it may be formed on various insulating or conductive substrates such as ceramics.

Although the insulating material is used for the magnetic films 318a and 318b, a conductive material such as metal powder (MP) may be used. However, when such a conductive magnetic film is used by replacing it with the above-mentioned insulating magnetic film 318a or the like, each winding portion of the inductor conductor 312 or the like is short-circuited and does not function as an inductor conductor. It is necessary to electrically insulate between the conductor and the conductive magnetic film. As this insulating method, there are a method of forming an insulating oxide film by oxidizing the inductor conductor 312 and the like, a method of forming a silicon oxide film or a nitride film by a chemical vapor deposition method, and the like.

In particular, a conductive material such as metal powder has a large magnetic permeability as compared with an insulating material such as gamma-ferrite, and therefore has an advantage that a large inductance can be secured.

Further, the variable inductor 1 shown in FIG.
In 7a, both the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor 314 are entirely covered with the insulating magnetic body 318, but a magnetic path may be formed by covering only a part thereof. In this way, when the insulating magnetic body (or the conductive magnetic body may be used) which becomes the magnetic path is partially formed, the inductor conductor 312 and the control conductor 3 are narrowed by narrowing the magnetic path.
The magnetic flux generated by 14 is easily saturated. Therefore, even when a small bias current is passed through the control conductor 314, the magnetic flux is saturated, and the inductance of the inductor conductor 312 can be changed by variably controlling the small bias current. Therefore, the structure of the control system can be simplified.

Further, the variable inductor 1 shown in FIG.
7a is formed by concentrically winding an inductor conductor 312 and a control conductor 314. These conductors are formed at adjacent positions on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 310, and an insulating or conductive magnetic field is formed between them. You may magnetically couple by the magnetic path formed of the body.

FIG. 28 is a plan view showing the outline of the variable inductor 17b in the case where the inductor conductor and the control conductor are formed adjacent to each other.

The variable inductor 17b shown in the figure includes a spiral inductor conductor 312a formed on the semiconductor substrate 310, and a spiral control conductor 314a formed at a position adjacent to the inductor conductor 312a.
The inductor conductor 312a and the control conductor 314a are configured to include an insulating magnetic body (or a conductive magnetic body) 319 formed so as to cover each spiral center.

Similar to the variable inductor 17a shown in FIG. 25 and the like, the control conductor 314a is connected to a variable voltage power source 316 for applying a variable bias voltage across the control conductor 314a. By controlling the bias voltage to be applied variably, the control conductor 3
The predetermined bias current flowing through 14a can be changed.

The variable inductor 17b described above has an annular insulating magnetic material 319 (magnetic material film 31) so as to pass through the spiral centers of the inductor conductor 312a and the control conductor 314a.
9a, 319b) are formed. Therefore, by variably controlling the DC bias current flowing through the control conductor 314a, the saturation magnetization characteristic of the inductor conductor 312a having the magnetic body 319 as a magnetic path changes, and the inductance of the inductor conductor 312a also changes.

Further, when the oscillator 1 or the like of each of the above-described embodiments is formed on a semiconductor substrate, it is not possible to set a very large capacitance as the capacitor 14 or the like.
Therefore, if the small capacitance of the capacitor actually formed on the semiconductor substrate can be apparently increased by devising the circuit, the time constant T can be set to a large value to reduce the oscillation frequency. It is convenient for.

FIG. 29 shows a phase shift circuit 10C shown in FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a modified example in which the capacitors 14 and the like used for the above are configured not by a single element but by a circuit, and function as an electrostatic capacitance conversion circuit that makes the electrostatic capacitance of a capacitor actually formed on a semiconductor substrate look large. To do. Note that FIG.
The entire circuit shown in 9 corresponds to the capacitor 14 and the like included in the phase shift circuit 10C and the like.

The capacitance conversion circuit 14a shown in FIG.
A capacitor 210 having a predetermined electrostatic capacitance C0, two operational amplifiers 212 and 214, and four resistors 216 and 2
18, 220, 222.

In the first-stage operational amplifier 212, a resistor 218 (whose resistance value is R18) is connected between the output terminal and the inverting input terminal, and the inverting input terminal further has the resistor 216 (this resistance value). Is designated as R16).

Between the voltage E1 applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the first stage operational amplifier 212 and the voltage E2 appearing at the output terminal,

(Equation 10) There is a relationship. The first-stage operational amplifier 212 mainly functions as a buffer that performs impedance conversion, and the gain may be 1. The case of gain 1 is R
When 18 / R16 = 0, that is, R16 is infinite (resistor 21
6 should be removed), or R18 should be set to 0Ω (it should be directly connected).

In the second-stage operational amplifier 214, a resistor 222 (whose resistance value is R22) is connected between the output terminal and the inverting input terminal, and the inverting input terminal and the output of the operational amplifier 212 described above are connected. Resistor 22 between terminals
0 (this resistance value is R20) is connected, and the non-inverting input terminal is grounded.

When the voltage appearing at the output terminal of the second operational amplifier 214 is E3, the voltage E3 between this voltage E3 and the voltage E2 appearing at the output terminal of the first operational amplifier 212 is:

[Equation 11] There is a relationship. In this way, the second-stage operational amplifier 214 functions as an inverting amplifier, and the first-stage operational amplifier 2 is used to set the input side to high impedance.
Twelve are used.

In addition, between the non-inverting input terminal of the first-stage operational amplifier 212 and the output terminal of the second-stage operational amplifier 214 thus connected, there is a predetermined capacitance as described above. The capacitor 210 is connected.

In the capacitance conversion circuit 14a shown in FIG. 29, if the transfer function of the entire circuit excluding the capacitor 210 is K4, the capacitance conversion circuit 14a can be represented by the system diagram shown in FIG. FIG. 31 is a system diagram in which this is converted by the Miller's theorem.

When the impedance Z1 shown in FIG. 31 is expressed by using the impedance Z0 shown in FIG. 30,

(Equation 12) Becomes Here, the capacitance conversion circuit 14 shown in FIG.
In the case of a, impedance Z0 = 1 / (jωC0)
Substituting this into equation (12),

(Equation 13)

[Equation 14] Becomes The equation (14) shows that the capacitance C0 of the capacitor 210 in the capacitance conversion circuit 14a has apparently become (1-K4) times. Therefore, when the gain K4 of the amplifier is negative, (1-K4) is always larger than 1, so that the electrostatic capacitance C0 can be changed to the larger one.

By the way, the gain of the amplifier in the capacitance conversion circuit 14a shown in FIG. 29, that is, the operational amplifier 2
The gain K4 of the amplifier constituted by 12 and 214 as a whole
Is, from equations (10) and (11),

(Equation 15) Becomes Substituting equation (15) into equation (14),

(Equation 16) Becomes Therefore, the four resistors 216, 218, 22
By setting the resistance value of 0, 222 to a predetermined value,
The apparent capacitance C between the two terminals 224 and 226 can be increased.

When the gain of the amplifier by the first stage operational amplifier 212 is 1, that is, when R16 is infinite (resistor 216 is removed) or R18 is set to 0Ω as described above, R18 / R16 When = 0, the above equation (16) is simplified and

[Equation 17] Becomes

As described above, the capacitance conversion circuit 1 described above
4a is a resistance ratio R22 / R20 between the resistor 220 and the resistor 222.
Alternatively, the resistance ratio of the resistors 216 and 218 is R18 / R16.
The capacitance C0 of the capacitor 210 actually formed on the semiconductor substrate can be converted to an apparently larger one by changing the value of. Therefore, when the whole of the oscillator 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the like is formed on a semiconductor substrate,
A capacitor 210 having a small capacitance C0 can be formed on a semiconductor substrate and converted into a large capacitance C by the circuit shown in FIG. 29, which is convenient for integration. In particular, if a large capacitance can be secured in this way, the overall mounting area of the oscillator 1 and the like shown in FIG. 1 can be downsized, and material costs and the like can be reduced.

Also, the resistors 216, 218, 220, 22.
By forming at least one of 2 by a variable resistor, specifically, by forming a variable resistor by connecting a junction type or MOS type FET or a p-channel FET and an n-channel FET in parallel, It is possible to easily form a capacitor having a variable capacitance. Therefore,
By using this capacitor instead of the variable capacitance diode shown in FIG. 23, the phase shift amount can be arbitrarily changed within a certain range. Therefore, it is possible to change the frequency at which the phase shift amount of the signal that makes one round in the oscillator becomes 0 °, and it is possible to arbitrarily change the oscillation frequency of the oscillator described above.

Since the first-stage operational amplifier 212 is used as a buffer for increasing the input impedance as described above, the operational amplifier 212 may be replaced with an emitter follower circuit or a source follower circuit.

By the way, in FIG. 29 described above, the case where the apparent capacitance is made larger than the capacitance actually possessed by the capacitor element by combining the amplifier having the predetermined gain and the capacitor has been described. It is also possible to use an inductor instead of the capacitor and increase the apparent inductance of the inductor.

That is, when the impedance Z0 shown in FIG. 30 is used to express the impedance Z1 shown in FIG. 31 as described above, the expression (12) is obtained. Here, in the case of an inductor having an inductance L0, the impedance Z0 = jωL0, which is substituted into the equation (12) to obtain

(Equation 18)

[Equation 19] Becomes This equation (19) shows that the inductance actually possessed by the inductor element is apparently 1 / (1-K4) times, and apparently when the gain K4 is set between 0 and 1. It can be seen that the inductance of is increased.

FIG. 32 shows the phase shift circuit 10L shown in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a modified example in which the inductor 17 or the like used for the above is configured not by a single element but by a circuit, and as an inductance conversion circuit that makes the inductance of an inductor element (inductor conductor) actually formed on a semiconductor substrate look large. Function. The entire circuit shown in FIG. 32 corresponds to the inductor 17 and the like included in the phase shift circuit 10L.

The inductance conversion circuit 17 shown in FIG.
c is an inductor 2 having a predetermined inductance L0
60, two operational amplifiers 262 and 264, and two resistors 266 and 268.

The operational amplifier 262 in the first stage is a non-inverting amplifier with a gain of 1 whose output terminal is connected to the inverting input terminal, and mainly functions as a buffer for impedance conversion. Similarly, the output terminal of the second stage operational amplifier 264 is also connected to the inverting input terminal, and functions as a non-inverting amplifier having a gain of 1. Further, a voltage dividing circuit by resistors 266 and 268 is inserted between these two non-inverting amplifiers.

By thus inserting the voltage divider circuit, the gain of the entire amplifier including the two non-inverting amplifiers can be freely set between 0 and 1.

The inductance conversion circuit 1 shown in FIG.
Circuit (amplifier) excluding inductor 260 in 7c
If the overall transfer function is K4, this gain K4 is
Determined by the voltage division ratio of the voltage dividing circuit composed of 66 and 268, and assuming the respective resistance values to be R66 and R68,

(Equation 20) Becomes Substituting this gain K4 into equation (19) and calculating the apparent inductance L,

(Equation 21) Becomes Therefore, the resistance ratio R68 of the resistors 266 and 268 is
By increasing / R66, two terminals 254, 2
The apparent inductance L between 56 can be increased. For example, when R68 = R66, the inductance L can be doubled from L0 from the equation (21).

In this way, the above-described inductance conversion circuit 17c changes the voltage division ratio of the voltage division circuit inserted between the two non-inverting amplifiers to make the inductance L0 of the inductor 260 actually connected apparently. Can be made bigger. Therefore, when the entire oscillator including the phase shift circuit shown in FIG. 8 and the like is formed on the semiconductor substrate, a small inductance L is formed on the semiconductor substrate.
The inductor 260 having 0 can be formed by a spiral conductor or the like, and can be converted into a large inductance L by the inductance conversion circuit shown in FIG. 32, which is convenient for integration. In particular, if a large inductance can be secured in this way, it becomes easy to reduce the oscillation frequency of the oscillator to a relatively low frequency range. In addition, the integration makes it possible to reduce the mounting area of the entire oscillator and reduce the material cost.

In addition to the case where the voltage dividing ratio of the voltage dividing circuit by the resistors 266 and 268 is fixed, these two resistors 26
By forming at least one of 6, 268 by a variable resistor, specifically, by forming a variable resistor by connecting a junction type or MOS type FET or a p-channel FET and an n-channel FET in parallel, The partial pressure ratio may be changed continuously. In this case, the gain of the entire amplifier including the operational amplifiers 262 and 264 shown in FIG. 32 changes, and the inductance L between the terminals 254 and 256 also continuously changes. Therefore, by using this inductance conversion circuit 17c instead of the variable inductor 17a shown in FIG. 24, the phase shift amount in each phase shift circuit can be arbitrarily changed within a certain range. Therefore, it is possible to change the frequency at which the amount of phase shift of the signal that makes one round in the oscillator becomes 0 °,
The oscillation frequency of the oscillator described above can be arbitrarily changed.

Further, in the inductance conversion circuit 17c shown in FIG. 32, since the gain of the entire amplifier including the two operational amplifiers 262 and 264 is set to 1 or less, the whole is replaced with the emitter follower circuit or the source follower circuit. Good.

The present invention is not limited to the various embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

For example, the oscillator 1 or the like of the above-described embodiment includes two phase shift circuits, but when the oscillation frequency is variable, the CR circuit or the LR circuit included in both phase shift circuits is used. In addition to changing the element constant of at least one of the resistance and capacitor or the inductor,
It is conceivable to change at least one element constant of a resistor and a capacitor or an inductor forming a CR circuit or an LR circuit included in one phase shift circuit. Also,
An oscillator having a fixed oscillation frequency can be configured by fixing all element constants of all resistors, capacitors or inductors.

Further, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, one of the phase shift circuits 10C, 10L, etc. constituting the oscillator is constituted by using the junction type FET, but the phase shift is performed by the MOS type FET or the bipolar transistor. You may make it comprise a circuit.

In a phase shift circuit in which the FET is replaced with a bipolar transistor, a current flows between the base and the emitter when an input signal is input to the base. Therefore, the voltage appearing at the emitter (AC voltage) and the voltage appearing at the collector (AC voltage) AC voltage) is not exactly the same. However, when the current amplification factor is several tens to one hundred times, the difference is 1% to several%, which can be practically ignored.
Alternatively, this difference may be corrected by setting the collector resistance slightly larger than the emitter resistance.

In particular, when the phase shift circuit is composed of bipolar transistors, the upper limit of the operating frequency can be increased and the potential difference between the base and the emitter is F.
Since it is smaller than the potential difference between the gate and source of ET, it is possible to reduce the attenuation of the signal amplitude input to and output from the phase shift circuit. Therefore, the phase shift circuit configured by using the bipolar transistor is suitable when used in the preceding stage of the oscillator.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the stability can be improved by configuring one of the phase shift circuits 110C and 110L, etc., which constitute the oscillator, by using an operational amplifier, but like in each embodiment. Since high performance offset voltage and voltage gain are not required when using, a differential input amplifier having a predetermined amplification degree may be used instead of the operational amplifier in each phase shift circuit. .

FIG. 33 is a circuit diagram in which a part necessary for the operation of the phase shift circuit of each embodiment is extracted from the configuration of the operational amplifier, and the whole operates as a differential input amplifier having a predetermined amplification degree. The differential input amplifier shown in the figure includes a differential input stage 300 composed of FETs and a differential input stage 30.
Constant current circuit 302 for giving a constant current to 0, and a constant current circuit 3
Bias circuit 304 for applying a predetermined bias voltage to 02
And an output amplifier 306 connected to the differential input stage 300. As shown in the figure, the multi-stage amplifier circuit included in the actual operational amplifier for gaining the voltage gain is omitted, and the configuration of the differential input amplifier can be simplified and the band can be widened. By thus simplifying the circuit, the upper limit of the operating frequency can be increased, and accordingly, the upper limit of the operating frequency of the oscillator 1 and the like configured using this differential input amplifier can be increased. it can.

Further, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the sine wave signal is taken out from one of the two phase shift circuits and the phase inversion circuit 50 which constitute the oscillator.
The sine wave signals may be taken out from a plurality of the three circuits forming the oscillator. In particular, when the time constants of the two phase shift circuits forming the oscillator are set to the same,
Since the amount of phase shift in each phase shift circuit is 90 °,
It is possible to take out two-phase outputs whose phases are shifted from each other by 90 °. In addition, it is possible to extract two-phase outputs from the front and rear of the phase inversion circuit 80, which are out of phase with each other by 180 °.

[0216]

As described above, in the invention according to each of the claims, the amplitude of the input / output signal does not change in each of the first and second phase shift circuits, and only the phase becomes the element constant such as the capacitor. Accordingly, the two phase shift circuits as a whole perform the oscillating operation at a frequency such that the total phase shift amount is 180 °.

In particular, when the differential input amplifier included in the phase shift circuit described above is an operational amplifier, the operation of the phase shift circuit can be stabilized.

By changing the element constants of the capacitors and inductors included in the phase shift circuit or the resistors connected in series with these elements, the amount of phase shift in each phase shift circuit changes, so two phase shift circuits are used. The frequency at which the total phase shift amount is 180 °, that is, the oscillation frequency can be arbitrarily changed by the entire phase circuit. In particular, in the conventional oscillator using LC resonance, the oscillation frequency ω is 1 / √LC, so if the capacitance C or the inductance L is changed to adjust the oscillation frequency, the oscillation frequency changes. However, in the oscillator of the present invention, the oscillation frequency ω is, for example, 1
/ (CR), and since the oscillation frequency can be changed in proportion to the resistance value R or the electrostatic capacitance C, the oscillation frequency can be significantly changed and adjusted.

When changing the resistance value, FET
When the capacitance of the capacitor is changed by utilizing the resistance between the source and the drain of, the element such as the variable capacitance diode can be used, and these are suitable when formed on the semiconductor substrate. Furthermore, regarding the inductor,
In the two electrodes magnetically coupled to each other formed on the semiconductor substrate, the inductance of the other electrode can be directly changed by changing the magnitude of the DC bias current flowing through the one electrode. It is suitable when the variable inductor is formed on a semiconductor substrate.

Further, in order to change the oscillation frequency as described above, in addition to the case where the element constants such as resistors are continuously changed, a plurality of resistors may be selectively used by switching the switches.

Further, the capacitors and inductors included in the phase shift circuit are replaced by circuits in which capacitor elements or inductor elements and amplifiers are connected in parallel,
It is possible to make the capacitance of the capacitor element and the inductance of the inductor element actually appear larger. Therefore, it is possible to actually form a capacitor element or an inductor element with a small occupied area and convert these capacitances and inductances into large values, so that the occupied area of the semiconductor substrate can be reduced.

Since each element constituting the oscillator of each claim can be formed by the manufacturing method of an integrated circuit, the oscillator can be formed in a small size as an integrated circuit on a semiconductor wafer, and can be mass-produced at low cost. be able to.

In particular, the channel between the source and drain of the FET is used as the variable resistance of the CR circuit in each phase shift circuit, and the control voltage applied to the gate of this FET is changed to change the resistance of the channel. Then, it is possible to avoid the influence of the inductance and the capacitance of the wiring to which the control voltage is applied, and it is possible to obtain an oscillator having ideal characteristics almost as designed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an oscillator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing an extracted configuration of a phase shift circuit at a preceding stage shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the preceding phase shift circuit and the voltage appearing in a capacitor or the like.

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing an extracted configuration of a phase shift circuit at a subsequent stage shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a vector diagram showing a relationship between an input / output voltage of a subsequent phase circuit and a voltage appearing in a capacitor or the like.

FIG. 6 is a system diagram in which the entire two phase shift circuits are replaced with a circuit having a predetermined transfer function.

FIG. 7 is a system diagram obtained by converting the system shown in FIG. 6 according to Miller's theorem.

FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram showing another example of a phase shift circuit.

9 is a vector diagram showing a relationship between an input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit shown in FIG. 8 and a voltage appearing in an inductor or the like.

FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram showing another example of a phase shift circuit.

11 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit shown in FIG. 10 and the voltage appearing in an inductor or the like.

FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an oscillator according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a circuit diagram showing an extracted configuration of a phase shift circuit in the preceding stage shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a vector diagram showing a relationship between an input / output voltage of a preceding phase shift circuit and a voltage appearing in an inductor or the like.

FIG. 15 is a circuit diagram showing an extracted configuration of a phase shift circuit at a subsequent stage shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the subsequent phase shift circuit and the voltage appearing at a capacitor or the like.

FIG. 17 is a circuit diagram showing another example of a phase shift circuit.

18 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit shown in FIG. 17 and the voltage appearing in the inductor or the like.

FIG. 19 is a circuit diagram showing another example of a phase shift circuit.

20 is a vector diagram showing the relationship between the input / output voltage of the phase shift circuit shown in FIG. 19 and the voltage appearing in the inductor or the like.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a connection form of a phase shift circuit and a phase inversion circuit.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a configuration of a phase shift circuit in which a variable resistance of the phase shift circuit is replaced with an FET.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a configuration of a phase shift circuit in which a capacitor of the phase shift circuit is replaced with a variable capacitance diode.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a configuration of a phase shift circuit in which the inductor of the phase shift circuit is replaced with a variable inductor.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of a variable inductor.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing in more detail the shapes of the inductor conductor and the control conductor of the variable inductor shown in FIG. 25.

27 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing another example of the variable inductor.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a configuration of a capacitance conversion circuit that apparently increases the capacitance actually possessed by a capacitor.

30 is a diagram showing the circuit shown in FIG. 29 using a transfer function.

FIG. 31 is a diagram obtained by converting the configuration shown in FIG. 30 by the mirror theorem.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing the configuration of an inductance conversion circuit that apparently increases the inductance that the inductor actually has.

FIG. 33 is a circuit diagram in which a part necessary for the operation of the phase shift circuit of the present invention is extracted from the configuration of the operational amplifier.

FIG. 34 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a conventional sine wave oscillator.

FIG. 35 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a conventional sine wave oscillator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Oscillator 10C, 110C Phase shift circuit 12 FET 14, 114 Capacitor 16, 116 Variable resistance 18, 20, 118, 120 Resistance 80 Phase inversion circuit 82, 112 Operational amplifier 70 Feedback resistance

Claims (24)

[Claims] 1. A conversion means for converting an input AC signal into an in-phase and an opposite-phase AC signal and outputting the AC signal, and one AC signal converted by the conversion means via the first capacitor to the other AC signal. A first phase shift circuit including a synthesizing means for synthesizing signals via a first resistor; a differential input amplifier having one end of a second resistor connected to an inverting input terminal; and the differential input amplifier A series circuit including a third resistor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the second resistor, and a fourth resistor and a second capacitor connected to the other end of the second resistor, A second phase shift circuit in which a connection portion of the fourth resistor and the second capacitor is connected to a non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier, and a phase of an input AC signal is inverted to a predetermined amplification degree. A phase inversion circuit that amplifies and outputs with, Each of the first and second phase shift circuits and the phase inversion circuit is connected in cascade, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and the plurality of circuits are connected. An oscillator characterized by taking out a sine wave oscillation output from either of the above. 2. A conversion means for converting an input AC signal into an in-phase and an opposite-phase AC signal and outputting the AC signal, and one AC signal converted by the conversion means via the first inductor and the other AC signal. A first phase shift circuit including a synthesizing means for synthesizing signals via a first resistor; a differential input amplifier having one end of a second resistor connected to an inverting input terminal; and the differential input amplifier A third resistor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the second resistor, and a series circuit including a fourth resistor and a second inductor connected to the other end of the second resistor, A second phase shift circuit in which a connection portion of the fourth resistor and the second inductor is connected to a non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier, and a phase of an input AC signal is inverted to have a predetermined amplification degree. A phase inversion circuit that amplifies and outputs with, Each of the first and second phase shift circuits and the phase inversion circuit is connected in cascade, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and the plurality of circuits are connected. An oscillator characterized by taking out a sine wave oscillation output from either of the above. 3. A conversion means for converting an input AC signal into an in-phase and an opposite-phase AC signal and outputting the AC signal, and one AC signal converted by the conversion means and a second AC signal via a capacitor. First phase shift circuit including a synthesizing means for synthesizing via a resistor, a differential input amplifier having one end of a second resistor connected to an inverting input terminal, and an inverting input of the differential input amplifier A third resistor connected between a terminal and an output terminal, and a series circuit including a fourth resistor and an inductor connected to the other end of the second resistor, the fourth resistor and the A second phase shift circuit in which a connection part of an inductor is connected to a non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier, and a phase inverting circuit that inverts the phase of an input AC signal, amplifies it with a predetermined amplification degree, and outputs it. And, the first and second transfer The phase circuit and each of the phase inversion circuits are connected in cascade, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and sine wave oscillation is generated from any of these circuits. An oscillator characterized by taking out the output. 4. A conversion means for converting an input AC signal into an in-phase and a reverse-phase AC signal and outputting the AC signal, and one AC signal converted by the conversion means via an inductor to convert the other AC signal into a first AC signal. First phase shift circuit including a synthesizing means for synthesizing via a resistor, a differential input amplifier having one end of a second resistor connected to an inverting input terminal, and an inverting input of the differential input amplifier A third resistor connected between the terminal and the output terminal, and a series circuit including a fourth resistor and a capacitor connected to the other end of the second resistor, the fourth resistor and the A second phase shift circuit in which a connecting portion of a capacitor is connected to a non-inverting input terminal of the differential input amplifier, and a phase inverting circuit which inverts the phase of an input AC signal and amplifies and outputs the amplified signal at a predetermined amplification degree. And, the first and second transfer Each of the phase circuits and the phase inversion circuit is connected in cascade, and the output of the final stage of the plurality of circuits connected in cascade is fed back to the input side of the first stage, and a sine wave oscillation is generated from any of these circuits. An oscillator characterized by taking out the output. 5. The oscillator according to claim 1, wherein a two-phase output is taken out from the two phase shift circuits and the phase inverting circuit. 6. The first and second phase shift circuits according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the output voltages are both in a lead phase or in a lag phase with respect to the input voltage. The total amount of phase shift of the second phase shift circuit is 1
An oscillator characterized by oscillating at a frequency of 80 °. 7. The oscillator according to claim 1, wherein the differential input amplifier is an operational amplifier. 8. The at least one of the first resistor included in the first phase shift circuit and the fourth resistor included in the second phase shift circuit according to claim 1. An oscillator characterized in that it is formed of a variable resistance, and the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the resistance value. 9. The oscillator according to claim 8, wherein the variable resistance is formed by a channel of an FET, and a channel voltage is changed by changing a gate voltage. 10. The variable resistance according to claim 8, wherein the variable resistor is formed by connecting the source and drain of a p-channel FET and an n-channel FET in parallel, and changing the magnitude of each gate voltage. An oscillator characterized by changing a channel resistance. 11. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the capacitor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is formed of a variable capacitance element, and the capacitance is changed. An oscillator characterized in that the oscillation frequency is changed by the. 12. The oscillator according to claim 11, wherein the variable capacitance element is formed of a variable capacitance diode whose reverse bias voltage can be changed, or an FET whose gate capacitance can be changed by changing the gate voltage. 13. The oscillation frequency according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the oscillation frequency is changed by changing an inductance of the inductor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits. Oscillator. 14. The inductor according to claim 13, wherein the inductor is formed on a semiconductor substrate and has two spiral electrodes magnetically coupled to each other via a magnetic body, and one of the electrodes has a spiral shape. An oscillator characterized in that the inductance of the other electrode is changed by changing the magnitude of the direct current bias current. 15. The inductor according to claim 13, wherein the inductor is formed on the substrate in a substantially planar spiral shape, and the inductor conductor is formed on the substrate in a substantially concentric manner. A inductor for changing a direct-current bias current flowing through the control conductor by including a control conductor through which a predetermined direct-current bias current flows, and a magnetic body formed so as to cover the inductor conductor and the control conductor. An oscillator characterized by changing the inductance appearing at both ends of a conductor. 16. The inductor according to claim 13, wherein the inductor has an inductor conductor formed in a substantially planar spiral shape on a substrate, and the inductor has a substantially planar spiral shape at a position on the substrate adjacent to the inductor conductor. A control conductor which is formed in a shape and through which a predetermined direct current bias current flows, and a magnetic body which is formed in an annular shape so as to penetrate through each spiral center of the inductor conductor and the control conductor, An oscillator characterized in that a DC bias current flowing through a control conductor is changed to change an inductance appearing at both ends of the inductor conductor. 17. The at least one of the first resistor included in the first phase shift circuit and the fourth resistor included in the second phase shift circuit according to claim 1. An oscillator characterized in that the oscillation frequency is changed by replacing a plurality of resistors having a fixed resistance value and selectively connecting by switching a switch. 18. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the capacitor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is replaced with a plurality of capacitors having a fixed capacitance. An oscillator characterized in that an oscillation frequency is changed by selectively connecting by switching a switch. 19. The inductor according to claim 2, wherein the inductor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is replaced with a plurality of inductors having a fixed inductance and selected by switching. An oscillator characterized in that the oscillation frequency is changed by electrically connecting the oscillators. 20. The amplifier according to claim 1, wherein the capacitor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits is an amplifier having a negative gain value, and An oscillator characterized in that the capacitance viewed from the input side of the amplifier is made larger than the capacitance actually possessed by the capacitor element by replacing with a capacitor element connected in parallel between the input and the output. 21. The oscillator according to claim 20, wherein the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the gain of the amplifier to change the electrostatic capacitance viewed from the input side of the amplifier. 22. The amplifier according to claim 2, wherein the inductor included in at least one of the first and second phase shift circuits has an amplifier having a gain set between 0 and 1. By replacing the inductor with an inductor element connected in parallel between the input and the output, the inductance seen from the input side of the amplifier is made larger than the inductance of the inductor element. 23. The oscillator according to claim 22, wherein the oscillation frequency is changed by changing the gain of the amplifier to change the inductance viewed from the input side of the amplifier. 24. The oscillator according to claim 1, which is formed as a semiconductor integrated circuit.