Patent ID: 11863144
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 30:
31. An apparatus with oscillation monitoring, comprising:
means for generating an oscillation signal;
means for generating a first automatic gain control (AGC) signal based on the oscillation signal;
means for controlling a bias current for the means for generating the oscillation signal, based on the first AGC signal;
means for generating a second AGC signal, the means for generating the second AGC signal replicating the means for generating the first AGC signal; and
means for effectively monitoring the oscillation signal based on the first AGC signal and the second AGC signal, wherein the means for effectively monitoring includes means for indicating a failure when an amplitude of the second AGC signal is lower than an amplitude of the first AGC signal.