Patent ID: 6873838

Claim:
A superregenerative oscillator for use in a superregenerative receiver, comprising: a bipolar transistor connected in a tunable circuit to provide a demodulated differential output in response to RF energy being applied thereto, said differential output comprising a collector output and an emitter output, with said collector output being of opposite phase relative to said emitter output; wherein said oscillator is self-quenching and wherein: said transistor has a collector, base and emitter, with an input being connected to said collector and to said emitter via a capacitor; said collector being connected to said collector output via a tunable inductor in parallel with a first capacitor; said emitter being connected to said emitter output via a second inductor and to said collector via a second capacitor; said base being connected to said emitter output via a second capacitor and to a source of biasing voltage; said collector output being connected to said emitter output via a third capacitor.