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Fast frequency hopping synthesizer

US4103250A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1977
Grant dateJul 25, 1978
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Expiry dateSep 23, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L7/189
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The output of a fast frequency hopping VCO is mixed with the output of a conventional slow acquisition frequency synthesizer to produce an IF which is applied to a frequency discriminator where the IF is compared with a reference IF to provide an error signal which is digitized and stored in a memory. Subsequently, the error signal is applied together with a command signal to the VCO to obtain the desired frequency output.

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