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Fast phase-lock frequency synthesizer with variable sampling efficiency

US4634998A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 1985
Grant dateJan 6, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L7/1077
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A phase-locked frequency synthesizer (10) having a voltage controlled oscillator (40), a divider circuit (60), and a sample-and-hold phase detector (30, 80, 90, 100, 110) which includes sample-and-hold circuitry (FIG. 6) having variable efficiency. Specifically, the sample-and-hold circuitry provides a sampling pulse of variable width which is controlled to be wider during acquisition and narrower during steady-state operation.

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