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Digital sweep generator

US4943779A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1988
Grant dateJul 24, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03B2200/0092
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital sweep generator includes a counter which receives a clock signal to generate a frequency output and an accumulator which sums the outputs of the counter at each clock. The value held by the accumulator is a quadratic function of time which is used as a phase representation to address a wave generator PROM. The PROM may be selectively coupled to different ranges of accumulator output to set the sweep rate.

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