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Adaptive phase locked loop

US5159292A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 1992
Grant dateOct 27, 1992
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S331/02
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A PLL system having a variable oscillator and apparatus for generating both phase and frequency error signals for controlling the variable oscillator, includes apparatus, responsive to the polarity of the frequency error signal, to selectively disconnect the frequency error signal from the variable oscillator when the PLL system approaches phase lock.

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