Channel selecting method and highspeed scanning radio receiver which concurrently scans multiple channels
US5438688A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03J1/005
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a radio receiver for electronically selecting channels by way of the frequency synthesizer system, a highspeed channel scanning operation is realized. A CPU (central processing unit) detects both an SC (squelch control) signal derived from a squelch circuit and an output voltage from a frequency discriminator. The CPU controls data to be supplied to a PLL (phase-locked loop) circuit employed in a frequency synthesizer so as to perform a channel scanning operation scanning three channels concurrently. When the CPU judges that a desirable reception signal is detected based on a change in the SC signals during the concurrent scan operation. This CPU determines at which channel, the scanning operation is stopped among three channels: the central channel of the three channels searched during the concurrent scan operation, a channel higher in frequency than this searched channel by 1 step, and a channel lower in frequency than this searched channel by 1 step. Then, the CPU supplies PLL data corresponding to the channel at which the scanning operation is stopped into the PLL circuit employed in the frequency synthesizer.
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