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Apparatus for detecting a signaling channel during scanning including a controlled frequency converter circuit and a controlled filter bandwidth, and a method therefor

US5511235A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 1994
Grant dateApr 23, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03J3/08
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A receiver has a channel scan mode of operation and a communication mode of operation. In the channel mode of operation, the passband of a filter is narrowed relative to the passband of the filter in the communication mode. According to another aspect of the circuit, a local oscillator is selectively phase locked to an internal clock during channel scanning and locked to the incoming signal during a communication mode operation.

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