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Patent
CA 1328126
ABSTRACT A programmable low noise frequency modulated signal source including a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) having a frequency locked loop (FLL) constituting a first feedback path and a phase lock loop (PLL) constituting a second feedback path is provided. The PLL includes a VCO, a programmable fractional-N frequency division network and a phase detector for comparing the phase of the VCO output signal with the phase of a reference signal and for producing an error signal to controllably adjust the output frequency of the VCO. The FLL includes a delay line frequency discriminator, a loop amplifier and filter to provide a feedback signal to a frequency control terminal of the VCO. The frequency discriminator includes a first signal path having a frequency sensitive time delay network to provide a phase shift as a function of the VCO output signal frequency and a second signal path which includes a voltage controlled phase shifting network. The error signal derived from the PLL phase detector is coupled to an input terminal as the voltage controlled phase shifting network. The POL error signal in combination with a bias signal adjusts the phase difference between the two frequency discriminator signal paths to set the operating point of the FLL phase detector such that the VCO output signal will have a desired frequency and minimum phase noise.
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Curtis George Stephen
Hewlett-Packard Company
Sim & Mcburney
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