EP1171954A4 - Improvements relating to frequency synthesisers - Google Patents

Improvements relating to frequency synthesisers

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Publication number
EP1171954A4
EP1171954A4 EP20000917515 EP00917515A EP1171954A4 EP 1171954 A4 EP1171954 A4 EP 1171954A4 EP 20000917515 EP20000917515 EP 20000917515 EP 00917515 A EP00917515 A EP 00917515A EP 1171954 A4 EP1171954 A4 EP 1171954A4
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Prior art keywords
improvements relating
frequency synthesisers
synthesisers
frequency
relating
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EP20000917515
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1171954A2 (en
Inventor
Stephen Ian Mann
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Tait Electronics Ltd
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Tait Electronics Ltd
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Publication of EP1171954A2 publication Critical patent/EP1171954A2/en
Publication of EP1171954A4 publication Critical patent/EP1171954A4/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03L—AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
    • H03L7/00—Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation
    • H03L7/06—Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop
    • H03L7/16—Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop
    • H03L7/18—Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop
    • H03L7/197—Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop a time difference being used for locking the loop, the counter counting between numbers which are variable in time or the frequency divider dividing by a factor variable in time, e.g. for obtaining fractional frequency division
    • H03L7/1974—Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop a time difference being used for locking the loop, the counter counting between numbers which are variable in time or the frequency divider dividing by a factor variable in time, e.g. for obtaining fractional frequency division for fractional frequency division
    • H03L7/1976—Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop a time difference being used for locking the loop, the counter counting between numbers which are variable in time or the frequency divider dividing by a factor variable in time, e.g. for obtaining fractional frequency division for fractional frequency division using a phase accumulator for controlling the counter or frequency divider
EP20000917515 1999-04-14 2000-04-14 Improvements relating to frequency synthesisers Withdrawn EP1171954A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NZ33519899 1999-04-14
NZ33519899A NZ335198A (en) 1999-04-14 1999-04-14 Cascaded sigma-delta modulators for fractional-N-division phase-lock-loop frequency systhesizer
PCT/NZ2000/000054 WO2000062428A2 (en) 1999-04-14 2000-04-14 Improvements relating to frequency synthesisers

Publications (2)

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EP1171954A2 EP1171954A2 (en) 2002-01-16
EP1171954A4 true EP1171954A4 (en) 2002-10-30

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EP20000917515 Withdrawn EP1171954A4 (en) 1999-04-14 2000-04-14 Improvements relating to frequency synthesisers

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EP (1) EP1171954A4 (en)
CN (1) CN1347591A (en)
AU (1) AU3847500A (en)
CA (1) CA2370254A1 (en)
NZ (3) NZ507556A (en)
WO (1) WO2000062428A2 (en)

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US6348823B1 (en) * 1999-06-29 2002-02-19 Industrial Technology Research Institute Digital controlled oscillating circuit of digital phase lock loops
EP1184988A2 (en) * 2000-08-10 2002-03-06 Nec Corporation PLL circuit
US20020118074A1 (en) * 2000-09-29 2002-08-29 Fabrice Jovenin Low-noise and rapid response frequency synthesizer, and corresponding frequency synthesizing method

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GB2107142A (en) * 1981-10-07 1983-04-20 Marconi Co Ltd Frequency synthesisers
US4609881A (en) * 1983-05-17 1986-09-02 Marconi Instruments Limited Frequency synthesizers
US5038117A (en) * 1990-01-23 1991-08-06 Hewlett-Packard Company Multiple-modulator fractional-N divider
US5093632A (en) * 1990-08-31 1992-03-03 Motorola, Inc. Latched accumulator fractional n synthesis with residual error reduction
WO1999008384A2 (en) * 1997-08-12 1999-02-18 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Multichannel radio device, a radio communication system, and a fractional division frequency synthesizer
US6348823B1 (en) * 1999-06-29 2002-02-19 Industrial Technology Research Institute Digital controlled oscillating circuit of digital phase lock loops
EP1184988A2 (en) * 2000-08-10 2002-03-06 Nec Corporation PLL circuit
US20020118074A1 (en) * 2000-09-29 2002-08-29 Fabrice Jovenin Low-noise and rapid response frequency synthesizer, and corresponding frequency synthesizing method

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NZ507555A (en) 2002-10-25
WO2000062428A3 (en) 2001-11-01
CN1347591A (en) 2002-05-01
EP1171954A2 (en) 2002-01-16
AU3847500A (en) 2000-11-14
NZ335198A (en) 2000-11-24
CA2370254A1 (en) 2000-10-19
WO2000062428A2 (en) 2000-10-19
NZ507556A (en) 2002-10-25

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