Oscillators – With frequency adjusting means – Cyclic frequency sweeping means
Patent
1979-04-09
1982-06-22
Moore, David K.
Oscillators
With frequency adjusting means
Cyclic frequency sweeping means
331 4, H03B 2300
Patent
active
043365116
ABSTRACT:
The sweep rate of a linearly swept frequency generator is increased while maintaining strict linearity by artificially increasing the number of zero axis crossings of the output signal from a linearly swept voltage controlled oscillator over those that would naturally occur during a linear sweep. This permits an increased sampling rate which, in turn, permits the oscillator sweep rate to be increased without loss of accuracy. Increasing the number of zero axis crossings is accomplished by introducing phase shifts in the output of the oscillator at calculated sampling times with phase shifting being accomplished indirectly by heterodyning the swept oscillator output with the output from a fixed oscillator whose output signal is phase shifted by discrete amounts during the frequency sweep. Only a small number of phase shifts need be introduced due to the discovery of certain symmetries of phase when sweeping through a frequency range.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3382460 (1968-05-01), Blitz et al.
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patent: 4160958 (1979-07-01), Mims et al.
Apostolos John
Boland Robert P.
Martel Robert T.
Stromswold Chester E.
Etlinger Louis
Moore David K.
Reichman Ronald
Sanders Associates Inc.
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