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Direct digital synthesizer driven phase lock loop frequency synthesizer with clean up phase lock loop
Direct digital synthesizer driven phase lock loop frequency synthesizer with clean up phase lock loop
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机译:具有清理锁相环的直接数字合成器驱动的锁相环频率合成器
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A frequency synthesizer which uses a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) to generate a highly accurate periodic signal of a frequency selected from a plurality of reference frequencies. The DDS output signal is bandpass filtered utilizing a clean-up phase lock loop (PLL) to produce a spectrally pure reference signal and promote overall fast settling time. A second or primary phase lock loop, having a much faster settling time than the first PLL, adjusts the frequency of the reference signal generated by the clean-up PLL. In one embodiment, the DDS frequency synthesizer has a digital to analog (DAC) converter coupled to the clean- up PLL. Another embodiment uses a modified DDS (without a DAC or lookup table) and feeds the most significant bit (MSB) or overflow bit from the DAC accumulator into the "clean-up" PLL. In both embodiments, the resulting synthesizer has high spectral purity, fine frequency resolution and a fast settling time. Yet another embodiment uses a switching apparatus to bypass the "clean-up" PLL while it is settling on a new frequency. Once the "clean-up" PLL settles on the new frequency the switches are set to couple the "clean-up" PLL back into the synthesizer apparatus.
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