Industrial Technology Research Institute

Ret-Bean Lee

Chorng-Kuang Wang

Hsan-Fong Lin

Jizoo Lin

A time acquisition system is disclosed with dual independent frequency and phase lock loops, each containing a dedicated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The frequency lock loop (FLL) outputs a frequency bias signal, used for coarse frequency lock-up, only when the difference frequency between the input signal and the FLL VCO is outside a predetermined frequency band -.DELTA..omega..sub.L to .DELTA..omega..sub.L. Significantly, the frequency bias signal is equal to zero when the difference frequency between the input signal and the FLL VCO is inside the frequency band -.DELTA..omega..sub.L to .DELTA..omega..sub.L. The phase lock loop (PLL) provides a phase bias signal, used for fine tuning lock-up, when the difference frequency between the input signal and the PLL VCO is inside the predetermined frequency band -.DELTA..omega..sub.L to .DELTA..omega..sub.L. Therefore, there is no interaction between loops during the final phase tuning lock-up.

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