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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1981
David Brewerton, Bracknell, GB;
Peter P Connell, Marlow, GB;
Racal-Dana Instruments Limited, Bracknell, GB;
Abstract
A synthesizer is disclosed having a frequency modulation phase-locked loop incorporating a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) producing a 100 MHz, say, carrier which can be frequency-modulated. The VCO output is combined in a mixer with the output of another VCO which is variable stepwise. A frequency divider with a division factor of, say, 10, can be selectively interposed in the output of the VCO by means of a switch, and the resultant divided output is summed with a fixed frequency of, say, 90 MHz so as bring the output back to the 100 MHz carrier frequency. In this way, not only is the FM reduced by a factor of 10 (in this example) but so is the noise.