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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1986
Atsushi Takahara, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyoshi Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tamio Okui, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A frequency synthesizer comprises a voltage controlled generator (11) for generating an output signal of a desired frequency in response to a control signal and a reference signal generator (13) for generating a reference frequency signal. The output signal is sampled (21) by the reference frequency to produce a sampled signal. The reference frequency signal is frequency divided (22) by a division factor determined by the desired frequency and the reference frequency. The sampled signal and the divided signal are compared (15) in phase and frequency and the control signal is produced depending on the phase difference between the two signals. For the division factor, two different values are determined by the desired frequency and the reference signal and one of the two values is selected according to a selection pattern determined by the reference frequency and the desired frequency. A control circuit (41) calculates the two values and a multistage frequency divider (42) generates the selection pattern signal under control of the control circuit (41).