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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1986
Mitsushige Tatami, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A phase-locked loop for generating an output signal whose phase is locked onto that of a reference signal and whose frequency is offset in respect to an integral multiple of the reference signal frequency comprises a variable-frequency oscillator the output frequency of which is adapted to be varied according to an error signal output from a phase comparator. A frequency divider divides the output frequency from the variable-frequency oscillator by a predetermined dividing ratio, and a phase modulator is supplied with the output of the frequency divider and controlled so that its phase shift amount is increased with time. The output of the phase modulator is compared, in the phase comparator, with the reference signal, the dividing ratio of the frequency divider is changed at intervals related to the offset frequency, and the phase shift amount of the phase modulator is reset at the same time.