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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth G Voyce, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 11 ; 331 16 ; 331 25 ; 331175 ; 331D / ;
Abstract
A search oscillator (12) is disclosed for use with a closed-loop system (10) to sense when the system is out of lock and enhance the system's pull-in capabilities. The oscillator includes a loop filter (22) and a sensing circuit (24), composed of a positive limit sensor (26) and negative limit sensor (28). When the system is out of lock, the output V.sub.out of the oscillator slews positive or negative in an effort to restore the system to lock. The positive and negative limit sensors monitor the output and reset it when predetermined thresholds are reached, allowing the search or sweep operation to continue until lock is achieved.