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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:
May. 16, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Emile Tonello, Toulouse, FR;
Christian Herbere, Plaisance du Touch, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Espace, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375344 ; 375327 ; 375373 ; 4551922 ;
Abstract
A receiver for receiving frequency modulated signals and having a controlled acquisition band, the receiver including: a phase-locked loop (PLL) demodulator (40); a frequency translation circuit (30) including an intermediate frequency filter (36); a recentering loop (44) for recentering the signal received in the filter (36) when closed, and a decision circuit for closing the recentering circuit when a frequency to which the PLL is locked is sufficiently close to a desired frequency.