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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1993
Jizoo Lin, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Hsan-Fong Lin, Yun-Lin Hsien, TW;
Ret-Bean Lee, Pintong Hsien, TW;
Chorng-Kuang Wang, Taipei, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A time acquisition system is disclosed with dual independent frequency and phase lock loops, each containing a dedicated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The frequency lock loop (FLL) outputs a frequency bias signal, used for coarse frequency lock-up, only when the difference frequency between the input signal and the FLL VCO is outside a predetermined frequency band -.DELTA..omega..sub.L to .DELTA..omega..sub.L. Significantly, the frequency bias signal is equal to zero when the difference frequency between the input signal and the FLL VCO is inside the frequency band -.DELTA..omega..sub.L to .DELTA..omega..sub.L. The phase lock loop (PLL) provides a phase bias signal, used for fine tuning lock-up, when the difference frequency between the input signal and the PLL VCO is inside the predetermined frequency band -.DELTA..omega..sub.L to .DELTA..omega..sub.L. Therefore, there is no interaction between loops during the final phase tuning lock-up.