The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
May. 09, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiko Osaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 16 ; 331 25 ;
Abstract
To switch a frequency of an output signal of a voltage controlled oscillator from a first frequency to a second frequency, a controller provides to a variable frequency divider such a frequency divisor that the voltage controlled oscillator produces a signal having a predetermined frequency ranging between the first and second frequencies. When the detected frequency of the signal output by the voltage controlled oscillator reaches a predetermined frequency, the controller changes the frequency divisor provided to the variable frequency divider to such a frequency divisor that the voltage controlled oscillator produces a signal having the second frequency.