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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:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Applicants:
John B. Groe, Poway, CA (US);
Carrie Lo, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph Austin, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03C 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for providing, among other things, wideband phase modulation is described. Several embodiments include a scaling network for scaling an input modulation signal in accordance with a scaling parameter and thereby generating a scaled modulation signal that is applied to a voltage-controlled oscillator of a phase-locked loop. A sensing network may also be included for detecting changes in one or more parameters characterizing the voltage-controlled oscillator. A calibration adjustment network may additionally be included for adjusting the scaling parameter in accordance with the changes in the one or more parameters.