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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Mark M. Cloutier, Gatineau, CA;
Tudor Lipan, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Mark M. Cloutier, Gatineau, CA;
Tudor Lipan, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Hittite Microwave Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 (2006.01); H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H03L 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated ramp, sweep fractional frequency synthesizer system on an integrated circuit chip includes an integrated circuit chip having a fractional frequency synthesizer with a fractional divider responsive to a VCO and a ΔΣ modulator for modifying the divisor of the fractional divider; and a ramp generator on the same integrated circuit chip; the ramp generator being responsive to a trigger signal to generate a ramp for sweeping the frequency of said fractional frequency synthesizer.