US4642574A
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Digital quartz-stabilized FM discriminator
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1985-10-22
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Granted: 1987-02-10
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Expires: 2005-10-22
Abstract
Abstract A digital quartz stabilized FM discriminator which is linear and temperature independent and frequency stable and includes a circuit having a phase comparator which receives an input signal and an input from a reversible divider (3) which produces the angular frequencies f u and f o of the discriminator. The reversible divider divides a quartz stabilized reference frequency signal under control of the output signal from the phase comparator. A discriminator output signal is obtained by passing the output signal of the phase comparator through a low pass filter.
Inventors
- 👤 Ludwig Hofmann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:34
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03D; H03D3/00; H03D3/02; H03D3/24; H03D3/241
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A digital crystal-stabilized FM-discriminator comprising a phase-locked loop (PLL) which contains a phase comparator and a switchable frequency divider, whereby an input signal of the discriminator and the output signal of the frequency divider are supplied to the phase comparator and a crystal-stabilized frequency f q and the output signal of the phase comparator are supplied to the frequency divider, characterized in that a low-pass filter is connected into the signal transmission path at the junction point of the output of the phase comparator and the input of the frequency divider, and the output signal of the phase comparator being supplied to said low-pass filter and a voltage U Nf is supplied from the output of said low pass filter, and said frequency divider generates a signal which contains the corner frequencies f u and f o of the discriminator; and the frequency of said input signal is f Ein =a·f o +b·f u where a+b=1 and a and b indicate the pulse-duty factor of the output signal of the phase comparator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A digital crystal-stabilized FM-discriminator comprising a phase-locked loop (PLL) which contains a phase comparator and a switchable frequency divider, whereby an input signal of the discriminator and the output signal of the frequency divider are supplied to the phase comparator and a crystal-stabilized frequency f q and the output signal of the phase comparator are supplied to the frequency divider, characterized in that a low-pass filter is connected into the signal transmission path at the junction point of the output of the phase comparator and the input of the frequency divider, and the output signal of the phase comparator being supplied to said low-pass filter and a voltage U Nf is supplied from the output of said low pass filter, and said frequency divider generates a signal which contains the corner frequencies f u and f o of the discriminator; and the frequency of said input signal is f Ein =a·f o +b·f u where a+b=1 and a and b indicate the pulse-duty factor of the output signal of the phase comparator.
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