Time sharing frequency synthesizer
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1. A time sharing frequency synthesizer circuit, comprising:
- means for synthesizing a plurality of desired frequencies one at a time for predetermined intervals in a desired sequence, said means comprising a reference oscillator, a microprocessor containing values corresponding to a table of desired output frequencies for a frequency synthesizing device, said microprocessor being connected to an output of said reference oscillator, and a frequency synthesizer which is connected to an output of said reference oscillator and an output of said microprocessor and which contains circuitry for converting the output of said reference oscillator into any desired frequency,means for heterodyning each of said desired frequencies with one or more signals with frequencies within a desired bandwidth to generate intermediate frequencies at a sample rate consistent with the Nyquist criteria of sampling at a frequency at least twice the effective bandwidth; and
means for discriminating among said intermediate frequencies.
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Abstract
A frequency synthesizer circuit operates in a time shared mode. Thus the frequency synthesizer circuit operates to transmit and/or receive a particular frequency for a chosen small amount of time and then sequentially transmits and/or receives the other frequencies for chosen small amounts of time. After all the chosen frequencies have been transmitted and/or received the synthesizer circuit will return to the first of frequency and begin to repeat the process in cyclical fashion.
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1. A time sharing frequency synthesizer circuit, comprising:
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means for synthesizing a plurality of desired frequencies one at a time for predetermined intervals in a desired sequence, said means comprising a reference oscillator, a microprocessor containing values corresponding to a table of desired output frequencies for a frequency synthesizing device, said microprocessor being connected to an output of said reference oscillator, and a frequency synthesizer which is connected to an output of said reference oscillator and an output of said microprocessor and which contains circuitry for converting the output of said reference oscillator into any desired frequency, means for heterodyning each of said desired frequencies with one or more signals with frequencies within a desired bandwidth to generate intermediate frequencies at a sample rate consistent with the Nyquist criteria of sampling at a frequency at least twice the effective bandwidth; and means for discriminating among said intermediate frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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