Voltage controlled oscillator with adaptive closed loop coarse tune
First Claim
1. A voltage controlled oscillator circuit, said voltage controlled oscillator circuit comprising:
- a fine tune mechanism;
a coarse tune mechanism;
a voltage controlled oscillator operably connected to said fine tun mechanisms and said coarse tuning mechanism, wherein said coarse tuning mechanism is comprised of an op amp circuit; and
wherein said fine tune mechanism and said coarse tuning mechanism operate in parallel closed loops, said fine tune mechanism having an output connected directly to an input of said coarse tune op amp circuit and also to a fine tune port input of said voltage controlled oscillator, wherein said op amp circuit is incorporated into a noninverting closed loop feedback configuration.
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Abstract
A voltage controlled oscillator circuit incorporating a closed loop coarse tuning mechanism. In this system, a reference oscillator is set with the desired frequency for the voltage controlled oscillator. A resulting voltage used to drive the oscillator is produced by a synthesizer connected in series with a loop filter. The resulting voltage is connected to a fine tune input of the voltage controlled oscillator and also to the input of an adaptive closed loop coarse tuning mechanism. The adaptive closed loop coarse tuning mechanism is comprised of an op amp configured in a noninverting feedback loop connected to a parallel resistor/adapt switch loop. The loop is followed by a shunt capacitor filter which is then connected directly to the coarse tune input of the VCO. If the adapt switch is closed, current from the coarse amp flows through a filter and to a coarse tune port of the VCO. The voltage resulting from the adaptive closed loop coarse tuning mechanism overrides any voltage being received in the fine tune port, making the coarse tune loop controlling in frequency acquisition. Throughout the entire coarse tune process, a feedback loop allows the synthesizer to adjust the control voltage as the VCO gets closer to the desired frequency. After a predetermined acquisition time, the adapt switch is opened. This virtually eliminates the adaptive closed loop tuning mechanism from the circuit because of the large time constant associated with the (closed) adapt switch/resistor circuit. At that point the fine tune port voltage will make any minor adjustments in driving the VCO to the desired frequency.
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17 Claims
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1. A voltage controlled oscillator circuit, said voltage controlled oscillator circuit comprising:
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a fine tune mechanism;
a coarse tune mechanism;
a voltage controlled oscillator operably connected to said fine tun mechanisms and said coarse tuning mechanism, wherein said coarse tuning mechanism is comprised of an op amp circuit; and
wherein said fine tune mechanism and said coarse tuning mechanism operate in parallel closed loops, said fine tune mechanism having an output connected directly to an input of said coarse tune op amp circuit and also to a fine tune port input of said voltage controlled oscillator, wherein said op amp circuit is incorporated into a noninverting closed loop feedback configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
a frequency generator;
a synthesizer; and
a loop filter.
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9. The voltage controlled oscillator circuit as recited in claim 8, further comprising a prescalar input from said voltage controlled oscillator connected to said synthesizer.
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10. A voltage controlled oscillator circuit, said voltage controlled oscillator circuit comprising:
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a fine tune mechanism, said fine tune mechanism comprised of a frequency generator, a synthesizer and a loop filter;
a voltage controlled oscillator, wherein said loop filter has an output connected to a fine tune port of said voltage controlled oscillator and said voltage controlled oscillator is connected to said synthesizer via a prescalar input line; and
a coarse tuning mechanism, said coarse tuning mechanism comprised of an op amp circuit configured in a noninverting closed loop feedback loop, a low impedance adapt switch connected in parallel with a resistor to an output of said noninverting closed loop feedback of said op amp circuit, a resistor and a shunt capacitor connected to said parallel switch and resistor, a coarse tune port of a voltage controlled oscillator connected to an output of said resistor and said shunt capacitor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. The method of implementing an adaptive closed loop coarse tuning mechanism with a voltage controlled oscillator, said method comprising:
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selecting a desired frequency as a reference;
comparing said reference frequency to a present frequency of said voltage controlled oscillator;
producing a voltage corresponding to a phase difference between said reference frequency and said present voltage controlled oscillator frequency;
utilizing a closed adapt switch to drive an adaptive closed loop coarse tuning mechanism with said voltage;
continuing to drive said adaptive closed loop coarse tune for a preset time; and
opening said adapt switch to end adaptive closed loop coarse tuning. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A voltage controlled oscillator circuit, said voltage controlled oscillator circuit comprising:
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a fine tune mechanism;
a coarse tuning mechanism;
a voltage controlled oscillator operably connected to said fine tune mechanism and said coarse tuning mechanism, wherein said coarse tuning mechanism is comprised of an op amp circuit;
wherein said fine tune mechanism and said coarse tuning mechanism operate in parallel closed loops and wherein said fine tune mechanism is comprised of a frequency generator, synthesizer, and a loop filter; and
a prescaler input from said voltage controlled oscillator to said synthesizer.
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