Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low phase-noise indirect frequency synthesizer
- Patent Title (中): 低相噪间接频率合成器
-
Application No.: US14008996Application Date: 2012-03-20
-
Publication No.: US09077592B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Herve Simon
- Applicant: Herve Simon
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: Thales
- Current Assignee: Thales
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: FR1100960 20110331
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/054922 WO 20120320
- International Announcement: WO2012/130668 WO 20121004
- Main IPC: H03L7/00
- IPC: H03L7/00 ; H04L27/148 ; H03L7/23 ; H03L7/185 ; H03D7/16

Abstract:
A low phase noise frequency synthesizer includes arranged in series, a first mixer receiving a reference signal at a reference frequency Fr, a loop filter and a voltage-controlled oscillator delivering a microwave signal at a second frequency FO slaved to a multiple of reference frequency Fr, the frequency synthesizer further includes: means of multiplication of the frequency FO of the microwave signal by a factor N strictly greater than 1, means of correction of the frequency N·FO of the output signal of the multiplication means to restore frequency N·FO to an interval [FOmin, FOmax] where output frequency FO would vary if multiplication factor N=1, means of division of the frequency Fj of the output signal of the correction means by a factor equal to the expected ratio between frequency Fj and reference frequency Fr, the frequency division means connected at output to the second input of the first mixer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140016727A1 LOW PHASE-NOISE INDIRECT FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER Public/Granted day:2014-01-16
Information query