PLL with secondary loop control for self tracking antennas

Neil Buchanan; Vincent Fusco

PLL with secondary loop control for self tracking antennas

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Abstract

This paper shows a simple, yet highly effective, tracking phase locked loop circuit which has applications for self steered antenna arrays. The tracking PLL has been demonstrated to accurately phase track signal levels as low as -120 dBm, making it suitable for applications such as SATCOM ground terminals. The implementation is simple requiring a low Q voltage controlled oscillator, a downconverting mixer and a PLL circuit.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Pages	960-962
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-2-87487-026-2
Publication status	Published - Oct 2012

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