Pulsed phase-locked loop technology improvements for greater accuracy and expanded capabilities

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Froggatt, Mark E ^b   Allison, Sidney G ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

PHASE DETECTION; PULSED PHASE LOCKED LOOPS (PPLL);

PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

EID: 0030083161     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.481322     Document Type: Article

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