PLL with secondary loop control for self tracking antennas

Author

Buchanan, Neil B. ; Fusco, Vincent

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Commun. & Inf. Technol. (ECIT), Queen´s Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012

Firstpage

960

Lastpage

962

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.

Keywords

antenna arrays; mixers (circuits); phase locked loops; voltage-controlled oscillators; SATCOM ground terminals; downconverting mixer; low Q voltage controlled oscillator; phase locked loop circuit; phase track signal levels; secondary loop control; self steered antenna arrays; self tracking antennas; tracking PLL; Antenna arrays; Microwave filters; Mixers; Phase locked loops; Receivers; Tracking loops; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2215-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-87487-026-2

Type

conf

Filename

6459367

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=594560