• DocumentCode
    766164
  • Title

    Equivocation as a Cause of PLL Hangup

  • Author

    Gardner, Floyd M.

  • Author_Institution
    1755 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    10/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2242
  • Lastpage
    2243
  • Abstract
    The role of phase equivocation in hangup of phase-lock loops is clarified. Equivocation can occur and lead to hangup if and only if the phase detector characteristic is discontinuous at the reverse-slope null.
  • Keywords
    PLLs; Phase-locked loop (PLL); Detectors; Fluctuations; Null value; Phase detection; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Statistical analysis; Teeth; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1982.1095424
  • Filename
    1095424