Title :
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
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; phase locked loops; secondary loop control; self steered antenna arrays; self tracking antennas; tracking PLL; voltage controlled oscillator; Antenna arrays; Microwave filters; Mixers; Phase locked loops; Receivers; Tracking loops; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2012 7th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2302-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-87487-026-2
