Title :
Digital method of sweep frequency generation
Author :
Hill, J.J. ; Jewson, P.M.
Author_Institution :
University of Hull, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kingston upon Hull, UK
Abstract :
A digital method of sweep frequency generation is described whereby a crystal-controlled clock and programmable divider unit are used to obtain the desired sweep frequency output. The circuit gives four decades of exponential or linear sweep between 10 Hz and 100 kHz.
Keywords :
digital circuits; frequency synthesizers; swept-frequency oscillators; 10 Hz to 100 kHz; crystal-controlled clock; digital method; exponential sweep; linear sweep; programmable divider unit; sweep frequency generation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820697
