Equivocation as a Cause of PLL Hangup

1 October 1982

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Communications

Vol. 30 (10) , 2242-2243
https://doi.org/10.1109/tcom.1982.1095424

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

PHASE LOCKED LOOPS
PHASE DETECTION
DETECTORS
VOLTAGE
PHASE NOISE
VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS
FLUCTUATIONS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
NULL VALUE
TEETH

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Phase Acquisition Statistics for Phase-Locked Loops
IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1980
Hangup in Phase-Lock Loops
IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1977