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Unlocked PLL Retains Locked Frequency: 07/20/95
EDN-Design Ideas / (Electronic Circuit diagram added 03/03) Using the PC2 in-phase comparator output, the circuit in Fig 1 keeps the
unlocked, or free-run, frequency of a 74HC4046 PLL near the locked frequency. With no signal input, the VCO output normally adjusts to its
lowest frequency (one-half the locked frequency, f0). In some applications, such a large frequency excursion may be undesirable. With the
addition of D1, R3, C2, R4, and the 74HC04 inverting buffer, the free-run frequency remains near the locked frequency in the absence of a
signal input.... |