Complex pulse repetition frequency generator

Abstract

A complex pulse repetition frequency generator for producing a pulse repeion frequency (PRF) signal having programmable stagger intervals. The device consists of a clock for selecting one of a series of standard clock pulses which are used to increment a counter. A comparator compares the accumlated clock pulses with a stagger data output signal produced by a data memory source. When the outputs are equal, the comparator produces a PRF output pulse. Two data memory bands are provided; a random access memory in which stagger data can be programmed by a series of switches, and a preprogrammed read-only memory. Address counters are used with each memory unit and provide capability for addressing selected memory locations from the data memory sources. A pulse width generator allows the operator to vary the pulse width and utilizes an injection lock oscillator to prevent jitter whenever a standard clock pulse is used which is not an even multiple of a hundred nanoseconds.

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