System for maintaining phase coincidence between a carrier wave and sidebands produced by a transmitter
AssigneeThomson-CSF
InventorAlain Grousseau
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Abstract
To maintain a cophasal relationship between two concurrently transmitted waves of the same high frequency derived from a common pilot oscillator, one of these waves being modulated by a low-frequency signal, a phase shifter in cascade with the modulator is controlled by a phase discriminator including a comparator with inputs receiving the two high-frequency waves. An analog multiplier driven by the low-frequency modulating signal converts an error signal from the phase comparator into a unipolar pulsating voltage which, upon integration, yields a control voltage adjusting the phase shifter to correct any relative phase displacement.
Claims7
A system for maintaining a substantially cophasal relationship between a high-frequency carrier wave generated by a pilot oscillator and transmitted over a first channel and a sideband oscillation derived from said carrier wave and transmitted over a second channel connected to said pilot oscillator, said second channel including modulating means connected to a source of a low-frequency signal for generating said sideband oscillation comprising:
- phase-shifting means in one of said channels;
- phase-comparison means with inputs connected to said channels for receiving said carrier wave and said sideband oscillation therefrom and producing an error signal proportional to relative phase drift, said error signal changing in polarity between successive half-cycles of said low-frequency signal;
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- polarity-inverting means with input connections to said phase-comparison means and to said source for converting said error signal into a unipolar control voltage varying in magnitude and sign with said relative phase drift, said polarity-inverting means having an output connected to said phase-shifting means for supplying same with said control voltage to correct said phase drift.
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