Abstract:
A mixer for a frequency synthesizer system that controls the frequency accuracy of a variable frequency oscillator of a radio transmitter and which includes a balanced amplifier that is nonconductive except when switched on by each of identical periodic impulses shaped to include a predetermined number of successive harmonics from the fundamental on, all having approximately equal amplitude, and a selected frequency input from the variable frequency oscillator to the balanced amplifier so that the mixer output includes a predetermined narrow frequency band that is less than said fundamental.
Abstract:
The tone generator includes a first oscillator to generate a first signal of a fixed frequency and a second oscillator which is variable to generate a second signal of a selected frequency. A multiplier receives the signals and provides a pair of tones having frequencies respectively equal to the sum of and difference between their frequencies. A switch may be provided so that both inputs to the multiplier are received from the variable frequency oscillator, in which case the output of the multiplier will be a single tone having a frequency twice that of the signal produced by the variable frequency oscillator. In either event, the tones are modulated on an RF wave.