The commenter points out that an analog implementation of the fractional N phase-locked loop variable frequency synthesis technique described by J.P. Hauser (ibid., vol.38, no.6, p.1141-4, 1989) results in a novel minimization of active hardware, but that there are significant performance compromises. The original author's reply is included.<
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Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:39
,
Issue:
3
)
Date of Publication: June 1990