AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL SYSTEM
Abstract
A control is described for automatically matching the frequency of a resonant cavity to that of a driving oscillator. The driving oscillator is disconnected from the cavity and a secondary oscillator is actuated in which the cavity is the frequency determining element. A low frequency is mixed with the output of the driving oscillator and the resultant lower and upper sidebands are separately derived. The frequencies of the sidebands are compared with the secondary oscillator frequency. deriving a servo control signal to adjust a tuning element in the cavity and matching the cavity frequency to that of the driving oscillator. The driving oscillator may then be connected to the cavity.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4116343
- Patent Number(s):
- 2968007
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03L - AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-007612
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY; OSCILLATORS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVOMECHANISMS
Citation Formats
Hansen, C F, and Salisbury, J D. AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL SYSTEM. United States: N. p., 1961.
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Hansen, C F, & Salisbury, J D. AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL SYSTEM. United States.
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"AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL SYSTEM". United States.
@article{osti_4116343,
title = {AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL SYSTEM},
author = {Hansen, C F and Salisbury, J D},
abstractNote = {A control is described for automatically matching the frequency of a resonant cavity to that of a driving oscillator. The driving oscillator is disconnected from the cavity and a secondary oscillator is actuated in which the cavity is the frequency determining element. A low frequency is mixed with the output of the driving oscillator and the resultant lower and upper sidebands are separately derived. The frequencies of the sidebands are compared with the secondary oscillator frequency. deriving a servo control signal to adjust a tuning element in the cavity and matching the cavity frequency to that of the driving oscillator. The driving oscillator may then be connected to the cavity.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1961},
month = {1}
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