Re: phase comparator

From: Jim Thompson (thegreatone_at_example.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:01:26 -0700

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:27:09 GMT, Jamie Morken <jmorken@shaw.ca>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I think I see now that if the two input signals have different
>frequencies then the output of the phase comparator will cycle at the
>beat frequency of the two input signals.
>
>cheers,
>Jamie
>
>
[snip]

Correct! You can only get a signal proportional to *phase* when both
frequencies are the same.

                                        ...Jim Thompson 

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