PLL Carrier Tracking

Implements a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) which locks to the carrier of the input frequency and outputs the input signal mixed with that carrier.

This PLL locks onto a [possibly noisy] reference carrier on the input and outputs that signal, downconverted to DC.

Notes

• Important: The frequency parameters below are in radians per sample rather than Hz.
  

radians per sample = 2 * pi * centerfreq / sample rate

• Example:
  • input signal, centered at 0Hz, centerfreq = 0 Hz.
  • Sample rate = 48kHz.
  • frequency variations to track +- 500Hz.
  • Max Phase/sample = 2*pi*(0+500)/48,000 = 0.0654
  • Min Phase/sample = 2*pi*(0-500)/48,000 = -0.0654
• If the input signal were centered at 10kHz,
  • Then:
  • The Max Phase/sample = 2*pi*(10,000+500)/48,000 = 1.374
  • The Min Phase/sample = 2*pi*(10,000-500)/48,000 = 1.246

• This block seems to require an input signal of at least -30db in order to lock to the carrier.

Parameters

(R): Run-time adjustable

Loop bandwidth (R)

The loop bandwidth determines the lock range and should be set in the range of pi/200 to 2pi/100 (0.0157 to 0.0628).

Max freq

Maximum frequency of the carrier in radians per sample. See Notes above.

Min freq

Minimum frequency of the carrier in radians per sample. See Notes above.

Example Flowgraph

This flowgraph shows the use of a PLL Carrier Tracking block in an AM receiver.

Source Files

C++ files

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Header files

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Public header files

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Block definition

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