Improving Frequency Acquisition of a Costas Loop

A Costas loop for tracking a BPSK signal does not acquire when the initial frequency error is comparable to the loop bandwidth. This paper describes methods for deriving control proportional to frequency error so as to improve the frequency acquisition capability by an AFC augmentation. A composite...

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Published in:I.R.E. transactions on communications systems 1977-12, Vol.25 (12), p.1453-1459
Main Author: Cahn, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automatic frequency control
Bandwidth
Binary phase shift keying
Degradation
Error correction
Low pass filters
Phase detection
Phase frequency detector
Proportional control
Tracking loops
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Summary:A Costas loop for tracking a BPSK signal does not acquire when the initial frequency error is comparable to the loop bandwidth. This paper describes methods for deriving control proportional to frequency error so as to improve the frequency acquisition capability by an AFC augmentation. A composite AFC/Costas loop is realized by combining the individual loops. Pull-in from a frequency error much greater than the Costas loop bandwidth is now feasible. The increase in phase error due to the AFC capability is evaluated by a linearized analysis. If the bandwidth of the AFC portion is sufficiently narrow, the degradation is negligible. Improved frequency acquisition can also be realized by a simple modification of the Costas loop to remove the low-pass filter on the quadrature phase detector channel, with negligible degradation to phase tracking.
ISSN:0090-6778
0096-2244
1558-0857
DOI:10.1109/TCOM.1977.1093790