Generation of oscillations periodically swept over a predetermined frequency range

Classification Context

Section:

ELECTRICITY

Class:

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

Subclass:

GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS

Scope Notes

Glossary: EMI Electromagnetic interference Spread spectrum generation Deliberate spreading of a spectrum in the frequency domain Bandwidth Measure of the width of a range of frequencies occupied by an oscillating signal