Patent ID: 9722659
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H03L,H04B

Claim:
1. A method for generating a digital frequency ramp signal including a sequence of frequency ramps, the method comprising: loading a first data word of a data record from a memory, evaluating the header to determine whether the data record includes one or more additional data words and to determine which information is included in the one or more additional data words; loading, dependent on the evaluation of the header, the one or more additional data words of the data record from the memory; updating ramp parameters and/or configuration parameters in accordance with the information stored in the first data word and, if loaded, the one or more additional data words; generating the digital frequency ramp signal in accordance with the updated ramp parameters and synchronous to a clock signal; and controlling a frequency of a radio frequency oscillator based on the digital frequency ramp signal.