Digitally controlled oscillator

A digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) is used in synthesizers, microcontrollers, and software-defined radios. The name is analogous to "voltage-controlled oscillator". DCOs were designed to overcome the tuning stability limitations of early VCO designs.

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