France France France (), officially the French Republic (, ), is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral
Phase-locked loop ranges between initial and final phase deviation is larger than formula_13, we say that cycle slipping takes place. Here, sometimes, the limit of the difference or the maximum of the difference is considered Definition of lock-in range. If the loop is in a locked state, then after an abrupt change of formula_15 free within a lock-in range formula_16, the PLL acquires lock without cycle slipping. Here formula_17 is called lock-in frequency. Phase-locked loop ranges The terms hold-in range, pull-in range (acquisition range), and lock-in range are widely used by engineers for the concepts of frequency deviation ranges within which phase-locked loop-based