The document discusses the basics of phase locked loops (PLL). It describes PLLs as closed loop frequency control systems that use phase sensitive detection to minimize the phase difference between an input signal and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) output signal. The key components of a basic PLL are identified as a phase comparator/detector, loop filter, and VCO. The phase comparator compares the input and output signals and generates a voltage based on their phase difference. The loop filter removes signal components from the phase comparator output before feeding it to the VCO. The VCO then generates the output signal with a frequency controlled by the input voltage. An important property of PLLs is that the input and output frequencies are exactly equal when phase locked