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Digital timing recovery

US4010323A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1975
Grant dateMar 1, 1977
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Expiry dateOct 29, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L7/0331
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Sample timing recovery in a differentially coherent phase-shift keyed data transmission system is accomplished through the use of digital techniques. Samples of received phase-modulated signal waves taken at a rate high with respect to the carrier frequency are applied to a delay medium advantageously implemented by a shift register. Stored samples spaced by known carrier phase differences are compared for the purpose of detecting phase changes. Digital indications of such phase changes resulting from differentiation of comparator outputs are then effective to control a phase-locked oscillator and provide a substantially jitter-free timing recovery wave without using excess bandwidth for the transmitted wave.

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