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Circuit and method for the recovery of data from a digital data stream

US4716578A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1986
Grant dateDec 29, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/242
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides an interface circuit for connection between an input data port and a data receiver. A data recovery circuit is responsive to a data stream on the input port for generating data pulses corresponding thereto and a clock recovery circuit is responsive to the data pulses for generating clock signals. A circuit is responsive to the clock signals and the data pulses for generating, for each data pulse, a recognition window having a maximum width approximately corresponding to the combined duration of the data pulse being recognized and one of the clock pulses. A data synchronization circuit is responsive to the output from the circuit and to the recovered clock signals for generating synchronous data.

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