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Detector circuit for detecting drop-out in reproduced digital data

US4860121A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 1988
Grant dateAug 22, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/885
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drop-out detector circuit for use in a data reproducing device in which a reproduced high-frequency signal is digitized. The most significant bit of the digitized signal is sampled, and its logic state detected over a predetermined number of sampling periods. Both high- and low-frequency drop-outs can be detected from the detected logic state pattern of the most significant bit.

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