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Detection circuit for a video tape recorder signal

US4942472A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateDec 6, 1988
Grant dateJul 17, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/126
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A detection circuit for a video tape recorder signal on the input of a TV set connected to a line synchronization separating circuit (11) in turn connected to a PLL (12) comprises a first phase comparator (15), the PLL (12) exhibiting a first time constant (I1, C1) corresponding to an operation on a normal TV signal. This circuit further comprises a switch (20) for switching the PLL on a second time constant (3I1, C1) shorter than the first one, a second phase comparator (22) for comparing the input and output phases of the first phase comparator, the second phase comparator being associated with a third time constant (I2, C2) shorter than the first and second ones, a threshold comparator (24) supplying to the switch (20) a control signal when the comparator output (22) is outside determined limits.

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