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Synchronism establishing method and apparatus

US5313462A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 1993
Grant dateMay 17, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/32704
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a synchronism establishing method and apparatus including a plurality of modules having different independent synchronization patterns to be switched wherein the switching transition process having a time length corresponding to the number of protection stages necessary for pull in and protection of synchronism is reduced so small that the presence of such switching transition process can be ignored while assuring similar advantages to those of conventional synchronism establishing apparatus. A master side module delivers a notification of establishment of synchronism thereof to a slave side module. When the slave side module is in a condition wherein synchronism is established, it puts its synchronizing operation into a waiting mode. Even if it thereafter detects a number of abnormal synchronization patterns greater than the number of protection stages, it does not determine a pull out condition and maintains the pulled in phase. If the slave side module detects a false pull out condition from the master side module, the slave side module determines that synchronism is entered therewith and resumes its processing operation.

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