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Clock recovery phase detector

US5455847A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1992
Grant dateOct 3, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L7/0334
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A phase detector for symbol clock recovery in a digital communications system determines the phase error of a local symbol clock from the symbol rate of a transmitted signal by sampling the transmitted signal to obtain a first sample at a fraction of a symbol period after the symbol clock and to obtain a second sample at an equal fraction of a symbol period before the symbol clock, and determining a phase error equal to the difference between a function of the magnitude of the first sample and a function of the magnitude of the second sample. The function is preferably the square of the magnitude or the logarithm of the magnitude of the samples.

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