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Digital clock recovery loop

US5982237A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 1998
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/707
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications system including a clock recovery circuit that extracts a clock signal from incoming digital data, the clock recovery circuit comprising: PA1 a voltage controlled oscillator having a control node and having an output producing an output wave having a frequency that varies in response to a voltage applied to the control node; charge pump and loop filter circuitry that controls the rate of change of the voltage on the control node of the voltage controlled oscillator; a start-up circuit that performs frequency detection and, in conjunction with the charge pump and loop filter circuitry, adjusts the voltage on the control node of the voltage controlled oscillator; and a state machine that performs phase detection and adjusts the voltage on the control node of the voltage controlled oscillator.

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