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Audio data playback clock signal generating apparatus for use in digital VCR

US6108485A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/1403
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An audio data playback clock signal generating apparatus of a digital VCR synchronizes an audio frame playback synchronization signal with a video frame synchronization signal when an audio data recorded in a magnetic tape is played back based on a phase error of an audio data frame size AF-SIZE and an audio data playback clock signal of the previous video frame. The audio data playback clock signal generating apparatus comprises an audio data frame size decoder, a low pass filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and phase error generating block and can be implemented by a large scale integration(LSI) to thereby provide a non-complex circuit and an accurate synchronization between the audio frame playback synchronization signal and the video frame synchronization signal.

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