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PLL circuit

US6441661B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 2000
Grant dateAug 27, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/1024
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An A/D converter (30) samples an analog signal synchronously with a sampling clock from a VCO (70). These sampled values are stored in a shift register (410). A code judging section (420) detects the positive/negative sign pattern (time-series code pattern) of the sampled values held in storage elements (S0 to S5) of the shift register (410) and stores the sampled values in predetermined register (431 to 434) according to the detected sign pattern. According to this, a calculating section (430) determines the phase difference between the analog signal and the sampling clock. The phase difference is fed to a VCO (70) through a D/A converter (50) and a loop filter (60).

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