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Carrier phase and symbol timing recovery circuit for an ATSC receiver and method of recovering a carrier phase and a symbol timing in received digital signal data

US7801249B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 2005
Grant dateSep 21, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/015
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A carrier phase and symbol timing recovery circuit and method may be used for robust synchronization in a broadcasting ATSC receiving system. Carrier phase and symbol timing offsets may be simultaneously adjusted by using redundancy information contained in an ATSC signal spectrum. A desired sampling time instant and carrier phase offset for synchronization may be simultaneously obtained due to correlation between carrier phase and symbol timing detectors.

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