Abstract:
In a clock generation circuit generating a clock that is synchronized with a reference signal, it is an object to provide stable clocks by controlling phase jitter in a generated clock upon change of the reference signal, eliminate a stable-state phase difference between the reference signal and the generated clock so that control is eliminated, and allow the clock generation circuit to be integrated. The clock generation circuit is configured with multiple stages of PLL circuits such that PLL circuits 2 are provided for reference signals 1, respectively, and one of outputs from the PLL circuits 2 is selected to be fed to a PLL circuit 5 provided in a next stage. The phase fluctuation of a signal inputted to the PLL circuit 5 upon change of the reference signal 1 is reduced to control the phase jitter of the generated clock 6, thus allowing high loop gain in both the PLL circuit 2 and the PLL circuit 5. Then, phase difference between the reference signal 1 and the generated clock 6 is eliminated to eliminate control involved, so that the clock generation circuit may be integrated.
Abstract:
The output phase measures output by a digital phase lock loop (DPLL) are selectively modified to reduce instantaneous phase errors incurred whilst waiting until the DPLL locks before obtaining an accurate phase measurement of a signal. In one embodiment, the output phase of a low bandwidth DPLL is selectively modified when the input signal exhibits a significant dynamic transient by adding the error term generated by the DPLL phase detector to the output signal generated by the DPLL to generate a modified output signal used to perform phase measurements.
Abstract:
A transmission strobe clock signal control mechanism continuously monitors DTE data and transmission strobe clock signals used to strobe the DTE data onto a serial communication link, and automatically adjusts the phase of the transmission strobe clock signal in response to a misalignment between the two signals that exceeds acceptable limits. In a first embodiment, the DTE data signal is sampled by a high speed clock and clocked through a `data sample` shift register. Selected stages of the register, associated with a timing window that contains a transmission strobe clock signal edge, are coupled to an exclusive logic operation circuit, whose output indicates whether all of the data samples in the selected stages of the shift register are the same or not. If not, it is inferred that a data transition too close to the transmission strobe clock signal edge has occurred, necessitating an adjustment of the phase of the transmission strobe clock signal. In a second embodiment, a counter is clocked by high speed clock pulses between transitions in the transmission strobe clock signal and the data signal. A phase control circuit adjusts the phase of the transmission strobe clock signal in response to the number of high speed clock pulses counted not being between prescribed limits.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for characterizing multipath-induced distortions in the autocorrelation function of a correlation receiver in order to reduce effects of these multipath-induced distortions on the accuracy of detecting the time of arrival of a received signal. The magnitude of the multipath-induced errors adversely affecting the shape of the autocorrelation function is estimated in real time, for example, through the use of secondary scanning correlators whose time base is independent of a typical receiver's detection-oriented correlators. This error is subtracted from the detection-oriented correlator's timing, thereby yielding a more accurate autocorrelation function.
Abstract:
A network (10) includes a broadband customer service module (B-CSM) (20). The B-CSM (20) includes a plurality of feeder interface cards (FICs) (36) and optical line cards (OLCS) (38) which are coupled together through a midplane assembly (34) so that each FIC (36) couples to all OLCs (38) and each OLC (38) couples to all FICs (36) through junctor groups (68). The B-CSM (20) interfaces many OC-12 SONET feeders to many OC-12 SONET lines. Within the B-CSM (20) circuit switching is performed electrically at an STS-1 rate. A reference clock which oscillates at a frequency lower than the data rate is routed with payload data so that it receives delays similar to those imposed on the payload data due to processing. At second stage switching fabrics (50) where data need to be extracted from signals flowing within the B-CSM (20), a clock regeneration circuit (32) generates a master clock signal oscillating at twice the data rate and phase synchronized to a delayed reference clock. A geometric compensation scheme corrects for timing skew which occurs when clocks and data are distributed to points or small areas from widely dispersed locations, and when clocks and data are distributed from points or small areas to widely dispersed locations.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for reducing the phase noise introduced by pointer justification from a synchronous digital hierarchy network in a transmitted numerical signal. In the method and apparatus, occasional redundancies associated with bit justifications and fixed redundancies are combined with occasional prefiltered redundancies associated with the pointer justifications, and the combined signal is filtered in an analog phase locked loop. The occasional redundancies associated with the pointer justifications and at least part of the fixed redundancies with or without bit justifications are prefiltered in two stages, and the prefiltered signals are combined with the occasional redundancies associated with the bit justifications whenever these occasional redundancies are not prefiltered.
Abstract:
A digital audio signal processing circuit for eliminating the amplitude and phase components of logic induced modulation from a left right clock signal, a bit clock signal and digital data bits generated by a digital signal processor within a compact disk player. The digital audio signal processing circuit includes a trio of optical couplers for removing the amplitude component of logic induced modulation from the left right clock signal, the bit clock signal and the digital data bits; a clock circuit for generating a system clock signal and a trio of D Flip-Flops for removing the phase component of logic induced modulation from the left right clock signal, the bit clock signal and the digital data bits and a digital to analog converter for separating the data bits into left channel data bits and right channel data bits and for converting the left channel data bits into a first analog signal and the right channel data bits into a second analog signal for use by speakers or the like to provide stereo sound. An isolated power supply provides both analog and digital voltages to the electronic elements of digital audio signal processing circuit.
Abstract:
A transmission system which includes a plurality of reproduction nodes connected to each other in a cascade connection via a communication line. Each node includes a timing extraction circuit for extracting a timing signal from a signal received via the communication line, a discriminating circuit for converting the received signal into a digital signal according to the timing signal, and a processing circuit for processing, based on the timing signal, the digital signal outputted from the discriminating circuit and outputting the processed digital signal to the communication line. The timing extraction circuit includes a signal delay unit for supplying the timing signal with a signal delay time greater than a delay time occurring in the processing circuit.
Abstract:
An all digital data algorithmic recovery method and apparatus which operates at jitter greater than 25% and where run length is more than 1000 bits and which uses self calibrated delay elements to phase align a locally generated time ruler reference with the data average transition position to reliably establish the sampling time for retrieving data from an incoming binary sequence at the center of the data eye. The phase adjusted time ruler signal is used to sample transition positions of the data and the sampled data is statistically analyzed in a state machine wherein the time ruler is a broadband signal comprising a first and second base frequency and wherein the period of one of said frequencies is ##EQU1## where F.sub.R equals the receiver local clock frequency and F.sub.T equals the frequency of the distant clock.
Abstract:
The channel frequency of a digital radiotelephone is coarse tuned utilizing the phase information of the symbols. According to the invention the phase change between the measured phases of one or more received symbols (d) and the previous symbol (e) is detected, the phase change being compared with allowed phase changes. Based on this a decision (g) is made concerning the phase of the transmitted symbol, the phase error (f.sub.err) or difference between the decision (g) and the measured phase change (d) is generated, and on this basis the channel frequency is adjusted.