Synchronous clock pulse generator

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A SYNCHRONOUS CLOCK PULSE GENERATOR SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING DATA PULSES HAVING A VARIABLE REPETITION RATE COMPRISING MEANS INCLUDING A VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR FOR GENERATING CLOCK PULSES AT A CONTROLLABLE RATE, PHASE DETECTOR MEANS FOR COMPARING THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE OF THE CLOCK PULSES RELATIVE TO THE DATA PULSES AND PROVIDING CONTROL SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE COMPARISON, A REVERSIBLE COUNTER FOR GENERATING A BIAS VOLTAGE INDICATIVE OF THE COUNT CONTAINED THEREIN, SAID REVERSIBLE COUNTER BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE CONTROL SIGNALS TO EITHER ADD OR SUBTRACT A SINGLE COUNT IN RESPONSE TO EACH COMPARISON IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE BIAS VOLTAGE BY A FIRST INCREMENT, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CONTROL SIGNALS BY ADDING OR SUBSTRACTING A FIXED SECOND INCREMENT OF VOLTAGE TO SAID BIAS VOLTAGE IN THE SAME SENSE AS SAID FIRST INCREMENT TO PROVIDE A COMBINED CONTROL VOLTAGE TO SAID VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR TO CHANGE THE RATE AT WHICH THE CLOCK PULSES ARE GENERATED IN ORDER TO PHASE SYNCHRONIZE THE CLOCK PULSES WITH THE RECEIVED DATA PULSES.