Circuit for compensating time errors in a television signal, particularly from a recording instrument

Claim 1

In a circuit for compensating time errors in a television signal, including means defining a first conducting path connected to conduct the television signal, means defining a second conducting path, a delay line presenting electronically controllable delay time connected in the first conducting path, and signal generating means connected in the second conducting path for producing a control signal to vary the delay time of the delay line from a basic delay time value υ O by an amount ±Δυ, the improvement comprising delay means connected in at least one of said conducting paths, said delay means producing a signal time delay which causes the delay time effective in said second path to be one-half the basic delay time υ O , thereby to provide a more accurate compensation with respect to time errors which vary at higher rates.