Phase synchronizing circuit for digital data reproduction

Claim 1

A phase synchronizing circuit coupled to a predetermined input signal and including a phase locked loop, said circuit comprising: a first phase comparison circuit having two inputs one of which is said predetermined input signal, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) coupled to said first phase comparison circuit for producing an oscillating output the frequency of which is controlled by the output of said first phase comparison circuit, first frequency dividing means having a first frequency divider to divide the output frequency of said VCO and having as outputs a first clock signal and a synchronizing signal derived from said first clock signal, said synchronizing signal serving as the other input to said first phase comparison circuit, second frequency dividing means for dividing the output frequency of said VCO to obtain a second clock signal, and a second phase comparison circuit receiving, as inputs, said first clock signal from said first frequency dividing means and said second clock signal from said second frequency dividing means to compare phases of said first and second clock signals, said second phase comparison circuit further including frequency dividing ratio controlling means for controlling said first frequency divider and said second phase comparison circuit such that the frequency dividing ratio of said first divider is changed to one of three ratios of 1/N, 1/(N+1) and 1/{(N+(N+1))/2}, where N is a positive integer, according to the phase difference between said first and second clock signals so as to synchronize the phases of said first and second clock signals with said input signal.