Sampling clock reproducing circuit

Claim 2

A sampling clock reproducing circuit for teletext receiver comprising: a gate circuit for passing a clock-run-in signal included in a teletext signal; a first band-pass filter connected to said gate circuit and having a tuning frequency which is equal to a repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; a doubler circuit for doubling the frequency of an output signal of said band-pass filter; a second band-pass filter connected to said doubler circuit and having a tuning frequency which is about two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; an oscillator circuit oscillating at a frequency two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; phase comparison circuits each detecting a phase difference between a respective one of output signals of said oscillator circuit and an output signal of said second band-pass filter; and a phase-shift circuit which is given said output signals of said oscillator circuit and selectively mixes said output signals of said oscillator circuit with a changing mixing ratio therebetween in accordance with output signals of said phase comparison circuits, so that a sampling clock signal is reproduced from an output signal of said phase-shift circuit.

Claim 3

A sampling clock reproducing circuit according to claim 1, wherein said phase-shift circuit comprises two or more pairs of double balanced type differential amplifiers including a common output load.

Claim 4

A sampling clock reproducing circuit according to claim 1, wherein said phase comparison circuits each have a phase difference detection circuit which detects said phase difference and produces a reference voltage at one end of a load resistor connected to a constant voltage source, a first circuit which receives said reference voltage by an emitter follower circuit having an emitter connected to a constant current source so that said reference voltage given to a base of said emitter follower circuit is transmitted to a capacitor connected to the emitter of the same, a second circuit which cuts off the constant current source to said first circuit for a holding period after phase detection and converts said reference voltage into an output voltage of said constant voltage source, and a third circuit which level-shifts the output voltage of said constant voltage source so that said emitter follower circuit is completely cut off.

Claim 5

A sampling clock reproducing circuit for teletext receiver comprising: a gate circuit for passing a clock-run-in signal included in a teletext signal; a first band-pass filter connected to said gate circuit and having a tuning frequency which is equal to a repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; a doubler circuit for doubling the frequency of an output signal of said first band-pass filter; a second band-pass filter connected to said doubler circuit and having a tuning frequency which is about two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; an oscillator circuit oscillating at a frequency two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal and generating two or more output signals of different phases from each other; two or more phase comparison circuits each detecting a phase difference between a respective one of said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and an output signal of said second band-pass filter; and a phase-shift circuit which is given said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and selectively mixes said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit with a changing mixing ratio therebetween in accordance with output signals of said two or more phase comparison circuit, so that a sampling clock signal is reproduced from an output signal of said phase-shift circuit.

Claim 6

A sampling clock reproducing circuit for teletext receiver comprising: a gate circuit for passing a clock-run-in signal included in a teletext signal; a first band-pass filter connected to said gate circuit and having a tuning frequency which is equal to a repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; a doubler circuit for doubling the frequency of an output signal of said first band-pass filter; a second band-pass filter connected to said doubler circuit and having a tuning frequency which is about two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; an oscillator circuit oscillating at a frequency two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal and generating two or more output signals of different phases from each other; two or more phase comparison circuits each detecting a phase difference between a respective one of said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and an output signal of said second band-pass filter; and a phase-shift circuit which is given said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and selectively mixes said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit with a changing mixing ratio therebetween in accordance with output signals of said two or more phase comparison circuit, so that a sampling clock signal is reproduced from an output signal of said phase-shift circuit.

Claim 7

A sampling clock reproducing circuit according to claim 4, wherein said phase-shift circuit comprises two or more pairs of double balanced type differential amplifiers including a common output load.

Claim 8

A sampling clock reproducing circuit according to claim 4, wherein said phase comparison circuits each has a phase difference detection circuit which detects said phase difference and produces a reference voltage at one end of a load resistor connected to a constant voltage source, a first circuit which receives said reference voltage by an emitter follower circuit having an emitter connected to a constant current source so that said reference voltage given to a base of said emitter follower circuit is transmitted to a capacitor connected to the emitter of the same, a second circuit which cuts off the constant current source to said first circuit for a holding period after phase detection and converts said reference voltage into an output voltage of said constant voltage source, and a third circuit which level-shifts the output voltage of said constant voltage source so that said emitter follower circuit is completely cut off.

Claim 9

A sampling clock reproducing circuit for teletext receiver comprising: a gate circuit for passing a clock-run-in signal included in a teletext signal; a first band-pass filter connected to said gate circuit and having a tuning frequency which is equal to a repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; a doubler circuit for doubling the frequency of an output signal of said first band-pass filter; a second band-pass filter connected to said doubler circuit and having a tuning frequency which is about two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; an oscillator circuit oscillating at a frequency two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal and generating two or more output signals of different phases from each other; two or more phase comparison circuits each detecting a phase difference between a respective one of said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and an output signal of said second band-pass filter; two or more sample hold circuits connected to said two or more phase comparison circuit, respectively, for sampling and holding output signals of said two or more phase comparison circuit, respectively; and a phase-shift circuit which is given said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and selectively mixes said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit with a changing mixing ratio thcrebetween in accordance with output signals of said two or more sample hold circuits, so that a sampling clock signal is reproduced from an output signal of said phase-shift circuit.

Claim 10

A sampling clock reproducing circuit for teletext receiver comprising: a gate circuit for passing a clock-run-in signal included in a teletext signal; a first band-pass filter connected to said gate circuit and having a tuning frequency which is equal to a repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; a doubler circuit for doubling the frequency of an output signal of said first band-pass filter; a second band-pass filter connected to said doubler circuit and having a tuning frequency which is about two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal; an oscillator circuit oscillating at a frequency two times as large as the repeated frequency of said clock-run-in signal and generating two or more output signals of different phases from each other; two or more phase comparison circuits each detecting a phase difference between a respective one of said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and an output signal of said second band-pass filter; two or more sample hold circuits connected to said two or more phase comparison circuit, respectively, for sampling and holding output signals of said two or more phase comparison circuit, respectively; and a phase-shift circuit which is given said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit and selectively mixes said two or more output signals of said oscillator circuit with a changing mixing ratio thcrebetween in accordance with output signals of said two or more sample hold circuits, so that a sampling clock signal is reproduced from an output signal of said phase-shift circuit.

Claim 11

A sampling clock reproducing circuit according to claim 7, wherein said phase-shift circuit comprises two or more pairs of double balanced type differential amplifiers including a common output load.

Claim 12

A sampling clock reproducing circuit according to claim 7, wherein said phase comparison circuits each have a phase difference detection circuit which detects said phase difference and produces a reference voltage at one end of a load resistor connected to a constant voltage source, a first circuit which receives said reference voltage by an emitter follower circuit having an emitter connected to a constant current source so that said reference voltage given to a base of said emitter follower circuit is transmitted to a capacitor connected to the emitter of the same, a second circuit which cuts off the constant current source to said first circuit for a holding period after phase detection and converts said reference voltage into an output voltage of said constant voltage source, and a third circuit which level-shifts the output voltage of said constant voltage source so that said emitter follower circuit is completely cut off.