Decoding device for CMI code

Claim 1

A decoding device for receiving a coded succession of bits and outputting a decoded succession of bits, said coded succession being obtained by coding a succession of bits to be coded by converting each bit to be coded into a coded pair comprising two successive bits, a bit to be coded having one of two values which are associates, one of said two values having a single bit pair of different coded bits and the other of said two values having alternate bit pairs of identical coded bits, said decoding device comprising: a transition detection means for (i) receiving said coded succession of bits, (ii) detecting therein transitions between prohibited bit pairs having successive different bits opposite in order to the bit order in said single pair of different coded bits, and (iii) generating an output signal responsive to detection of said transition between said prohibited bit pairs, an oscillator for generating a periodic output signal, a time shift comparator, receiving said output signal from said transition detection means and said output signal from said oscillator, for determining a time shift between (i) each occurrence of one of said transitions between said prohibited bit pairs and (ii) a next rising edge of said output signal of said oscillator and for synchronizing said oscillator at a frequency dependent upon said time shift, a frequency divider, receiving said output signal of said transition detection means and said output signal of said oscillator, for providing a low level clock signal after each detected transition between said prohibited bit pairs, and a decoder means receiving said coded succession of bits and said clock signal from said frequency divider, for decoding pairs of bits which have their first bit occurring during a rising edge of said clock signal, wherein said time shift comparator comprises: (a) a first signal generation means connected to said transition detection means and said oscillator, for generating a first signal having a first level during said time shift and having a second level at all other times, (b) a second signal generation means, connected to said first signal generation means and to said oscillator, for generating a second signal having said second level during a predetermined time period after passage of said first signal from said first level to said second level and having said first level at all other times, (c) an analog adder for adding said first signal and said second signal, and (d) a low pass filter connected to said adder.