US4972163A
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Regenerating device having a phase-locked loop with loop gain compensation and offset compensation
Assignee: Technology Foundation STW
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Filing: 1989-11-20
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Granted: 1990-11-20
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Expires: 2009-11-20
Abstract
Abstract A regenerating device for regenerating a signal from a composite input signal, provided with a phase-locked loop comprising a first phase comparison circuit 1, a first low-pass filter 2 connected to the output thereof and a controlled oscillator 3. The control input of said oscillator 3 is connected to the output of the low-pass filter 2 while its quadrature output 3a is connected to one input of the phase comparison circuit 1. The input of the phase comparison circuit 1 forms the input of the regenerating device and the in-phase output of the oscillator 3 the output. Furthermore a second phase comparison circuit 4 and a second low-pass filter 5 connected thereto are provided, which correspond to the first phase comparison circuit and the first low-pass filter respectively. The input of the phase-locked loop and the in-phase output 3b of the controlled oscillator 3 are connected to the inputs of the phase comparison circuit 4. An AGC amplifier 7 fed back to its control input via a feedback path is connected to the output of the second low-pass filter 5. The signal fed back is fed to the control input of a gain-controllable amplifier 6 which is included in the phase-locked loop and which corresponds to the AGC amplifier 7.
Inventors
- 👤 Jaap Van Der Plas
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 12:03
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03L; H03L7/00; H03L7/06; H03L7/08; H03L7/085; H03L7/087
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
Regenerating device for regenerating a signal from a composite input signal, provided with a phase-locked loop comprising a first phase comparison circuit, a first low-pass filter connected to the output thereof, and a controlled oscillator whose control input is connected to the output of the low-pass filter and whose quadrature output is connected to one input of the phase comparison circuit, the input of the phase comparison circuit forming the input of the regenerating device and the in-phase output of the oscillator the output, and provided furthermore with a second phase comparison circuit and a second low-pass filter connected thereto which correspond to the first phase comparison circuit and the first low-pass filter respectively, the input of the phase-locked loop and the in-phase output of the controlled oscillator being connected to the inputs of the second phase comparison circuit, characterized in that an AGC amplifier fed back to its control input via a feedback path is connected to the output of the second low-pass filter, the signal fed back being fed to the control input of a gain-controllable amplifier which is included in the phase-locked loop and which corresponds to the AGC amplifier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
193 words
Regenerating device for regenerating a signal from a composite input signal, provided with a phase-locked loop comprising a first phase comparison circuit, a first low-pass filter connected to the output thereof, and a controlled oscillator whose control input is connected to the output of the low-pass filter and whose quadrature output is connected to one input of the phase comparison circuit, the input of the phase comparison circuit forming the input of the regenerating device and the in-phase output of the oscillator the output, and provided furthermore with a second phase comparison circuit and a second low-pass filter connected thereto which correspond to the first phase comparison circuit and the first low-pass filter respectively, the input of the phase-locked loop and the in-phase output of the controlled oscillator being connected to the inputs of the second phase comparison circuit, characterized in that an AGC amplifier fed back to its control input via a feedback path is connected to the output of the second low-pass filter, the signal fed back being fed to the control input of a gain-controllable amplifier which is included in the phase-locked loop and which corresponds to the AGC amplifier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
178 words
Regenerating device for regenerating a signal from a composite signal, provided with a phase-locked loop comprising a first phase comparison circuit, a first low-pass filter connected to the output thereof, and a controlled oscillator whose control input is connected to the output of the low-pass filter and whose quadrature output is connected to one input of the phase comparison circuit, the input of the phase comparison circuit forming the input of the regenerating device and the in-phase output of the oscillator the output, and provided furthermore with a second phase comparison circuit and a second low-pass filter connected thereto which correspond to the first phase comparison circuit and the first low-pass filter respectively, the input of the phase-locked loop and the in-phase output of the controlled oscillator being connected to the inputs of the second phase comparison circuit, characterized by a periodical offset compensation phase in which a switch interrupts the supply of the composite input signal to the phase-locked loop, a memory circuit being present which holds the control signal of the controlled oscillator during said phase.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
178 words
Regenerating device for regenerating a signal from a composite signal, provided with a phase-locked loop comprising a first phase comparison circuit, a first low-pass filter connected to the output thereof, and a controlled oscillator whose control input is connected to the output of the low-pass filter and whose quadrature output is connected to one input of the phase comparison circuit, the input of the phase comparison circuit forming the input of the regenerating device and the in-phase output of the oscillator the output, and provided furthermore with a second phase comparison circuit and a second low-pass filter connected thereto which correspond to the first phase comparison circuit and the first low-pass filter respectively, the input of the phase-locked loop and the in-phase output of the controlled oscillator being connected to the inputs of the second phase comparison circuit, characterized by a periodical offset compensation phase in which a switch interrupts the supply of the composite input signal to the phase-locked loop, a memory circuit being present which holds the control signal of the controlled oscillator during said phase.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
Device according to claim 2, characterized in that during the offset compensation phase, a feedback path is connected across a loop amplifier included in the phase-locked loop, which path includes a voltage comparison circuit and a memory circuit connected thereto, a reference voltage and the output signal of the loop amplifier being fed to the respective inputs of the voltage comparison circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
Device according to claim 3, characterized in that, in the offset compensation phase, a second feedback path which corresponds to the feedback path associated with the loop amplifier is connected across a feedback amplifier included in the in-phase path.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
Device according to claim 4, characterized in that a memory circuit is included in the second feedback path and said feedback path is interrupted during the offset compensation phase between the fedback amplifier and the low-pass filter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
Device according to claim 1 for use in a synchronous receiver, characterized in that a controllable amplifier is connected in an additional detection circuit, the control signal of the loop amplifier being fed to the control input thereof.
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