US5113257A
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Line synchronising circuit
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1991-04-30
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Granted: 1992-05-12
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Expires: 2011-04-30
Abstract
Abstract A line synchronising circuit in a picture display device comprises a phase discriminator, a loop filter and a line oscillator constituting a control loop for controlling the frequency and/or the phase of the oscillator signal. To reduce the phase error, which occurs after a phase jump in the incoming signal, and to reduce the time in which the error is visible, the loop filter has a first part for supplying a first control signal having a first response time and a second part for supplying a second control signal having a second response time which is shorter than the first response time, the two parts of the loop filter being coupled to the control input of the line oscillator, and means for coupling the two parts or the second part, respectively, of the loop filter to the output of the phase discriminator.
Inventors
- 👤 Henricus J. Heerkens
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/04; H04N5/12; H04N5/126
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
A circuit for the line synchronization in a picture display device, comprising a line oscillator having a control input, a phase discriminator having an output and two inputs, one input for receiving a signal generated by the line oscillator and the other input for receiving an incoming line synchronizing signal, a loop filter for smoothing the signal at the output of the phase discriminator to obtain a control signal, said control signal being applied to the control input of the line oscillator for controlling the frequency and/or the phase of the signal generated by said line oscillator, wherein the loop filter has a first part for supplying a first control signal having a first response time and a second part for supplying a second control signal having a second response time which is shorter than the first response time, both parts of the loop filter being coupled to the control input of the line oscillator and switching means for alternately coupling the output of the phase discriminator to the control input of said line oscillator or to a node between the first and second parts of said loop filter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
A circuit for the line synchronization in a picture display device, comprising a line oscillator having a control input, a phase discriminator having an output and two inputs, one input for receiving a signal generated by the line oscillator and the other input for receiving an incoming line synchronizing signal, a loop filter for smoothing the signal at the output of the phase discriminator to obtain a control signal, said control signal being applied to the control input of the line oscillator for controlling the frequency and/or the phase of the signal generated by said line oscillator, wherein the loop filter has a first part for supplying a first control signal having a first response time and a second part for supplying a second control signal having a second response time which is shorter than the first response time, both parts of the loop filter being coupled to the control input of the line oscillator and switching means for alternately coupling the output of the phase discriminator to the control input of said line oscillator or to a node between the first and second parts of said loop filter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
134 words
A line synchronizing circuit as claimed in claim 1 wherein said line synchronizing signal comprises a series of pulses, said circuit also comprising a keying signal generator coupled to the line oscillator for generating a pulsatory keying signal derived from the line oscillator signal in response to a phase difference measured by the phase discriminator, which difference is less than a predetermined value, the central instant of a keying pulse and the central instant of a pulse of said line synchronizing signal substantially coinciding in the synchronous state of the control loop constituted by the phase discriminator, the loop filter and the line oscillator, and wherein the output of the phase discriminator is coupled to the control input of said line oscillator during the occurrence of the keying pulses and otherwise to said node.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A line synchronizing circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first part of the loop filter includes a voltage source and the second part includes a resistor, the two parts being arranged in series.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A line synchronizing circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the voltage source is formed by means of a first capacitor, a second capacitor whose capacitance is many times smaller than the capacitance of the first capacitor being arranged parallel to the resistor.
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