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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1978
Charles A Backof, Jr, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
David S Robins, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A plurality of up/down counters are controlled by a programmed digital reference signal. The combination of a high select signal and a high input signal causes any one of the counters to increment (up) by one count while a combination of a high select signal and a low input signal causes any one of the counters to decrement (down) one count. A threshold detector signals on output when a specific combination of the counters reaches a predetermined combination count signifying correlation of the programmed reference with the input tone over a predetermined number of cycles. The phase of the input may be determined by noting which of the counters reaches the predetermined threshold.